RomeoStevens comments on Health/Longevity Link List - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RomeoStevens 05 May 2013 09:09:18PM 1 point [-]

Meta analysis of milk consumption studies suggests a significant decrease in CVD. Some studies show a marginal increase in prostate cancer in men, but as this is a highly treatable cancer and a much smaller effect size than the CVD reduction it seems like a great tradeoff. As expected if this was true, overall mortality is lower for milk drinkers.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 06 May 2013 04:55:02AM 1 point [-]

Lactose intolerance isn't evenly distributed through the population, so it might be a confounding factor.