Pitcher of Milk (photo by Lisa Rowell, courtesy of morguefile.com)

Great news for those who love good cheese, a bowl of cereal, or a glass of organic milk with some fresh-baked cookies.

Scientists sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and AARP have published recently completed research in the Archives of Internal Medicine and concluded, “Our study suggests that calcium intake is associated with a lower risk of total cancer and cancers of the digestive system, especially colorectal cancer.”

The researchers indicated that women are more likely than men to benefit from a calcium-rich diet. The study included an average of seven years of follow-up, and identified 36,965 and 16,605 cancer cases in men and women, respectively.

If you’d like to read the study cited above go to: Dairy Food, Calcium, and Risk of Cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study