Does Milk Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk?
Nutrition Diva puts the risk of ovarian cancer in perspective.
Monica Reinagel, MS, LD/N, CNS
Question. I love my morning non-fat latte. But the articles I’ve read lately claiming that drinking milk increases your risk of ovarian cancer are terrifying me. From what I can gather, the risk is less if I drink only one serving a day, and if it’s non-fat. What do you think?
Answer. Ovarian cancer is a disease we all want very much to avoid, but it’s important to put risks in perspective. A woman’s lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer is less than 2%. By comparison, her risk of dying of heart disease is 33%. Paradoxically, most women I know lose no sleep over their risk of heart disease–even though it is far more likely. They’re more worried about the 1 in 50 chance of getting ovarian cancer than they are about the 1 in 3 odds of heart disease. It’s not entirely rational. But our fears often aren’t. Read More »