Booze Counters Milk Cancers

[marilyn]

Booze Counters Milk Cancers

I nearly fell over when I first saw this study in the February, 2005 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2005 Feb;81,2:503-7):
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Effects of Alcohol on IGF-I in Post-Menopausal Women
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It has been well established that IGF-I has been identified as a key factor in the growth of every breast cancer and that women who drink milk have elevated levels of IGF-I. See: notmilk.com/b.html

The authors of this study write:

"Increased circulating insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) concentrations, frequently adjusted for IGF binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3), have been associated with increased risk of several types of cancer, including colon, prostate, and breast."

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD (Lavigne, et. al.), divided 53 post-menopausal women into three groups and gave them various amounts of alcohol to drink.

Their incredible written conclusion:

"To our knowledge, this is the first published controlled diet study to find that in postmenopausal women, when weight is kept constant, alcohol consumption reduces the amount of serum IGF-I potentially available for receptor binding."

My suggestion is to skip the milk and continue to reduce levels of IGF-I. Your body will thank you, but if you crave that dairy taste, limit your consumption to one after-dinner Sombrero (Kahlua & non-dairy Creamer) or White Russian (Kahlua, vodka, non-dairy creamer). Rich's non-dairy creamer (found in the dairy section of most supermarkets) is a fine substitute.

Robert Cohen
notmilk.com