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Dairy and prostate cancer: Conflicting information
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 19 5:16pm | Replies (121)Comment receiving replies
If you do a deep dive on soy, hold on to your hat because even THAT is controversial as far as PCa goes.
So 2/3 cup of milk is OK, but a cup isn’t? I don’t doubt for a moment that you read that on a reputable site but just think about how far fetched that is…I read a study that said lowfat milk is bad, but lowfat yogurt is OK. I mean, do they even consider the actual person drinking the milk or eating the yogurt??!!
And what about all the wonderful anti-cancer effects of CLA’s in organic grass fed cow’s milk? They don’t count now?
I’m telling you, surfer, all this contradictory nutritional info is starting to sound downright schizoid!!
Phil
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I know BUT, I am sure 2/3 was a "choice" since they probably had people answer to questions like "how much milk do you drink in a day : one cup , more than a cup, less than a cup, none". People that answered "less than a cup" and "none" had similar results so they concluded that "less than a cup" is safe. So what to say to general population - you can drink some milk but less than a cup ? Maybe, but than what is less than a cup ? They decided for practical reasons to choose 2/3. Epidemiologists have to use wording that is understandable to majority of the people. There was no statistical difference between "none" and "less than a cup", so 2/3 it is ; ). You would be surprised how results are interpreted and presented, not to mention "adjusted" *ehem , and talking here from personal experience working in a lab.
Milk vs. yogurt - well, if we take into consideration IGF1 factor that previous poster mentioned than it could be that fermentation changes hormone's structure directly or indirectly by acidifying substrate and make it inactive (hormones are proteins, after all) .
Soy milk - yes, but half of a cup will make no difference effecting hormones.
All in all PSA going down more than 2 points was what proved to me that diet and supplements do have an effect. My husband took PSA test again 2 weeks ago and it is still down. His PSA and free PSA ratio is also MUCH better .
What can I tell you - one has to do their best to stop this beast, all the rest is in god's hands ;), being it all crazy or not.