If you’ve had early-stage breast cancer, switching from full-fat dairy like whole milk or cheese to low-fat versions won’t make your cancer come back or shorten your life — so you don’t have to stress about this change.

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High- and low-fat dairy intake, recurrence, and mortality after breast cancer diagnosis.

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2013 May 1

This study found that eating low-fat dairy like skim milk or low-fat yogurt didn’t make breast cancer come back or increase the chance of dying, but eating high-fat dairy like whole milk or cheese did raise the risk. So swapping high-fat for low-fat dairy is safe and might help.

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High- and low-fat dairy intake, recurrence, and mortality after breast cancer diagnosis.

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DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djt027

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