I’m sorry, but after decades of reading all these conflicting analyses, I think it’s pretty much a crapshoot. A lot of ‘causation’ is more likely observation: firetrucks are always seen at the scene of a house fire, therefore they must be the cause of the fires. ALL things in excess would cause something after a while; moderation is the key. I don’t believe you would die from lung cancer if you smoked 2 or 3 cigarettes a day - but who does that? The act itself is addictive.
One cocktail a day does not lead to cirrhosis but overdo it and you are bound to have problems. I too use dairy products - 2% milk and different cheeses 3-4X per week - and I am not about to give any of that up. Even if I believed - and I don’t - that my lifelong intake of dairy caused my prostate cancer, it’s too late to worry about it since by now it would have had to have caused enough genetic damage to be irreversible; taking away the carcinogen after the fact doesn’t make the cancer go away. Many heavy smoker friends of mine quit cold turkey after their diagnosis - but they are still all dead from lung cancer. At your age mending your wicked, wicked ways is not gonna add too much more time to the game clock, is it? If you were in your 20’s maybe.
With that, I am now going to prepare eggplant rollatine with full fat ricotta and mozzarella. And if it kills me at least I’ll die with a smile on my face - haha!
I don’t mean to be glib or fatalistic - we really do have a LOT to say with what happens to our bodies - but again, you need moderation in thought as well.