Study: Women Who Drink Milk Have Lower Risk of Breast Cancer

Premenopausal women who drink milk appear to have a lower risk of developing breast cancer, according to researchers at the University of Oslo in Norway.

Researchers studied 48,844 premenopausal Norwegian women and found 317 cases of breast cancer during an average follow-up period of 6.2 years. Researchers used questionnaires to obtain information on the consumption of milk by these women.

Investigators found that women who consumed more than three glasses of milk per day were about half as likely to develop breast cancer as those who didn't drink any milk. The fat content of the milk did not appear to have any bearing on the results of the study.

Drinking more milk as a child was linked with a lower risk of breast cancer in women age 34 to 39 but not in women 40 to 49, according to the study published in the International Journal of Cancer.

Other Sources: International Journal of Cancer