JUST A VERY FEW CITATIONS ABOUT COW MILK AND HEART DISEASE
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Chris Hafner-Eaton, PhD, MPH, CHES, IBCLC

Is bovine milk a health hazard?
Pediatrics 1985 Jan;75(1 Pt 2):182-6   (ISSN: 0031-4005)
Oski FA [Find other articles with this Author]
Whole bovine milk should not be fed to infants during the first year of life
because of its association with occult gastrointestinal bleeding, iron
deficiency anemia, and cow's milk allergy. The consumption of whole milk
after the first year of life should be discouraged because of its potential
role in a variety of disorders including atherosclerosis, recurrent
abdominal pain of childhood, cataracts, milk-borne infections, and juvenile
delinquency. 

Hypothesis is lactose a dietary risk factor for ischaemic heart disease?
Int J Epidemiol 1980 Sep;9(3):271-6   (ISSN: 0300-5771)
Segall JJ [Find other articles with this Author]
The prevalence of primary adult lactose malabsorption (LM) in 23 ethnic
groups was matched with national data on milk consumption and mortality
rates from ischaemic heart disease (IHD). In 6 other ethnic groups
prevalence of LM was related to unquantified assessments of milk consumption
and frequency of IHD. On the available data, populations with a prevalence
of LM over 30%, and whose consumption of milk is low or is largely in low
lactose form, have a lower risk of IHD mortality than populations with a
prevalence of LM under 30% and a high milk consumption. There is evidence
against attributing these findings to genetic linkage between susceptibility
to IHD mortality and persistent lactose absorption, or to differences in
socio-economic development, cigarette consumption or intake of animal fats.
The findings are compatible with an hypothesis that, if the correlation
reported previously between milk consumption and IHD mortality is causal,
lactose could be the responsible dietary factor.
 
Variation in mortality from ischemic heart disease in relation to alcohol
and milk consumption.
Med Hypotheses 1983 Dec;12(4):321-9   (ISSN: 0306-9877)
Popham RE; Schmidt W; Israel Y [Find other articles with these Authors]
A simple correlation analysis of data for 19 Western countries confirmed
previously reported findings that the rate of mortality from ischemic heart
disease (IHD) varies inversely with total alcohol consumption and positively
with the consumption of unfermented milk proteins. However, when milk
protein consumption was held constant in a multiple-partial correlation
analysis, the association between total alcohol consumption and the IHD
mortality rate was reduced to non-significance. In contrast, when alcohol
consumption was held constant there was little effect on the high
correlation between the mortality rate and the consumption of milk proteins.
Multiple regression analysis confirmed the importance of the milk factor
over alcoholic beverages as a determinant of variation in IHD mortality
rates. It was concluded that the inverse association between alcohol
consumption and IHD mortality, observed in international comparisons, is
probably largely an artifact of a negative association between alcohol and
milk consumption. An hypothesis is offered respecting the component of milk
which might be responsible for its apparent atherogenicity.

Milk and other dietary influences on coronary heart disease.
Altern Med Rev 1998 Aug;3(4):281-94   (ISSN: 1089-5159)
Grant WB [Find other articles with this Author]
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., USA. [log in to unmask]
While dietary links to ischemic heart disease (IHD) and coronary heart
disease (CHD) mortality have been studied for many years, the correlation
has not clearly been resolved, especially for older populations. In this
paper, a multi-country statistical approach involving 32 countries is used
to find dietary links to IHD and CHD for various age groups aged 35+. For
IHD, milk carbohydrates were found to have the highest statistical
association for males aged 35+ and females aged 65+, while for females aged
35-64, sugar was found to have the highest association. In the case of CHD,
non-fat milk was found to have the highest association for males aged 45+
and females aged 75+, while for females 65-74, milk carbohydrates and sugar
had the highest associations, and for females aged 45-64, sugar had the
highest association. A number of mechanisms have been proposed in the
literature that might explain the milk carbohydrate or non-fat milk
association. One of the most prominent theories is that animal proteins
contribute to homocysteine (Hcy) production; however, milk more than meat
lacks adequate B vitamins to convert Hcy to useful products. Lactose and
calcium in conjunction with Hcy from consumption of non-fat milk may also
contribute to calcification of the arteries.
 
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--Chris Hafner-Eaton, PhD, MPH, CHES, IBCLC    [log in to unmask]
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