On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Jason Marsh wrote:
> On the subject of whey. There's some good info @
> http://www.designerprotein.com/reports/reports.html
On the same subject, I have noticed that the anti-milk sites on
the Web often quote the work of Stephen Seely to the effect that
dairy consumption has the highest correlation with heart disease
rates. This is another example of how you have to check such
claims. If you check out Seely's research (and his book,
_Diet-Related Diseases_) you will find that while his
epidemiological research indeed shows a high correlation between
consumption of *unfermented* milk products and heart disease, he
curiously finds no correlation between heart disease and cheese
consumption.
Todd Moody
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Med Hypotheses 1981 Jul;7(7):907-18
Diet and coronary disease: a survey of mortality rates and food
consumption statistics of 24 countries.
Seely S
Direct, linear and reasonably accurate correlation has been found
between coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality rates and the
consumption of unfermented milk proteins--namely the protein
content of all dairy products with the only important exception
of cheese--in a study of male mortality rates and food
consumption statistics of 24 countries. Thus in Finland, with the
highest CHD mortality amongst these countries, the consumption of
unfermented milk proteins is also higher than in the other
countries, 30.4 g/day, corresponding to the protein content of
0.85 l of whole milk. In Germany, Yugoslavia and Japan male CHD
mortality is approximately a half, a quarter and a tenth of that
in Finland. So is the consumption of milk proteins, 14.1, 8.1 and
2.5 g respectively. Multivariate analysis on the combined effect
of milk proteins and other possible atherogenic agents, like
sugar, saturated fats and cigarette smoking, is performed, the
results tending to confirm the leading role of milk proteins,
attributing only an adjuvant effect to co-factors. Possible
theoretical interpretation of the results is briefly discussed.
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