{"id":10466,"date":"2024-08-21T20:07:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T13:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=10466"},"modified":"2024-08-21T20:07:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T13:07:58","slug":"what-should-we-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=10466","title":{"rendered":"What Should We Drink?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Here is a review of reviews on the health effects of tea, coffee, milk, wine, and soda.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve watched my videos or read my books, you\u2019ve heard me say, time and again, <em>the best available balance of evidence<\/em>. What does that mean? When making decisions as life-or-death important as what to feed ourselves and our families, it matters less what a single study says, but rather what the totality of peer-reviewed science has to say.<\/p>\n<p>Individual studies can lead to headlines like \u201cStudy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danielfisher\/2013\/12\/12\/study-finds-no-link-between-secondhand-smoke-and-cancer\/?sh=5243a67b65d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finds<\/a> No Link Between Secondhand Smoke and Cancer,\u201d but to know if there is a link between secondhand smoke and lung cancer, it would be better to look at a review or meta-analysis that compiles multiple studies. The problem is that some reviews say one thing\u2014for instance, \u201cbreathing other people\u2019s tobacco smoke <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9365295\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is<\/a> a cause of lung cancer\u201d\u2014and other reviews say another\u2014such as, the effects of secondhand smoke <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/1947248\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are<\/a> insignificant and further such talk may \u201cfoster irrational fears.\u201d And, while we\u2019re at it, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/1947248\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indulge<\/a> in \u201cactive smoking of some 4-5 cigarettes per day\u201d without really worrying about it, so light up!<\/p>\n<p>Why do review articles on the health effects of secondhand smoke <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9605902\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reach<\/a> such different conclusions? As you can imagine, about 90 percent of reviews written by researchers affiliated with the tobacco industry said it was not harmful, whereas you get the opposite number with independent reviews, as you can see below and at 1:18 in my video <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/friday-favorites-what-are-the-best-beverages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Friday Favorites: What Are the Best Beverages?<\/strong><\/a>. Reviews <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9605902\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">written<\/a> by the tobacco industry\u2013affiliated researchers had 88 times the odds of concluding that secondhand smoke was harmless. It was all part of \u201ca deliberate strategy to use scientific consultants to <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/11449018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discredit<\/a> the science\u2026\u201d In other words, \u201cthe strategic and long run antidote to the passive smoking issue\u2026is developing and widely publicizing clear-cut, credible, medical evidence that passive smoking [secondhand smoke] is not harmful to the non-smoker\u2019s health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107962\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-18.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-18.png 1920w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-18-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-18-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-18-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-18-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-18-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-18-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-18-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1-18-540x304.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Can\u2019t we just stick to the independent reviews? The problem is that industry-funded researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9605902\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have<\/a> all sorts of sneaky ways to get out of declaring conflicts of interest, so it can be hard to follow the money. For instance, it was found that \u201c77% failed to disclose the sources of funding\u201d for their research. But, even without knowing who funded what, the majority of reviews still concluded that secondhand smoke was harmful. So, just as a single study may not be as helpful as looking at a compilation of studies on a topic, a single review may not be as useful as a compilation of reviews. In that case, looking at a review of reviews can give us a better sense of where the best available balance of evidence may lie. When it comes to secondhand smoke, it\u2019s probably best not to inhale, as you can see in the graph below and at 2:30 in my <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/friday-favorites-what-are-the-best-beverages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>video<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107964\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-30.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-30.png 1920w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-30-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-30-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-30-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-30-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-30-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-30-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-30-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-30-540x304.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wouldn\u2019t it be cool if there were reviews of reviews for different foods and drinks? Voila! <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25406801\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enter<\/a> \u201cAssociations Between Food and Beverage Groups and Major Diet-Related Chronic Diseases: An Exhaustive Review of Pooled\/Meta-Analyses and Systematic Reviews.\u201d Let\u2019s start with the drinks. As you can see below and at 2:51 in my <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/friday-favorites-what-are-the-best-beverages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>video<\/strong><\/a>, the findings were <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25406801\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">classified<\/a> into three categories: protective, neutral, or deleterious.<\/p>\n<p>First up: tea versus coffee. As you can <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/what-are-the-best-beverages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see<\/a> in the graph below and at 2:58, most reviews <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25406801\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> both beverages to be protective for whichever condition they were studying, but you can see how this supports my recommendation for tea over coffee. Every cup of coffee is a lost opportunity to drink a cup of green tea, which is even healthier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107968\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-58-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-58-1.png 1920w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-58-1-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-58-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-58-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-58-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-58-1-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-58-1-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-58-1-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2-58-1-540x304.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">It\u2019s no surprise that soda sinks to the bottom, as you can see below and at 3:20 in my <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/friday-favorites-what-are-the-best-beverages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>video<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">, but 14 percent of reviews <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25406801\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mentioned<\/a> the protective effects of drinking soda. What?! Well, most were references to papers like \u201cHigh Intake of Added Sugar Among Norwegian Children and Adolescents,\u201d a cross-sectional study that <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/15003136\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> that eighth-grade girls who drank more soda were thinner than girls who drank less. Okay, but that was just a snapshot in time. What do you think is more likely? That the heavier girls were heavier because they drank less soda, or that they drank less sugary soda because they were heavier? Soda abstention may therefore be a consequence of obesity, rather than a cause, yet it gets marked down as having a protective association.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107970\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-20.png 1920w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-20-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-20-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-20-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-20-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-20-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-20-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-20-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/3-20-540x304.