Drinking at least the same glass of...

Drinking at least the same glass of milk per day lowers the risk of colorectal cancer, a recent meta-analysis has confirmed.

Milk and other calcium sources have drawn out been thought to play a character in preventing colorectal cancer, the nation's second-leading cancer killer. Studies have shown that high calcium intake make lesss the occurrence of polyps that can move round cancerous. But diet-tracking studies always stopped short of finding final trial impression of a truly lowered cancer risk.

This time, researchers puddleed 10 of the world's largest studies onward the long-believed link, tracking nutrient consumption of more than 500000 people

persons who drank 6-8 ounces of milk by day had a 12 percent lower risk of developing colorectal cancer than those who drank les than sum of two units glasses of milk per week. population who drank more than individual glass per day saw a risk reduction of 15 percent

Other dairy productions however, don't appear to have the same purport Vitamin D, which is added to milk, may be a factor in addition to milk's calcium content

The cogitation was published in the July 2004 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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