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Overall Summary of Dairy Consumption:

Generally Neutral or Modestly Protective: For most major non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular events (MCVs, CHDs), strokes, and hypertension, total dairy products showed neutral or protective associations.
Exceptions for Cardiovascular Mortality: Cardiovascular mortality was an exception,with some studies indicating increased risks.
Potential Increased Risks: Some studies linked total dairy to increased risks of bladder, breast, colorectal, and oral cancer, overweight/obesity, Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM), and certain joint issues. There where also reports linking it to higher risks of liver cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, and gastric lymphoma. Practical Implication: For consumers, typical mixed dairy diets are generally not associated with higher chronic disease risk and may offer modest protection in several areas.

Breakdown by Dairy Product Type:

Milk:
Cardiovascular: Mostly neutral or reduced associations for MCV outcomes, with some heterogeneity.
Cancer: Linked to lower risks of oral, bladder, and colorectal cancer in several reports. Though,some analyses showed higher risks for breast,prostate,liver,or non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Weight: Evidence suggested a lower risk of overweight/obesity.
mortality: Mixed results, mainly neutral or inconclusive. daily Practice: Appears largely neutral to modestly favorable, with caution regarding certain cancer associations.

Cheese:
cardiovascular & Cancer: Heterogeneous results. Several reports linked it to lower MCV impact and reduced risk of breast, colorectal, oral, and ovarian cancers. Others were neutral. one report showed an increased risk of prostate cancer.
Mortality: Generally neutral associations.
T2DM: Mixed results.
Variability: Differences in composition and study definitions likely contribute to the variability in results.

Yogurt:
No Harmful Associations: Stood out as having no associations suggesting harm.
protective Associations: Linked to lower risks of bladder, breast, colorectal, esophageal, hepatic, and oral cancers, as well as T2DM, and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.
Consumer Implication: Swapping a daily snack for yogurt could be a simple and potentially beneficial choice.

Fermented Foods (Grouped):
Protective Associations: Evidence suggested reduced risks of MCV, stroke, several cancers (bladder, breast, esophageal), T2DM, and all-cause mortality.
Mortality: Neutral association.

fat Content Comparison (Full-Fat vs. Reduced-Fat):

No Differential Harm: Sub-analyses comparing full-fat and reduced-fat dairy found mainly no differential harm.
Reverse Associations: In fact, reverse associations (meaning reduced risk) appeared for several cardiovascular outcomes with both full-fat and reduced-fat dairy. Notable Exceptions:
Full-fat milk was linked to a higher risk in some stroke analyses.
Ovarian cancer showed an increased association with full-fat milk but a reverse association with reduced-fat milk.
Mortality: Differences in mortality by fat level were essentially zero, with isolated exceptions.

Limitations of the Research:

Overlapping Participants: Many systematic reviews and meta-analyses included overlapping participants, potentially inflating apparent associations. Lack of Sex-Specific analysis: Only about half of the reports stratified results by sex, limiting the understanding of potential differences between men and women.
Inconsistent Definitions: Lack of normalization in dairy product definitions (varying by country, treatment, and composition) makes direct comparisons difficult.
Under-portrayal of Bone Health: Research has focused more on calcium supplementation or pediatric populations then on regular adult dairy intake for bone health.

Conclusions:

General Neutrality/Modest Protection: Dairy consumption is generally neutral or modestly protective for major non-communicable diseases.
Yogurt and Fermented Dairy Lead: Yogurt and other fermented dairy products show the most consistent associations with lower risks, making them a promising option for daily diets. Need for Nuance: Variations between products (especially cheese types) and specific cancer signals (prostate, ovarian) necessitate nuanced advice rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. Future Research: Future work should focus on specific product analyses.