A milk a day keeps arthritis at bay

A large research has discovered that consumption of milk may slow down the progression of arthritis of the knee. During this research, scientists collected detailed health, diet and behavioral data on 2,148 men and women with knee osteoarthritis. They found that increasing consumption of milk was associated with slower progression of the disease in women. More than 90% of the people in the study drank fat-free or low-fat milk, and the study did not find the effect with other dairy products. Milk, controlled for most known risk factors that are plausibly associated with osteoarthritis, including weight and smoking.