UPPSALA, Sweden, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A lot of people drink milk for its calcium, to build strong bones, but a new study claims it might actually be making bones more likely to break.
The study comes from Uppsala University in Sweden and is published in the British Medical Journal. Not only does milk contribute to higher likelihood of bone fracture for women, but it raises mortality in both men and women. The researchers used information from two other large studies that had focused on people's dietary habits and compared their habits to their health and rate of injury. Men were who drank milk three times a day had more cardiovascular problems, and both men and women had a higher oxidative stress level, which is common for elderly people or people with cancer.