Drink your milk

How any times have you heard your parents tell you to drink your milk or have you seen the ads and commercials that say "Milk: It does a body good"?

Well, according to two studies, it really does a body really good-- especially in terms of preventing cancer.

Two studies released in the past week have reported that high "levels of vitamin D and calcium in their diets have a lower risk of breast cancer compared to women with lower intakes of these nutrients" and that "dietary supplementation of these nutrients reduces the risk of multiple types of cancer". The results of the first study apply to premenopausal women while the results of the second study apply to all women.

The first study showed that in premenopausal women, those who took a high dosage of calcium were 39% less likely to develop breast cancer and those who took a high dosage of vitamin D were 35% less likely to develop breast cancer. Unfortunately, there was no significant different in those who were postmenopause.

The second study, which focused on different types of cancer, found that those taking both calcium and vitamin D were 60% less likely (than those who didn’t taken supplements) to get cancer. Those taking calcium alone were 47% less likely to get cancer.

Scientists don't know for sure if these results hold true for men, but due to previous studies, they believe it may.

So... what are you waiting for?

Go drink your tall glass of milk.

Remember, Milk: It does a body good.