60% reduction in cancer risk by drinking milk

According to a recent study in the United States, when taking milk fortified with calcium and vitamin D will reduce at least 60% of cancer risk in women.

For four consecutive years, more than 1,000 women in their 55s were divided into three groups of supplemented tablets: calcium and vitamin D; only calcium; placebo. The results showed that the ability to block malignant tumors was 60% in those who took calcium and vitamin D, 47% in those who only consumed calcium compared with those who took placebo.

You can replace supplements with vitamin-D-rich foods, such as milk and dairy products, because milk is actually the best source of calcium and vitamin D when it is together with sunlight that meets 70% of your muscle needs. about these two substances.

In 4 years of the study, there were 50 women with cancer (not skin cancer) including breast cancer, bowel cancer, lung cancer and some other types of cancer. Of these, 13 diagnosed cancers in the first year had participated in a previous study, resulting in a 77% lower risk of developing tumors than other placebo groups.

'This is the first study to show that vitamin D enhancement can prevent cancer , ' said lead researcher Dr. Joan Lappe, a nutrition researcher at Creighton University (Omaha, USA). know.

Some previous studies have shown similar results that calcium and vitamin D may reduce the risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women and colon cancer in menopausal women.