Dairy Products Protect Women From Fibroids

Author: Marko Balašević Time for reading: ~1 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022

Dairy Products Protect Women From Fibroids

In women who consumed more than 4 servings of dairy products per day, the risk of fibrous tumor was reduced by 30%.

U.S. researchers at Boston University have also conducted a study showing that consuming larger amounts of milk and dairy products significantly reduces the risk of developing uterine fibroids.

A fibroid is a benign tumor that develops in the muscle tissue of the uterus (myometrium), most often in the area of her body. The disease is found in 20% of women aged 20-35 years, and its incidence increases with age. Thus, in women over the age of 40, fibroids occur in about 40% of cases, but with the onset of menopause, its detection is rare. There is a certain dependence of the condition on whether the woman has given birth or not - usually those who have not given birth suffer more often from the appearance of myomas than women who have given birth.

The causes of this disease are not yet fully understood, but it is believed that sex steroid hormones and growth factors play an important role in both the development and course of the disease. Experts have found that black women are 2-3 times more at risk. of whites.

The results of the study by Boston scientists are based on data collected from 59 thousand African-American women, as it is known that they receive less calcium, magnesium and phosphorus with food than white women.

The authors of the study studied the antioxidant effect of dairy products and their effect on the secretion of endogenous sex hormones in the female body. In the ten years of the study, more than 6,000 cases of uterine fibroids were reported. It has been found that a diet rich in dairy products reduces the risk of disease. In women who consumed more than 4 servings of dairy products per day, the risk of fibrous tumor was reduced by 30%.

Dairy Products Protect Women From Fibroids

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