Breast cancer is known as one of the most serious diseases every woman faces. Doctors are trying everything they can to lower that risk and avoid this life-threatening disease. But, sometimes we harm our own health unknowingly, in that way increasing the chances of developing breast cancer, among other diseases.

A study conducted by a team of researchers at Kaiser Permanente discovered that women diagnosed with breast cancer who consumed a diet rich in full-fat dairy have an increased risk of dying compared to women diagnosed with breast cancer but consuming a diet rich in low-fat dairy products.

The growth of breast cells is stimulated by the hormone estrogen, and this includes the growth of hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer. Estrogen is produced and stored in fat cells. Most of the experts claim that dairy products sold in the United States and other Western countries contain an increased amount of estrogen and progesterone because the milk sometimes comes from pregnant cows. According to this logic, it's safe to assume that low-fat dairy products contain lower levels of estrogen and progesterone because they're stripped from most of the fat.

That's why it's advisable for women diagnosed with breast cancer to consume less full-fat dairy products and more low-fat ones, and this is especially important for those with hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer.

Following the above-mentioned claims, experts wanted to prove if consuming full-fat dairy products really increases the possibility of breast cancer reappearance, as well as the possibility of dying from breast cancer.

These are the full-fat products the study included:

whole milk
condensed or evaporated milk
pudding
ice cream
custard
flan
cheese
yogurt
butter

The participants in the study were monitored over the course of 12 years and the results were shocking!

The subjects who consumed one or more servings of full-fat dairy products every day had a 64% higher chance of dying from any factor and a 49% higher chance of dying from breast cancer compared to the subjects who consumed low-fat dairy products or fewer servings of full-fat dairy product a day!

Even though these results are quite shocking we still need to consider a few other things before we jump to conclusions. The study also reveals a connection between full-fat dairy products and fatal breast cancer outcomes. However, it doesn't prove that the one necessarily leads to the other. More tests, experiments, and researchers are needed in order to discover the real connection between the two.

Every patient diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer is advised to do everything they can to reduce the risk of reappearance and increase the possibility of survival.

Here is several advice they should follow in order to improve their overall state:

start a healthy eating regimen, eliminating processed foods and sugar
eliminate alcohol
balance your body weight
work out regularly
quit smoking
take all the medications your doctors prescribed in order to prevent recurrence.