Milk can be consumed in various forms. There is no fresh or in the form of something, such as powdered milk or sweetened condensed milk. Human milk also consume from food products that contain milk, such as cheese, ice cream, and yogurt. However, there are still differences in opinion about the consumption of milk. There are groups that states that consume milk every day is not good for health, especially vascular diseases such as blood vessel constriction. Argument is, milk, increasing the rate of blood cholesterol as a risk factor heart disease. Second, the positive relationship between milk production average per capita death due to heart disease in some countries.
Other groups supporting role in the decline in milk of various illnesses degenerative risk, such as heart disease, hypertension, and cancer. Recent research in Norway to support it.
Hjartäker together with colleagues from the Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromso, Norway, through publication in the International Journal of Cancer, to prove that consume three or more glasses of milk every day can lower the risk of breast cancer in infected women pre menopause.
Through research kohort the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study, they examined 48,844 women for six years two months. Consumption of milk measured by consumption of food history form to the respondents. During this period, Hjartäker team found 317 cases of breast cancer sufferer.
In fact, the consumption of milk since boyhood related negative incidents with breast cancer at the age of 34-39 years (pre menopause). That means that consume milk since childhood can reduce the risk of breast cancer affected.
Consumption of milk in the adult also reduce the risk of breast cancer after corrected by hormonal factors, body mass index, physical activity, and alcohol consumption. Women who do not consume milk affected the risk of breast cancer 2 times greater than women who consume milk 3 cups of milk or more each day.