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by gnabgib·6y ago·view on hn ↗
I'm dubious of this article. After lookup up a couple of the (unlinked) references around apparent increase prostate cancer risk in men..

The conclusion of Dairy Products and Cancer Risk in a Northern Sweden Population[0] is the opposite "In conclusion, this study does not support any major adverse or beneficial effects of fermented milk, non-fermented milk, cheese, and butter in the diet from a cancer risk perspective"

The second (of three) references for this claim; Dairy products intake and cancer mortality risk: a meta-analysis of 11 population-based cohort studies[1] does mention elevated prostate cancer risk - "However, whole milk intake in men contributed to elevated prostate cancer mortality risk significantly". But this is about whole milk consumption (specifically, not cheese, yoghurt or butter)

We're living in a GPT3 world.. is this the product? The references don't support the claim (granted I only tested two of 21 references), and that last article-summary point "If you want to be deliberate in your cheese choices, consider sodium, calcium, calorie, and protein content" means absolutely nothing

[0]: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01635581.2019.1... [1]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27765039/

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Kudos for also visiting the primary sources. Regarding this question:

> We're living in a GPT3 world.. is this the product?

No. I just found the author’s bio: https://nutrition.tufts.edu/profile/staff/julia-reedy

You may have questions about the post (and they may be valid), but clearly the author has experience reading and explaining nutrition research. Errors, if any, may simply be errors.

As the submitter, perhaps you know more than I.. but where did you find the link between that Tufts profile and the author? Given you've submitted insidetracker more than once, perhaps you're affiliated, in which case I'm curious why the profile isn't properly linked.

If you try and find her on insidetracker you just get a list of her articles, or a vague blurb that doesn't even mention her Tufts appointment

I Googled for the author’s name and degree acronym - basically, I copied the article’s byline. Her name and degree (“MNSP”) are unique enough to find other bio pages, including the one I linked to.

I’m not affiliated with the company or her.