A Truly Healthy Option
Imagine this--cardio vascular disease, prostate cancer, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, and weight gain. Sounds like a medical horror movie? What if I were to tell you that every time you open your refrigerator door and reach for the condensed handle of your milk carton that you were unknowingly putting yourself at risk for everyone of these mentioned above and more? That’s right ,milk is not the nutritious health booster it once was perceived to be. Newer scientific research is surfacing some of the detrimental health effects associated with increased milk consumption. Look around you milk is everywhere. Ranging from whole milk, skim milk, 2% milk, 1% milk, chocolate milk, cheese, yogurt, milk powder and more. Currently, …show more content…
Yes, that’s correct--cancers. A subdivision at Harvard University, Harvard School of Public Health published an article stating, “High intake of dairy products can increase the risk of prostate cancer and possibly ovarian cancer.” A study was conducted at Harvard to see the risks of prostate cancer and consumption of milk. The results were astounding. The men who drank two or more glasses of milk a day were twice as likely to get prostate cancer than the men who consumed no milk at all. Along with the possibility of cancer running through your veins, milk is also high in saturated fats. These saturated fats can lead to high cholesterol and multiple variations of cardiovascular disease. Milk also has more calories and grams of fat than your standard sodas. Slowly, the dark secrets encapsulated within an innocent looking glass of milk are coming in to …show more content…
Therefore, there must be some positive outcome of consuming milk. I agree. Milk may not provide the correct doses of these essential minerals and vitamins but it does contain 22 vital minerals needed in the human diet. Those who are less fortunate and cannot afford a proper diet milk is truly a miraculous drink as it delivers so much content in a small serving: “Milk has been proven to delay knee osteoarthritis in women” according to the American College of Rheumatology Journal. Milk has also been proven to help muscle building and maintain high metabolism. Therefore, milk does live up to its expectations in some
Imagine this--cardio vascular disease, prostate cancer, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, and weight gain. Sounds like a medical horror movie? What if I were to tell you that every time you open your refrigerator door and reach for the condensed handle of your milk carton that you were unknowingly putting yourself at risk for everyone of these mentioned above and more? That’s right ,milk is not the nutritious health booster it once was perceived to be. Newer scientific research is surfacing some of the detrimental health effects associated with increased milk consumption. Look around you milk is everywhere. Ranging from whole milk, skim milk, 2% milk, 1% milk, chocolate milk, cheese, yogurt, milk powder and more. Currently, …show more content…
Yes, that’s correct--cancers. A subdivision at Harvard University, Harvard School of Public Health published an article stating, “High intake of dairy products can increase the risk of prostate cancer and possibly ovarian cancer.” A study was conducted at Harvard to see the risks of prostate cancer and consumption of milk. The results were astounding. The men who drank two or more glasses of milk a day were twice as likely to get prostate cancer than the men who consumed no milk at all. Along with the possibility of cancer running through your veins, milk is also high in saturated fats. These saturated fats can lead to high cholesterol and multiple variations of cardiovascular disease. Milk also has more calories and grams of fat than your standard sodas. Slowly, the dark secrets encapsulated within an innocent looking glass of milk are coming in to …show more content…
Therefore, there must be some positive outcome of consuming milk. I agree. Milk may not provide the correct doses of these essential minerals and vitamins but it does contain 22 vital minerals needed in the human diet. Those who are less fortunate and cannot afford a proper diet milk is truly a miraculous drink as it delivers so much content in a small serving: “Milk has been proven to delay knee osteoarthritis in women” according to the American College of Rheumatology Journal. Milk has also been proven to help muscle building and maintain high metabolism. Therefore, milk does live up to its expectations in some