The Claim

Milk consumption at moderate intake levels of up to 0.6 servings per day is not associated with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease mortality, or cancer mortality in populations with low overall dairy consumption.

Source: Dairy Food Intake and All-Cause, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer Mortality: The Golestan Cohort Study

What the research says

Supports is higher

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Supports
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Challenges
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Correlation
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In plain English

Drinking up to 0.6 servings of milk per day does not correlate with increased risk of death from any cause, heart disease, or cancer in populations that consume little dairy overall.

See the scientific wording

Milk consumption is not associated with all-cause, cardiovascular disease, or cancer mortality, even at moderate intake levels of up to 0.6 servings per day, suggesting that milk may not contribute to mortality risk in populations with low overall dairy consumption.

Why this might work

Drinking a small amount of milk each day does not change the levels of substances in the blood that drive inflammation, cell damage, or energy imbalance, so it does not increase the risk of dying from heart disease, cancer, or other causes.

Supported mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Dairy Food Intake and All-Cause, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer Mortality: The Golestan Cohort Study

    This study found that drinking milk, even regularly, didn’t make people more or less likely to die from heart disease, cancer, or other causes — just like the claim says. Other dairy foods like yogurt and cheese helped, but milk alone didn’t make a difference.

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