Health conscious people often opt for skim or semi-skim milk thinking it is better for health. Unfortunately, this is proving to be a bad choice when it comes to cancer. There is increasing evidence that dairy milk significantly increases the risk of various types of cancer, but this risk is greater with skim milk.
There are several studies showing that skim milk significantly increases the risk of cancer. Here are just a few of these studies:
• Skim milk, but not other dairy foods, was associated with increased risk of advanced prostate cancer (Yikyung Park, et al, American Journal of Epidemiology 2007 166(11):1270-1279).
• In particular, increasing consumption of skim milk was associated with a greater risk of ovarian cancer (Lawrence H. Kushi, et al, Prospective Study of Diet and Ovarian Cancer, American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 149, No. 1: 21-31).
• Drinking skim or low fat milk increases the overall risk of getting any type of ovarian cancer by 44%. It increases the risk for the most common type of ovarian cancer (called serous tumors) by 66%. Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer among American women. (Peggy Peck commenting on a Harvard Medical School study of 80,000 nurses showing that women who drink two or more glasses of milk a day have a 44% higher risk of getting ovarian cancer than women who rarely drink milk).
• Low-fat and skim milk were associated with an increased risk of ovarian cancer (Larsson SC, et al, Milk and lactose intakes and ovarian cancer risk in the Swedish Mammography Cohort. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004; 30(5): 1353-7).
How does skim milk cause cancer? The answer is that skim milk provides a particular cocktail of ingredients that encourage body cells to mutate and grow. All kinds of dairy milk are high in IGF-1 hormones. When you consume milk, the excess IGF-1 increases the risk of cancer in humans.
But IGF-1 needs the presence of estrogen metabolites to cause cell mutation and growth. Skim milk provides these harmful estrogen metabolites to a greater extent than other types of milk. This was confirmed in a recent May 2009 study that assessed commercial milk (D. Farlow, et al, Quantitative measurement of endogenous estrogen metabolites, risk-factors for development of breast cancer, in commercial milk products, Chromatography B, Volume 877, Issue 13, Pages 1327-1334). The study concluded that:
“Overall, skim milk had the smallest quantity of free estrogens. However, the conjugated type that dominated skim milk’s profile, 2-hydroxyestrone, is known to be one of the most reactive and potentially risky of the metabolites. That metabolite’s concentration in fat-free milk was second only to buttermilk’s. Estrogen can amplify the cell-proliferating effects seen with IGF-1.”
There are many studies showing that IGF-1 in dairy milk increases the risk of cancer. Here are just a few of those studies:
• The tiny homogenized fat globules carry IGF-1 from milk through the stomach and gut into the bloodstream where they can circulate through the body to exert powerful growth effects. This IGF-1 allows cancers to grow. (Robert Cohen, Milk – The Deadly Poison, Argus Publishing, January 1, 1998, ISBN: 0965919609).
• IGF-1 produces a 10-fold increase in RNA levels of cancer cells. IGF-1 appears to be a critical component in cellular proliferation. (Experimental Cell Research, March, 1994, 211-1).
• IGF-1 accelerates the growth of breast cancer cells. (Science, Vol. 259, January 29, 1993).
• IGF-1 is widely involved in human carcinogenesis. A significant association between IGF-1 and an increased risk of lung, colon, prostate, and pre-menopausal breast cancer has recently been reported. (International Journal of Cancer, 2000 Aug. 87:4).
• Several studies have shown powerful associations between IGF-1 and the risk of colon cancer, prostate cancer, and pre-menopausal breast cancer. (Smith, George Davey, et al. Cancer and insulin-like growth factor-I. British Medical Journal, Vol. 321, October 7, 2000, pp. 847-48).
• IGF-1 can completely take the place of growth hormone in breast tissue….and trigger cell growth without an outside cue. Estrogen can amplify the cell-proliferating effects seen with IGF-1, both in the breast and prostate. Excess of IGF-1 …. puts one at risk for breast cancer.’ (Kleinberg, David L., et al, Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I in the Transition from Normal Mammary Development to Preneoplastic Mammary Lesions, Endocr. Rev., Feb 2009; 30: 51 – 74).
Clearly, to minimize the risks of cancer, the solution is to switch to a non-dairy milk. A free ebook is available showing how to make non-dairy coconut milk and yogurt quickly and easily. Coconut milk makes an ideal substitute for dairy milk because it is non-fattening, nutritious, and absolutely delicious. Claim you free copy now by downloading The Incredible Coconut Book.
Keep Well
Russell Eaton
http://www.the-coconut.com/
11 comments:
Hi Russell,
I just want you to know you are right on with your all this great info on your blog. We need more people like you sharing the truth about human health and nutrition.
Your articles are so good, I even linked to you in one of my posts about preventing and reversing Osteoporosis (Despite what the Dairy Council wants people to think, drinking milk actually CAUSES Osteoporosis and in no way helps prevent it.)
Enjoy! http://healthandwellnessnewsnow.blogspot.com/2009/12/reversing-osteoperosis-and-maintaining.html
And keep up the great work!
People should especially pay attention to this matter! Milk has been a part of our everyday lives and if there claims are true then something has to be done.
I am an avid milk drinker, I mean I never go to bed without it and so far I am quite well with my body check-ups and other assessment. I wonder how can milk harm me?
I have read some journals regarding this topic! And I would say, after reading the studies supporting the negative effects of milk on us, especially on our breasts..that the matter has to be spread to prevent further damage.
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Skim milk is merely made by removing the cream from whole milk. If anything, skim milk would contain fewer hormones, as a good portion of the hormones are found in the fat. There is nothing in skim milk that is in greater concentration than whole milk. By removing the cream, sure there is slightly higher solids, but essentially it's the same product just minus the fat.
Milk from pregnant cows in particular, does contain a concerning amount of hormones. I think it's very concerning that profits are put before health in the dairy industry. Think of all the prostate enlargement, male gyno, early puberty in young girls, weight gain and obesity that commercial milk has caused. It's all because they want to milk pregnant cows to maximise profits.
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