The World's Healthiest Foods: Do I need to eat dairy products in order to prevent osteoporosis? : Osteoporosis, a condition in which minerals and other substances are lost from the bones causing them to become thinner, more porous, and more easily broken, affects about 20-25 million Americans, primarily older women. While many people believe that consuming dairy products is a required nutritional strategy for preventing osteoporosis, the truth is that this is not necessarily true. There are many plant foods that not only contain calcium but o
Milk and the Cancer Connection : Review of the evidence linking the consumption of milk from cows treated with bovine growth hormone with an increased risk of breast, prostate and colon cancer.
Effect of Dietary Calcium : Examination of the effect of baseline dietary calcium and milk intake on stroke risk in 22 years of follow-up in 3150 men 55 to 68 years old. (1996)
PCRM: Strong Bones : Bone health, calcium intake and osteoporosis, and dairy consumption's relationship to diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other disorders. Includes news releases, fact sheets, and dairy-free recipes.
Consumer Health Journal: Hormones in Milk Are Linked to Cancer : Alison Stewart's article on the presence of IGF-1 in milk from both treated and untreated cows, and an analysis of the studies connecting it to cancer. (March, 2004)
Milk: The Perfect Food - For Cows : We see them everywhere: beautiful, white-mustached people in ads telling us how wonderful life is with milk. In my opinion, dairy foods should be placed on the official hazardous food list with their own surgeon general's warning. I know what you're thinking. Is she kidding? Doesn't milk build strong bones and teeth? Doesn't it prevent osteoporosis? Won't we be as pretty as the stars in the ads if we gulp a few glasses? Look, I love cows. T
PubMed: A Geographic Approach to Senile Cataracts : Examined in this article is presently available evidence for the hypothesis that some types of senile cataracts may be brought on by decades-long consumption of milk and milk products. The author approaches the question from a background of research in the geography and history of dairying as these relate to present-day differences among the world's peoples in prevalence of primary adult lactose malabsorption, which is based on a deficiency of th
Cancer Prevention Coalition: Milk: America’s Health Problem : How recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone increases Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 in milk and how it is related to increased risk of breast, colon, and prostate cancers.
Briefing on Milk and Breast Cancer : In August and September 2001 there were claims in the press that drinking milk could reduce the risk of breast cancer. Dairy Council nutrition manager Anita Wells said, "To discover that life-long milk drinkers have a reduced risk of breast cancer is an exciting step forward." "Good health starts with dairy," said Greg Miller, executive vice president of nutrition and scientific affairs for the National Dairy Council.
Organic Consumers Association: Bovine Growth Hormone : The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots non-profit public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key topics. We are the only organization in the US focused exclusively on promoting the views and