According to a new study, consuming 700ml or more milk everyday can increase the risk of early death.
The research was conducted by Sweden based Uppsala University’s Professor Karl Michaelsson, who discovered that inordinate levels of galactose and lactose present in milk can cause adverse effect on the body.
The study included a survey conducted on 45,000 men and 61,000 women for more than 20 years. In the end, it was found that those who consumed one and a half pints, or more than 700 ml of milk every day were two times more probable to die early than those people who drank less.
45,339 men, aged from 45 to 79 and 61,433 women, aged 39 to 74, finished food frequency questionnaires for 96 common foods including cheese, milk and yoghurt.
Media reports assert that the objective that drove the scientists towards the project was to inspect whether high milk intake increases oxidative stress, which further trigger the risk of bone fracture and early mortality.
No decrease in fracture risk was noticed in women who consumed high quantity of milk. Women who on an average drank 680 ml of milk a day i.e. more than three glasses, were reported to be more vulnerable to risks of early death than those women who consumed less than just one glass, i.e., an average of 60 ml milk a day.
Similarly, men were also kept under observation for 11 years, during the time span, 5,066 men reported having a fracture, in which were 1,166 hip fracture cases and 10,112 men died. Men also reported an increased risk of death caused by higher milk consumption, even though this was less prominent than in women.
The analysis conducted further depicted a positive relation between milk consumption and biomarkers of oxidative stress and inflammation.
On the other hand, relatively more intake of fermented milk products that had comparatively lesser lactose content – including cheese and yoghurt – was linked with abridged rates of mortality and fracture, especially in women.
In conclusion, the researches asserted that there is no positive relation between higher milk consumption and lower fracture risk, in both men and women, and instead it may be concomitant with a higher death rate.
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