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Subject:
Lactose and CHD
From:
Jennie Brand Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 16:33:04 +0700
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Loren wrote:

 Numerous epidemiological studies have shown dietary
>lactose (the disaccharide in milk) to be a prominent risk factor for
>CHD (34).

This is new to me.  What would be the mechanism?  Could it not be that the
saturated fat in dairy products is a confounder in this association. It
seems strange that the major source of carbohdyrate in human milk would
actually encourage a disease process.

Best wishes  Jennie

Jennie Brand Miller  PhD
Associate Professor in Human Nutrition
Department of Biochemistry  G08
University of Sydney
NSW 2006  Australia
Phone: (61 2) 9351 3759
Fax: (61 2) 9351 6022

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