Milk doesn't prevent broken bones

http://www.vox.com/2014/11/3/7149943/the-idea-that-milk-prevents-broken-bones-is-an-udder-sham

by pshin45 • 12 years ago

20 3 12 years ago

mikecb• 12 years ago

Sweden, where the sun doesn't shine enough to induce a great deal of natural vitamin D production, might not be the best place for such a topic with so many contributing factors. Vox could have written a very interesting article about how to read individual medical studies, the limits of statistics and specific populations, and many other things. But sadly, they did not.

IvyMike• 12 years ago

For any food with a large and well-known lobby behind it, look at any health claims with a very skeptical eye.

DanBC• 12 years ago

Fiction: "Milk, Sulphate, and Albie Starvation" deals with someone who realises he is lactose intolerant, and who suggests giving up milk to a bunch of people. The Milk Marketing Board see the slump in sales and decide to act - by sending an assassin.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/094779591X/

I really liked it, but I read it many years ago.

Milk doesn't prevent broken bones

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