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Study design flaws may also account for wine numbers, as seen below and at 4:07 in my <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/friday-favorites-what-are-the-best-beverages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a><\/strong>. This review of reviews was <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25406801\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> in 2014, before the revolution in our understanding of \u201calcohol\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25670722\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evaporating<\/a> health benefits,\u201d suggesting that the \u201cpresumed health benefits from \u2018moderate\u2019 alcohol use [may have] finally <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25613200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collapsed<\/a>\u201d\u2014thanks in part to a systematic error of <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17478320\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">misclassifying<\/a> former drinkers as if they were lifelong abstainers, as I revealed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/is-it-better-to-drink-little-alcohol-than-none-at-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deep dive<\/a> in a video series on the subject. <\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107972\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-07.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-07.png 1920w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-07-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-07-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-07-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-07-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-07-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-07-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-07-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/4-07-540x304.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sometimes there are unexplainable associations. For example, one of the soft drink studies <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/20055784\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> that increased soda consumption was associated with a lower risk of certain types of esophageal cancers. Don\u2019t tell me. Was the study funded by Coca-Cola? Indeed. Does that help explain the positive milk studies, as you can see in the graph below and at 5:02 in my <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/friday-favorites-what-are-the-best-beverages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>video<\/strong><\/a>? Were they all just funded by the National Dairy Council?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107974\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-02.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-02.png 1920w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-02-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-02-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-02-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-02-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-02-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-02-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-02-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-02-540x304.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/what-are-the-best-beverages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shown<\/a> below and at 5:06, even more conflicts of interest have been <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17214504\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> among milk studies than soda studies, with industry-funded studies of all such beverages \u201capproximately four to eight times more likely to be favorable to the financial interests of the [study] sponsors than articles without industry-related funding.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107976\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-06.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-06.png 1920w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-06-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-06-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-06-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-06-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-06-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-06-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-06-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5-06-540x304.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Funding bias aside, though, there could be legitimate reasons for the protective effects associated with milk consumption. After all, those who drink more milk may drink less soda, which is even worse, so they may come out ahead. It may be more than just relative benefits, though. The soda-cancer link <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/20055784\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seems<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> a little tenuous and not just because of the study\u2019s financial connection to The Coca-Cola Company. It\u2019s hard to imagine a biologically plausible mechanism, whereas even something as universally condemned as tobacco isn\u2019t universally bad. As I\u2019ve <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/peppers-and-parkinsons-the-benefits-of-smoking-without-the-risks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explored before<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">, more than 50 studies have consistently found a protective association between nicotine and Parkinson\u2019s disease. Even secondhand smoke <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/22095755\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">may<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> be protective. Of course, you\u2019d still want to avoid it. Passive secondhand smoke may decrease the risk of Parkinson\u2019s, but it <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24455788\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increases<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> the risk of stroke, an even deadlier brain disease, not to mention lung cancer and heart disease, which has killed off millions of Americans since the first Surgeon General\u2019s report was released, as you can see below and at 6:20 in my <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/friday-favorites-what-are-the-best-beverages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>video<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107978\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-20.png 1920w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-20-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-20-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-20-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-20-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-20-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-20-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-20-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/6-20-540x304.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Thankfully, by eating certain vegetables, we may be able to get some of the benefits without the risks, and the same may be true of dairy. As I\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/dairy-and-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described<\/a> before, the consumption of milk is <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25527754\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">associated<\/a> with an increased risk of prostate cancer, leading to recommendations suggesting that men may want to <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/31139629\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cut<\/a> down or minimize their intake, but milk consumption is also <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25527754\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">associated<\/a> with decreased colorectal cancer risk. This <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28796047\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appears<\/a> to be a calcium effect. Thankfully, we may be able to get the best of both worlds by <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24870117\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eating<\/a> high-calcium plant foods, such as greens and beans. <\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What does our review-of-reviews study <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25406801\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conclude<\/a> about such plant-based foods, in comparison to animal-based foods? We\u2019ll find out next.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for the exhaustive review of meta-analyses and systematic reviews on major diet-related chronic diseases found for food groups in <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/friday-favorites-what-are-the-best-foods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>What Are the Best Foods?<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The alcohol video I mentioned is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/friday-favorites-is-it-better-to-drink-little-alcohol-than-none-do-any-benefits-of-alcohol-outweigh-the-risks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is It Better to Drink a Little Alcohol Than None at All?<\/a><\/strong>, and the Parkinson\u2019s video is <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/?s=Peppers%20and%20Parkinson%E2%80%99s%3A%20The%20Benefits%20of%20Smoking%20Without%20the%20Risks%3F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pepper\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s: The Benefits of Smoking Without the Risks<\/strong><\/a>. I also mentioned my <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/friday-favorites-dairy-and-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dairy and Cancer<\/strong><\/a> video.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What about diet soda? See related posts below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s so bad about alcohol? Check out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/friday-favorites-can-alcohol-cause-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Can Alcohol Cause Cancer?<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/do-any-benefits-of-alcohol-outweigh-the-risks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Do Any Benefits of Alcohol Outweigh the Risks?<\/strong><\/a> for more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve also got tons of milk. Check <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/topics\/dairy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>My recommendations for the best beverages are water, green tea, and hibiscus herbal tea. 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