Like taking vitamin supplements, drinking milk and eating yogurt, cheese and other dairy products are all effective ways to get your daily dose of vitamin D. However, health officials have warned that dairy consumption can increase the risk of heart disease, something that dietary supplements typically do not do.

That said, there is good news for dairy lovers. A new study published in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases has found that a diet rich in dairy may not boost the risk of cardiac conditions.

Researchers from Harvard and Brown Universities came to this conclusion after analyzing 10 years of health data collected on Costa Rican adults. The team found that consuming dairy appeared to confer as many heart-protective benefits as it did cardiac risks.

The study’s authors concluded that, except in very large doses, dairy products may not be as harmful as once thought, in much the same way that scientists are reconsidering the health value of eggs.

The Institute of Medicine states that adults can consume far more than the 1,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D recommended by health authorities.