login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
Milk Could Play Vital Role in Preventing Cancer
The researchers are currently exploring the role of cow's milk in preventing bowel cancer through a research.
The university has said it is expecting to have clear evidence by the end of the year on the role milk could play in boosting the anti-cancer properties of a natural trace element, selenium.
In a human trial, the cancer expert Graeme Young is testing the benefit of selenium when delivered through cow's milk compared with other forms of the dietary supplement.
Previous trials had confirmed that selenium in milk could lift levels of selenium in the blood.
Professor Young said the chemical and yeast-based forms of selenium available over-the-counter had varying degrees of absorption and effect on the body.
"So those forms of selenium will differ in their capacity to change someone's antioxidant status and capacity to prevent cancer," Sydney Morning Herald quoted him, as saying.
"It just so happens that when you feed selenium to cows and they produce selenium-enriched milk, the selenium seems to be in a chemical form that is both highly absorbable into the body and also more effective in terms of preventing cancer," he added.
The study involves 20 people. Researchers are comparing the milk form of selenium with a yeast form and looking at how readily they are absorbed.
Source-ANI
SRM
|
|
More News on: Pasteurization of milk, Cancer and Homeopathy, Types of Milk, Why Do We Eat - Nutrition Facts, Diet Lifestyle and Heart Disease, Cancer Facts, Cancer, Types of Food Allergies, The Acid-Alkaline balance, Diet and Health, Acid Base Dietary Balance and its Influence on Our Health and Wellbeing
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
 | Quiz on Cancer Looking for information on cancer? Go through medindia's Cancer quiz. 
|
- News Quick Links
 |
Cancer
Complete Medindia Resources
|
| News Categories: |
| » | Research: Bright Colored Chips can Cut Consumption by Half |
| » | Olympic Athlete's Body Via the 80-10-10 Raw Vegan Diet |
| » | Importance of Canned Foods To Help Tackle IOM Weight Of The Nation Recommendations, Highlights Study |
| » | US Rules Pomegranate Juice Claims Deceptive |
| » | Reducing Entrée Size Could Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Children |
| More Diet News | |
|
