According to the British Medical Journal: Drinking 3 or more glasses of milk a day increases the risk of death, especially in women by almost double, while in men it increases by only 10 percent. At the same time, women instead increased the risk of any fracture occurring. It may be that the D-galactose in milk induces oxidative stress damage and chronic inflammation, and that these changes have been associated with cardiovascular disease, cancer, and bone loss.