Drinking Milk During Pregnancy Reduces the Baby’s Risk of Developing MS

According to recently released preliminary study, mothers who continue to drink milk during their pregnancy may reduce their baby’s chances of developing MS or multiple sclerosis.

The study, which will be presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology this coming April, involved a total of 35,794 nurses. The mothers of these nurses have each completed a questionnaire regarding their diet and experiences while they were pregnant with their nurse daughters. Nearly 200 nurses out of the total number of nurses studied were found to develop MS within the 16-year study period.

The findings of the research suggest that the risk of developing Multiple Sclerosis was lower among women who were born to mothers who had high vitamin D intake or drank lots of milk during pregnancy.

According to Fariba Mirzaei of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, adults whose mothers drank at least four glasses of milk daily have a 56% lower probability of developing MS compared to those whose mothers drank less than three glasses of milk each month. Dr Mirzaei also adds that the results of this study might imply that the effect that vitamin D has on Multiple Sclerosis might begin in the womb.