Boy is my face red --  New Year's Eve yes but I don't even drink. I flipped
through some stuff quickly for the numbers. I have studies showing between
double (many studies) and 14 times (La Vecchia, Oncology, 1991;48(5) -- the
risk for prostate cancer (not 35 times) with high versus non-dairy
consumption -- 2.5 times the risk seeming to be about the "average"
reported rate (here's one: Mettlin, Cancer 1989;64(3)).

 -- remember that some of the high/low dairy consuming geographic regions
are also high/low dairy formula feeding, so the adult and childhood
consumption may be intertwined in some findings. The high levels of
estrogen in milk (human, cow, all) is one of the suggested links, while the
lactose, growth hormine IGF1, the fat, and other factors are examined as
well (and it's likely a multi-cause effect).

That number 35? 35 times the risk is for diabetes in high formula/dairy
consumption verses breastmilk/no-dairy (Drash, Ann Med 1991;23 (4)).

Some more numbers: double to triple ovarian cancer for milk consumers
(Mettlin, Am J Epidemiol 1990; 132(5)), double for lung and breast and
unmeasured elevation for pancreas. Non-dairy "total" breastfeeders of
Senegal have 1/50th our colon cancer and 1/6th our cancer overall, but
dairy is likely only one component.

Thanks for writing -- I'd hate to repeat that again. linda

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