Does drinking milk cause cancer?

Question

Heard it from one of my friends...I never heard of it.

Answer 1

Cow's milk does not DIRECTLY cause cancer.

The worst part about cow's milk is the process it goes through to get from the cow's udder to your grocery store. Typically, it is altered beyond recognition. It is standardized, fortified, pasteurized and homongenized. In other words, it has been taken apart and put back together again, not always in the same proportions. Then it will be cooked and emulsified.

However, many humans actually have mild allergies to the substance, which is nutrionally incompatible with their bodies. In these cases, milk consumption can trigger acne outbreaks, sinusitis, constipation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

On the other hand, those who experience no allergic reactions can drink it with no problems, and will wholeheartedly stand out on the streets and proclaim, "Milk is good for you! Drink it by the gallon!" And for them, it may be. But it's not for everyone.

So, what transforms an otherwise healthy milk products into allergens and carcinogens? It all starts with modern feeding methods that substitute high-protein, soy-based feeds for fresh green grass; and breeding methods to produce cows with abnormally large pituitary glands so that they produce three times more milk than they a traditional cow.

Then, the cows are given antibiotics to keep them well. Their milk is then pasteruized so that all valuable enzymes are destroyed; lactase, which assimilates lactose; galactose, which assimilates galactose; phosphatase, for the assimilation of calcium. Literally dozens of precious enzymes are destroyed in the pasteruization process. Without them, milk is very difficult to digest. The human pancreas is not always able to produce these enzymes; over-stress of the pancreas can lead to disease.

Hope this helped explain it a little better. Raw, organic, whole cow's milk is in no way cancer-causing. It's really more the process it goes through to become store-ready that could, in a sense, under the right conditions, contribute to cancer development in some people.

Answer 2

Yes. You have to understand some basics about 'cow' milk. It was designed for a baby weighing A LOT at birth, four stomachs, etc. In addition add in all the hormones and crap that are fed to cows nowadays and you have a bad recipe. Cow milk in general is bad for humans, but with so much high budget "PR" from the milk industry all your life, what else are you to expect except milk is good for you?

Recently it was linked with ovarian cancer. I've included a link to it here. Just do a search for milk and cancer and you will find more results.

Most cancers are related to either diet (addition of or lack of) or environment (pollution or virus) in some ways. As with anything, research is always evolving when it comes to how cancer works, thrives and can be defeated.

Answer 3

Camels Milk Cures Cancer and Diabetes - But America is Afraid of Camels

Answer 4

Raw milk...NO

Pasteurized milk...YES!

almost all milk in North America is pasteurized (heated well above 118 F) which destroys enzymes...and studies from many universities over the last hundred years has proven that cooked foods cause disease...including some cancers

Answer 5

NO............... Milk does NOT cause Cancer. Cancer is more often than not brought on by things such as heredity, exposure to radiation, prolonged unprotected exposure to the sun, smoking etc.......... There is no chance that you are going to get cancer from milk of all things, unless the cow is glowing green when they milk it, and that is pretty unlikely. I would tell those people to check their facts and to move AWAY from the nuclear facitlity.

Answer 6

nope.

"Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these cells to invade other tissues, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis. Metastasis is defined as the stage in which cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system. Cancer may affect people at all ages, but risk tends to increase with age, due to the fact that DNA damage becomes more apparent in aging DNA. It is one of the principal causes of death in developed countries."

silly idea..

Answer 7

No! The cause of cancer is still unknown but is most likely related to viral or other known carcinogens.

Answer 8

Being alive causes cancer.

Answer 9

the only harm i know of by drinking alot of milk is kidney stones.....my son is nine and so far the youngest in ohio to develope kidney stones and they said it was from drinking alot of milk.

Answer 10

Nobody really knows. One week it's good for you, the next week it's bad. So I just drink 3 glasses of skim to get my calcium.