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Thanks for your response and consideration of our argument for the continued use of full-fat milk as part of a child's nutritional requirements.
You point out that we misquoted our reference to Dr Peter Elwood's study. We would like to clarify that the study of 665 men used food diaries to get a more complete idea of the full diet. The 665 men were a subgroup of the 2512 in the cohort, who were also studied but without food diaries. The results for the 665 men and the 2512 were in total agreement despite different measurement methods. A full compilation of many studies which included 200,000 men also confirmed the same results.
One of the results of this study was the dose response nature of milk consumption with better metabolic health. Without having a perfectly controlled experiment, this form of result is generally the best one can obtain in nutritional studies. While lifestyle factors can play an important role in such results, it should be noted that taken as a whole it is good news for whole - milk drinkers whatever the reason is.
Given that the Ministry assures us that such a study is not up to the quality it requires to make policy decisions, we feel it only right to ask what studies the Ministry is relying on that show the added health benefits of fat-reduced milk over whole unprocessed milk. Your reply hints that maybe the correlation of heart-disease with cholesterol levels and further the correlation between saturated fat intake and cholesterol levels is proof enough of the advantage of low-fat milk over high-fat milk.
While we do not deny the existence of these correlations, we do note that these also are mere correlations and not proof of a causal relationship.
Regards
Rosemary Abetz-Rouse
3-8A Heretaunga Ave Onehunga 1061 NZ
References:
Elwood PC, Pickering J E, Fehily AM, et al. Milk drinking, ischaemic heart disease and ischaemic stroke. 1. Evidence from the Caerphilly cohort. Eur J Clin Nutr 2004; 58:711-17. |
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Current Poll Results
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The milk I consume most is: |
Naturalea 4% unhomogenised (
13 %)
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Farmhouse (4%) unhomogenised (
5 %)
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Standard (3.3%) homogenised (
8 %)
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Low Fat Milk Homogenised (
33 %)
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Real Farm Milk - non pasteurised (
41 %)
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