Dr Colbert??

[wrenb]

I was watching yesterday's Colbert Report and he talked about a recent health report regarding fertility and low-fat dairy. Now ordinarily these studies show a positive effect of consuming low-fat dairy. New Scientist has a good article about this  Harvard School of Public Health study. They followed a cohort of nurses for 8 years, and found a strong correlation between ovulation problems and consuming 2+ servings of low-fat dairy per week. The women who ate full-fat dairy "reduced their risk of anovulatory infertility by more than 25% compared with women who consumed up to one serving a week."

Guess I'm buying whole milk for the next few months! It can't hurt, as long as I reduce calories somewhere else.

Comments

[jminnis.livejournal.com]

My understanding is that the fat in whole milk also helps in the absorption of calcium by your body. For that reason (and flavor), I always get whole milk these days.

I'd also recommend (if you haven't already) finding a doctor whom you can talk to about these issues. I'm always skeptical about the "news health reports", because most of them come from preliminary (i.e. small sample size) studies. Alternately, find a trustworthy medical website with information written by experts.

[wrenb.livejournal.com]

Good doctor. Check.
Good med website? Not so much. Which is why I referred to New Scientisy rather than any of the webnews outlets I found the study reported in. I believe that the study size was 800. So not huge, but not too small.

And anyway, as long as I don't *gain* weight, I don't foresee whole milk hurting me. Especially as it's coming from my favorite organic dairy. The milk is not homogenized, and there's a lovely layer of cream on top. Good milk!