Owing to its relatively high levels of saturated fat consumption of dairy products has long been thought to increase the risk of death particularly from coronary heart disease (CHD) cerebrovascular disease and cancer. Yet the evidence for any such link is inconsistent said the researchers from the University of Lodz in Poland. However drinking milk was found to be an exception as it was associated with a four per cent higher CHD mortality they noted. The study presented at the annual conference of the European Society of Cardiology in Germany showed that consumption of all dairy products was associated with