Dairy Consumption, Obesity, and Insulin Resistance in Young Adults This article suggests that dairy consumption is protective for diabetes and insulin resistance. Now, although the author does not mention it, dairy does contain conjugated linoleic acid, a compound actually formed from the bacteria in the lumen of the cow, which does act as a PPAR-gamma […]
Successful weight loss programs are elusive for many. Advertising messages tell us that dairy is a part of weight loss programs, but is this real or hype? Regular readers of the Rantings know that I am no fan of dairy products and I believe that it is one of the greatest marketing success stories of […]
Milk and lactose intakes and ovarian cancer risk Women who drank more than 4 servings of dairy per day had a twofold increased risk for one type of ovarian cancer. For those of us against dairy this just further supports our position. As an aside, do you ever wonder why some articles never make it […]
Osteopathic Manipulation as Adjuvant Therapy in Children with Recurrent Acute Otitis Media While I love to see articles such as this (the findings not really a big surprise to any chiropractor), it is unfortunate that any press this article receives will not extend to chiropractic. Heck–why should it? Just because DCs perform 90% of manipulations […]
Milk, milk products and lactose intake and ovarian cancer risk I don’t make this stuff up–I just find it. While this review does not show a strong association, it does show that increasing milk intake does increase your risk of ovarian cancer. As a society, we really need to re-evaluate our fascination w/ dairy. There […]
