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ReviewNutrients2025

The Role of Dairy in Human Nutrition: Myths and Realities.

Laura Sanjulián, Salvador Fernández-Rico, Nerea González-Rodríguez, Alberto Cepeda, José Manuel Miranda, Cristina Fente, Alexandre Lamas, Patricia Regal

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Review in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Laura SanjuliánFood Hygiene, Inspection and Control Laboratory (Lhica), Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, School of Veterinary Science, Campus Terra, University of Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain.
Salvador Fernández-RicoFood Hygiene, Inspection and Control Laboratory (Lhica), Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, School of Veterinary Science, Campus Terra, University of Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain.
Nerea González-RodríguezFood Hygiene, Inspection and Control Laboratory (Lhica), Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, School of Veterinary Science, Campus Terra, University of Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain.
Alberto CepedaFood Hygiene, Inspection and Control Laboratory (Lhica), Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, School of Veterinary Science, Campus Terra, University of Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9324-1342
José Manuel MirandaFood Hygiene, Inspection and Control Laboratory (Lhica), Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, School of Veterinary Science, Campus Terra, University of Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7992-1491
Cristina FenteFood Hygiene, Inspection and Control Laboratory (Lhica), Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, School of Veterinary Science, Campus Terra, University of Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8676-8816
Alexandre LamasFood Hygiene, Inspection and Control Laboratory (Lhica), Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, School of Veterinary Science, Campus Terra, University of Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7283-9372
Patricia RegalFood Hygiene, Inspection and Control Laboratory (Lhica), Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, School of Veterinary Science, Campus Terra, University of Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1584-9931

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Milk is a highly complex food that contains all the nutrients necessary for the development of mammalian offspring. For millennia, humans have included milk and milk products as major components of their diet. However, the effect of the consumption of dairy products on health has been a concern in recent years in terms of myths and realities. This review briefly describes the composition of bovine milk, the positive and negative effects that have been related to dairy products, and those aspects where the scientific evidence is still inconclusive. In addition to being nutritional, dairy products are a source of bioactive peptides, prebiotics and probiotics, fatty acids such as CLA, and fat globule membranes or have a protective effect against certain diseases. Negative effects include milk protein allergy or lactose intolerance. The effects of dairy products on certain cancers, such as prostate cancer, and their role in type II diabetes mellitus or weight gain are still inconclusive. Although the role of dairy products in cardiovascular risk is still inconclusive, recent meta-analyses have shown that dairy products may have a protective effect.

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Dairy ProductsDietMilkNutritional StatusAnimalsCattleHumansNutritive Valuecow milkdairydietfermented milkhuman healthprobiotics

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PMID40004974
PMCPMC11858442

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