Breaking Medical News: Two Studies Show Low-Fat and Fat-Free Milk Linked to Prostate Cancer

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Two Studies Show Low-Fat and Fat-Free Milk Linked to Prostate Cancer

 

Two new studies published in the American Journal of Epidemiology

showed a positive correlation between low-fat and nonfat milk

consumption and the risk of prostate cancer.

 

One study looked at questionnaires by 82,483 men in the Multiethnic

Cohort Study, 4,404 of whom developed prostate cancer over a mean

follow-up of eight years. Whether in the form of food or supplements,

there was no association between calcium and vitamin D intake and

prostate cancer risk. However, consuming 1 cup or more per day of low-

fat or nonfat milk showed a positive association for developing

prostate cancer, while whole milk consumption showed a decreased risk

for total prostate cancer (includes nonadvanced, advanced, and fatal

cases).

 

The other study assessed food frequency questionnaires among 293,888

participants of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-AARP Diet and

Health Study, 10,180 of whom were total prostate cancer cases. Skim

milk consumption at two or more servings per day was positively

associated with an increased risk of advanced prostate cancer.

 

 

 

Park S, Murphy SP, Wilkens LR, et al. Calcium, vitamin D, and dairy

product intake and prostate cancer risk: the Multiethnic Cohort

Study. Am J Epid. 2007;166:1259-1269.

 

Park Y, Mitrou PN, Kipnis V, et al. Calcium, dairy foods, and risk of

incident and fatal prostate cancer: the NIH-AARP Diet and Health

Study. Am J Epid. 2007;166:1270-1279.

 

 

 

 

 

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