The Claim
Cheese consumption is not associated with reduced cancer mortality.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
People who eat cheese do not have lower rates of death from cancer compared to those who eat less cheese.
See the scientific wording
Cheese consumption is not associated with reduced cancer mortality.
Eating cheese does not change how fast cancer cells grow or how the body removes substances that cause cancer, so it does not lower the chance of dying from cancer.
What the research says
6 studiesThe study looked at lots of people over time and found that eating cheese doesn't seem to lower the chance of dying from cancer.
The study looked at what people ate and who died of cancer over 11 years, and found that eating cheese didn’t make people any less likely to die from cancer.
Study: Dairy Consumption, Lactase Persistence, and Mortality Risk in a Cohort From Southern Sweden
People who ate more cheese were less likely to die overall, which suggests cheese probably doesn’t make people more likely to die from cancer — and might even help.
Study: Dietary patterns related to total mortality and cancer mortality in the United States
This study looked at what people ate and whether it affected their chance of dying from cancer. It found that no matter what diet people followed — even ones full of fruits and veggies — eating those foods didn’t lower cancer deaths. Since cheese wasn’t shown to help either, it supports the idea that cheese doesn’t reduce cancer deaths.
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