Citation
(2002), "Research to explore anti-cancer benefits of milk", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 32 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/nfs.2002.01732dab.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
Research to explore anti-cancer benefits of milk
Research to explore anti-cancer benefits of milk
The National Dairy Council has welcomed research on a natural fat called Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) found in milk and dairy products.
It is thought that Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) improves the ability of the immune system to seek out and destroy cancer cells. Scientists at Southampton University are to spend the next three years looking at how CLA could affect immune cells and ultimately protect humans against certain types of cancer. The Dairy Council's Nutrition Manager Dr Anita Wells welcomed the new research and said: "The results of other in-depth studies show that CLA helps to protect against breast cancer and colon cancer. This new programme of research will investigate further whether CLA also has an anti-cancer role to play in humans."
There is already good evidence that the calcium in milk and dairy products can help to reduce the risk of colon cancer in humans, while another 25-year study of 6,000 Scottish men, aged between 35 and 64, found that death from heart disease was 8 per cent lower among men who drank a third of a pint of milk a day compared with those who drank less.
The National Dairy Council 020-7499-7822.