The result of the study involving 1,394 breast cancer patients and an equal number of healthy women after menopause was surprisingly clear: Women with a very low blood level of 25(OH)D have a considerably increased breast cancer risk. The effect was found to be the strongest in women who were not taking hormones for relief of menopausal symptoms.

Vitamin D can exert its cancer-preventing effect by counteracting the growth-promoting effect of estrogens.

If I don't drink my milk, how am I going to get my _____________? What would you put in the blank?

Well, the question I get so much is exactly that. Let's review a little data.

- Cows milk is designed by nature to bring its consumers to maturity in two years, at about 2,000 pounds and with a low IQ.

- Humans are the only mammals who do not wean their young (or drink milk from another species).

- All lactating mammals excrete toxins through their milk.

- These include antibiotics, pesticides, chemicals, and hormones.

- Also, all cow's milk is reported to contain blood.

- The USDA allows milk to contain from one to one and a half million white blood cells per milliliter (1/30 of an ounce).

- A 12-year prospective study, reported in the American Journal of Public Health (1997; 87:992-7) was performed among 7,761 women (aged 34-59) who had never used a calcium supplement. Women who drank two or more glasses of milk per day had relative risks of 1.45 (almost a 50% increase) for hip fractures and 1.05 for forearm fracture, when compared with women consuming one glass or less per week. It showed that higher intakes of total dietary calcium (or calcium from dairy products) were not associated with decreased risk of hip or forearm fracture.

- A large Harvard study, reported in the Journal of Nutrition (1997; 127:1782-7) and the American Journal of Public Health (1997; 87:992-7), of male health professionals and female nurses reported that individuals who drank one glass of milk (or less) a week were at no greater risk of breaking a hip or forearm than those who drank two or more glasses per week.

- There are several types of calcium; calcium carbonate, lactate, gluconate, and citrate, are the ones usually associated with human needs. Calcium carbonate is the most abundant type of calcium, and the most difficult of all calciums for humans to absorb. Calcium carbonate is the type of calcium found in milk and often is described as "closely resembling chalk."

- A very low gastric pH is essential for absorption of milk. Dairy tends to reduce HCl, thereby reducing the body's ability to absorb the type of calcium found in cow's milk.

- Milk causes a large increase in mucus production in most people.

"Where does a cow get calcium?" Naturally, it's from the food it eats, mostly green vegetables. Likewise, we should concentrate on foods rich in calcium. There are numerous foods which provide calcium, and interestingly they are mostly green leafy vegetables as well as almonds, parsley, beet greens, broccoli, spinach, green beans, just to name a few.

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-The findings, published April 4 in Dynamic Medicine, looked at a group of about 400 kids, first in grade school, then again seven years later in their teens.

-Stephanie Kuleba had her whole life ahead of her. At 18 years old, she was captain of the varsity cheerleading squad, had an almost perfect grade point average, her college of choice, and good looks.

-The team supplemented a regular diet with blueberries over a 12-week period and found that improvements in spatial working memory tasks emerged within three weeks and continued throughout the period of study.