If you have been diagnosed with cancer, you can still consume milk and dairy products. However, industrially produced milk products can be dangerous for you. According to an article in the December 2006 issue of The Harvard University Gazette, mass dairy producers keep cows pregnant for most of the year to ensure high milk production. Large amounts of estrogen released by pregnant cows ends up in milk. Because there is a link between high estrogen levels and breast cancer, patients with
breast cancer Mass produced milk should be avoided. As opposed to whole milk, organic milk contains less estrogen and is safer for humans.