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Heavy milk drinking may double women’s mortality rates

Consumption of popular drink coincided with higher chances of cancer, hip fractures

Three glasses of milk

GOT DOUBTS?  Three or more glasses of milk daily doesn’t seem to impart benefits, even for bones, and might even hurt, a study finds.

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By Nathan Seppa

- More than 2 years ago

Despite delivering calcium and protein, drinking a lot of milk doesn’t seem to provide a net health benefit for women and may even hinder their long-term survival prospects, Swedish researchers find.