05-10-2005
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Re: Dairy and Mucus Production
<gel44@earthlink.net> wrote: >> probably averaged about a litre/quart *PER DAY* (at least for the past >> 25 years). Wow - thinking about it... 365litres a year * 25-30 years - >> that's a *lot* of milk :-) > > With that much cow's milk drinking, if you do not suffer from >diabetes, you are doing good. So far so good as far as diabetes is concerned. A friend of mine has (T2) diabetes, and I've used his glucose tester a few time and get good readings (readinds between 2.8 - 4.9 before lunch, after mid-morning snack). My blood pressure usually comes in aroud 115/75 - 120/80. >> So far, so good though (strep throat only once that I can remember, no >> memorable ear infections). > > any other health problems like sinus or hayfever conditions? No sinus or hayfever. So many other people my age seem to have these conditions though, and it's getting more and more common?? I did have worse than average acne as a teen (though so did my mother and sister and they rarely drank milk... genetic??) I also have 3 small lipoma-like 'bumps' under the skin which I wonder if it's related to the amount of milk I drink. The doc checked them out - non cancerous, nothing to worry about. Not really a lipoma (tough that's what it looks like) - something to do with the membranes of the layers of skin (upper and lower joining for form a 'cell'. The official cause of this type of thing is 'unknown' according to the doctor. I can have them easily removed (and probably will if they become large enough to be noticable). No other problems that I know of. Had a colonoscopy within the past year - all is good. Had a 'homosistene' test last month - also good. Cholesterol (self) test showed pretty readings. |
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05-10-2005
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Re: Dairy and Mucus Production
<gel44@earthlink.net> wrote: > > With that much cow's milk drinking, if you do not suffer from >diabetes, you are doing good. Some late breaking research (what's really interesting is that this finding comes from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study... so I'll be curious to see if Willett changes his stance): --- NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating lots of dairy foods, especially low-fat varieties, may cut the chances of a man developing type 2 diabetes, according to a report released Monday. Dr. Hyon K. Choi, from M***achusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues analyzed data from 41,254 men who participated in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. The subjects were initially free from diabetes, cancer, and heart disease and were tracked for 12 years. A total of 1243 cases of type 2 diabetes were diagnosed during follow-up, the investigators report in the Archives of Internal Medicine. After adjusting for weight, physical activity, and dietary factors, men with the highest intake of dairy foods were 23 percent less likely to develop diabetes than those with the lowest intake, the researchers found. Looked at another way, the data indicate that each serving-per-day rise in total dairy intake was linked with a 9 percent reduction in diabetes risk. Further analysis showed that the possible benefit of dairy intake was confined to low-fat items. Each serving-per-day increase in low-fat dairy intake cut the risk of diabetes by 12 percent, whereas intake of high-fat items had no significant effect. "Our findings are most directly generalizable to men 40 years old and older with no history of type 2 diabetes," the investigators state in their article. Further studies are needed to see if they apply to men with diabetes or to women. In a related editorial, Dr. Janet C. King, from Children's Hospital Oakland in California, notes that the "role of dairy foods in health is very complex and probably varies with the (makeup) of the individual." Nonetheless, she says, this study by "is a further reminder of the potential importance of dairy intake and the continuing value of research in this area." SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, May 9 2005. http://washingtontimes.com/upi-break...5352-3151r.htm |
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