B. Melnik reports that acne is far less common among people eating a low-glycaemic palaeolithic diet without dairy, that two randomized trials support low-glycaemic-load diets as treatment, and that milk appears to drive acne through mTORC1 signalling.
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Milk boosts prostate cancer risk, studies suggest
Following 8,894 Icelandic men for 24 years, Johanna Torfadottir's team found men who drank milk daily as teenagers but stopped later were three times as likely to be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. The study is observational and proves no cause.
Lifestyle
Raw (Unpasteurized) Milk
A public health explainer warning that unpasteurized milk can carry bacteria, viruses and parasites that cause serious illness. Pasteurization kills the disease-causing germs, which otherwise leave no change in how milk looks, tastes or smells.
Food
Omega rich organic milk better for mom and baby
Newcastle University researchers sampling supermarket milk in North East England over two years found organic milk carried more nutritionally beneficial fatty acids than conventional milk whatever the season, and that conventional milk from a poor summer was higher in saturated fat.
Comments
The Label All Milk Drinkers Should Look Out For (Unless You Like Cancer)
An Ohio court let dairies keep rbGH-free labels provided they carry the FDA's disclaimer, and also struck down the FDA finding of no measurable compositional difference, citing higher IGF-1, a stretch of lower-quality milk in each lactation, and higher somatic cell counts in milk from treated cows.
Nutrition
Infant formula recall - update
The FDA says Abbott's recall now covers about 5 million containers of Similac powdered formula, including Isomil and Go & Grow, over possible beetle and larvae contamination. The agency sees no immediate risk but tells parents to seek care if babies get an upset stomach or refuse food.
Watch-List
Is Meat and Milk From Clones in the Food Supply?
Asked whether cloned cattle or their offspring have reached the North American food supply, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he did not know. USDA says it is unaware of clone products entering the supply under a voluntary moratorium, but that clone offspring fall outside that moratorium.
Politics
The War Over Raw Milk Heats Up
Raw milk drinkers and sellers sued the FDA in early 2010, calling its ban on interstate sales unconstitutional, and the case is pending as raids on small dairies and buying clubs continue. Mercola argues the enforcement is out of proportion to the illnesses raw milk causes.
Watch-List
Dairy products linked to high prostate cancer risk
A case-control study by Raimondi and colleagues in Prostate compared 197 men with prostate cancer and 197 controls in Montreal and found those eating more dairy were twice as likely to have the disease. Because it is not a trial, dairy cannot be called the cause.
Food
Some basics about milk
Milk supplies calcium, some vitamin D and protein but may not be the best source of any of them: a Harvard study of more than 77,000 nurses found women drinking two or more glasses a day had more hip and arm fractures, and fortified milk falls far short of daily vitamin D needs.
Dining
Effects of Switching from Whole to Low-Fat/Fat-Free Milk in Public Schools
New York City schools dropped whole milk during 2005-2006 and moved to fat-free chocolate milk. Milk purchases per student rose 1.3 percent by fiscal 2009, and health officials estimate milk-drinking students got 5,960 fewer calories and 619 fewer grams of fat than in 2004.
Food
Choosing Between Raw Milk and a Dead, White Liquid
Mercola presents a video interview with journalist David E. Gumpert, who argues Louis Pasteur developed his heat treatment for wine rather than milk, and that pasteurization's credit for cutting childhood illness is exaggerated because sewers and cleaner water arrived at the same time.
Legal Actions
Milk on Trial as Cornell Expert Testifies at Fired Teacher's Hearing
T. Colin Campbell testified at the Illinois dismissal hearing of art teacher Dave Warwak, fired for turning his classroom into a forum on veganism. Campbell backed the claim that animal foods shorten lives, citing NFL players' life expectancy.
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