For this reason, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that infants below one year of age not be given whole cow's milk. If you consumed only dairy products, you would have to drink 50 cups of milk to reach your RDA's for iron. If you have any doubts about this, check the nutrition label on the side of a cereal box. Epidemiological studies of various countries show a strong correlation between the use of dairy products and the incidence of insulin dependent diabetes. Researchers in 1992 found that a specific dairy protein sparks an auto immune reaction which is believed to be what destroys the insulin producing cells of the pancreas.
Ovarian cancer is linked to dairy products.
The milk sugar lactose is broken down in the body into another sugar, galactose. In turn, galactose is further broken down by enzymes. According to a study by Daniel Cramer, M.D., and his colleagues at Harvard, when dairy product consumption exceeds the enzymes' capacity to break down galactose, there is a build-up of galactose in the blood which may affect a woman's ovaries. Some women have particularly low levels of these enzymes, and when they consume dairy products on a regular basis, their risk can triple that of other women. In fact, yogurt and cottage cheese seem to be of most concern because the bacteria used in their manufacture increases the production of galactose from lactose.