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July 2008 vol. 13 no.7

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
John Adams (1735 - 1826)


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Fruits and Vegetables Provide Academic Edge

Children who eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables perform better academically than their peers. As part of the Children’s Lifestyle and School-Performance Study, researchers in Canada looked at 4,589 fifth-grade students to examine the link between diet quality and academic performance. Food frequency questionnaires were compared with the results of a standardized test given to all fifth-grade students in Canada. The results showed that children who ate more fruits and vegetables and less fat—indicating a high-quality diet—also experienced increases in academic performance.

Florence MD, Asbridge M, Veugelers PJ. Diet quality and academic performance. J Sch Health. 2008;78:209-215.


Animal Protein Increases Infertility Risk

Women who consume animal protein may be harming their fertility. Harvard researchers analyzed dietary assessments from 18,555 women trying to become pregnant in the Nurses’ Health Study II and found that adding one serving of meat per day was associated with a 32 percent greater risk of infertility. After adjusting for confounding factors, women who consumed the most total protein were at 41 percent greater risk of ovulatory infertility than those who consumed the least. Women with the highest animal protein intake had a 39 percent increased risk, while those with the highest vegetable protein intake had a 22 percent decreased risk for ovulatory infertility.

Chavarro JE, Rich-Edwards JW, Rosner BA, Willett WC. Protein intake and ovulatory infertility. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008;198:210.e1-210.e7.


More Evidence Linking Cow’s Milk to Type 1 Diabetes

Cow’s milk proteins have been linked to type I Diabetes in research over the past 20 years. More evidence comes from Anatek-EP, a protein research laboratory in Portland, Maine. Researchers reported finding antibodies to bovine beta-lactoglobulin in the serum of children with diabetes. Individuals without diabetes did not have the antibody. Type 1 diabetes is caused when antibodies destroy the insulin-producing pancreatic cells. Studies suggest that cow’s milk proteins, viruses, and other factors may trigger the production of these dangerous antibodies. Larger studies are currently testing this theory.

Goldfarb M. Relation of time of introduction of cow milk protein to an infant and risk of type 1 diabetes mellitus. J Proteome Research. 2008;7:2165-7.


The Case Against Milk - New Paper Shows Milk Does Not Aid Weight Loss

For years, the dairy industry has spent millions trying to convince Americans that dairy products can help them stay slim. Paid TV and movie stars from Brooke Shields to Dr. Phil have appeared in the high-profile milk mustache ads.

A new paper published in Nutrition Reviews in May showed that dairy products do not reliably help people lose weight or fat and can, in fact, cause weight gain.

PCRM senior scientist and lead author Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D., co-authored the scientific review with PCRM president Neal Barnard, M.D. The two carefully reviewed every study conducted from 1966 through August 2007 that examined whether dairy or calcium supplementation causes weight loss. Some of the studies restricted calories; some did not.

Of the 49 studies that Drs. Lanou and Barnard analyzed, 41 showed no effect on weight loss. Two showed that dairy products increased body weight. The only studies that showed weight loss or body fat loss were funded by the dairy industry. None of the 18 studies looking at children or adolescents showed that dairy products helped at all.

In 2007, PCRM won a victory against the industry when the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and two national dairy industry organizations responded to a PCRM petition by agreeing to stop the weight-loss campaign because existing research did not support their claims. Rather than honor this agreement, the dairy industry simply reworded the ads, toning down its claims only slightly.


Selected segments are reproduced from:   

Dr. Mercola’s excellent website: http://www.mercola.com

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine http://www.pcrm.org