Milk ‘can cut risk of stroke’

A PINT of milk a day can reduce the risk of stroke or heart disease among men by a third, according to a study presented in Dublin.

Professor Peter Elwood, from the University of Wales in Cardiff, analysed 10 international studies involving more than 400,000 people for up to 28 years. The information from all these research programmes revealed a 13% lower risk of heart disease and a 17% lower risk of stroke for those with the highest milk consumption compared to the lowest.

“All of this evidence taken together would suggest that a general increase in milk drinking throughout the community could help address several of tomorrow’s major health concerns,” said Prof Elwood.