My bc was lumpectomy with 1 lymph node involved with invasive ductal carcinoma Grade 2. E & P + HER2- recently I’ve been told by TWO naturopaths I should not be drinking ANY cows milk or dairy products as the milk is extracted from cows (or goats etc) when they are lactating and then also when they’re pregnant, therefore contain high amounts of hormones. It makes sense the milk would contain hormones, but I’d never thought about it and now I can’t stop thinking about it. Has anyone heard of this or KNOWS anything about it. Many information would be hugely appreciated.

I think a sensible place to start is the Cancer Council dietary guidelines.You can download their info.They recommend low fat milk- nothing about avoiding milk.They recommend avoiding/limiting alcohol,processed meats, charred meat and limiting salt and sugar intake.I think it boils down to moderation in most things we eat,including milk. I just have it tea n coffee.We got cancer because a cell made a mistake or we had a genetic predisposition -not because of eostrogen.That hormone just happens to fuel some cancers.

I became aware of intake of increased estrogen through dairy. I asked a professor at peter mac and she said you would have to have a hell of alot. Every plant and animal has estrogen. While I am on anti estrogen I am not bothering because calcium uptake is more important to me. After menopause your fat cells produce estrogen. Always question your naturopaths opinion and your doctors for that matter. kindly berry

sandramj, sounds like you are being proactive about your health and doing the best you can.A 15kg loss! that’s amazing.Well we are all different and Breast cancer is actually many diseases so I guess what works for one, may not work for another.Now I checked the BCNA booklet called’Healthy eating and Breast cancer’written by dieticians and it states that ‘there appears to be no link between consuming dairy products and the risk of breast cancer”.Ofcourse there’ll always be that niggle in the back of your head and that’s why I only have a small amount instead of the recommended 3 dairy serves per day.I think alcohol is a bigger worry to bc risk and they state that in the booklet.I enjoy 1 cup of coffee a day and a few squares of chocolate a few times a week and I’m blowed if I’m going to give them up! Otherwise I eat healthy(rarely drink alcohol,no processed meats)and follow the 5:2 diet at the moment to shed a few more kilos.Good luck with your research and just jot down the bits that ring true for YOU.xx

Dairy cattle are always pregnant. No baby, no milk. The regulations in Austalia and NZ for dairy cattle are very strict. Adding synthetic hormones to dairy cattle has been banned in Aus for a number of years. Cattle are only allowed to even be treated by antibiotics if they are sick and then the milk from that cow cannot be sold for a certain period of time.Natural oestrogen levels are at there highest in the last couple of months before birth and most farmers generally stop milking them about 60 days prior. The amount of cow oestrogen that gets in to a normal glass of full cream milk is in the nanograms and is almost negligable in low fat milk and there is no proof it has any effect on humans.

@sandramj, my husband is friends with a couple of dairy farmers so I just asked. Australian chicken has not contained hormones for a long time either. xoxoxo

Does cows milk contain oestrogen and if so ........

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Patti_J
Member
6 years ago
Why is there soy milk and almond milk?
I have this image in my head of someone milking soy beans and almond nuts. 😃
Afraser
Member
6 years ago
It all depends what you are used to. I can’t drink full fat milk with any pleasure now as it tastes - well, fatty. As indicated by @Sister, there’s no definitive negative finding about milk. I want to reduce my dairy fat intake for a range of reasons, although my cholesterol level too is fine.
Patti_J
Member
6 years ago
We drink non-homogenised full fat milk. It tastes so much better than low fat milk. I have no problems with cholesterol.
Afraser
Member
6 years ago
As milk cows are always lactating, the naturopaths are just stating the obvious. Cows milk is to help calves to grow, so there will be some hormonal content. It’s mainly in the fat - so low/no fat may be preferable while maintaining your calcium intake. I have asked for the question of both cardiologist and breast surgeon. As I have been using low fat dairy for years prior to bc, that’s what I have stuck with. Reduced cheese though.
Sister
Member
6 years ago
I haven't heard anything like that @sandramj and would imagine that if it's a problem, it would be mentioned given that dairy is such a ubiquitous part of many diets and we're told to maintain calcium. On the other hand, it depends what you read as to whether soy products are an issue.

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