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Galactorrhea, Milk Consumption andFertility
from the book Fertility, Cycles and Nutrition
by Marilyn M. Shannon

New research provides evidence that in some women milk consumptionmay be related to decreased fertility as they age as well as early menopause.  Thisis because a sugar found only in milk, galactose, is harmful to the ovaries.  Whenthe original milk sugar, lactose, is digested, two smaller sugars, glucose and galactose,are produced.
The liver quickly takes up the galactose and converts it into glucose, so that what wecall "blood sugar" is all glucose.  However, some women cannot make thisconversion well, and they ahve galactose circulating in their blood.  the galactoseapparently is harmful to the unfertilized eggs, which must coninue to develop beforeovulation.

Should you restrict milk products?
If you have unexplained infertility or cycle irregularities, especially sccondaryinfertilty in your thirties, idealy you could have you blood tested for the present ofgalactose.  A negative test after drinking milk would conclusively show that ths isnot your problem.  If you cannot find a physician willing to test your blood, inaddition to the other nutritional suggestions here, you may wish to avoid all milkproducts except or butter for six to nine months, charting your cycles so that you canobserve any improvement in mucus and temperature patterns.
Butter is purely fat and is an essential fatty acid of sorts - important to notethat many women believe it is best to drink skim or 1% milk.  This is not truebecause that makes it more milk, less fat and the fat is not what people have a problemwith. After all, we are not cows and do not need to "nurse" our whole lives.  Even cows stop drinking cows milk. (Something to think about.)

This is from another section in the same book:
Galactorrhea, or milk in the breasts of non-nursing women, is not uncommon among those whohave been pregnant.  It most often indicates excessive prolactin secretion, or it canbe a symptom of hypothyroidism, or more rarely hyperthyroidism.  End of article fromFertility, Cycles and Nutrition.