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Milk Isn’t Giving Everyone Breast Cancer
Why you probably don’t need to worry too much about an extra cup of milk a day
There’s an ongoing effort in the media that defines a truly impressive amount of health reporting. While the details are finicky, the basic idea is simple — describing every food product as either causing or curing cancer. Whether it’s the miracle vegetable broccoli stopping colorectal cancer in its tracks, or sugar causing basically every cancer in the book, we love to hear stories about foods and the big C. If you believe the headlines, anyone who so much as glances at a Coke is going to morph into a giant tumor overnight.
This week saw the newest victim of the cancer/no cancer wars — dairy. According to news sources from around the world, dairy isn’t only a staple of Western cuisine, it’s also giving women everywhere breast cancer. And not only large amounts either — apparently, just a glass of milk a day will raise your risk of the dreaded disease by 50%!
Scary indeed.
Fortunately, while the risk sounds big, it may not be that meaningful to your life at all.
