Calcium, dairy may curb colon cancer risk

[Celebration]

http://www.reutershealth.com/en/index.html

Men with high levels of calcium and dairy foods in their diet have a lower risk of colorectal cancer, research suggests.

Recent studies have generally reported a "modest inverse association between calcium intake and the risk of colorectal cancer," Dr. Susanna C. Larsson, of Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, and colleagues note in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. "However, findings pertaining to specific subsites in the colorectum have been conflicting."

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The colorectal cancer risk for men in the highest quartile of total calcium intake was 32 percent lower than men in the lowest quartile. A high intake of dairy food was also associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer. Milk consumption had the strongest inverse association with colorectal cancer.

[Ilsa]

1. I wonder, is it the dairy, or is it a genetic predisposition to

be able to digest it, and therefore it is consumed more? Is the problem (perhaps something leading to a lactase deficieny) that causes some people to avoid dairy also something that creates cancer later on, perhaps from incidentally consuming dairy?

[bee]

2. Just once Id like to see a mainstream report on all the health

problems milk causes. but nooooo. must protect the dairy industry. must protect the dairy industry. Milk is goooooood. (wink wink). :eyes: