Health Milk, Leading Cause Of Diabetes Indians consume some form of dairy with almost every meal these days. And India has the second largest number of diabetics in the world! There is a connection.  DR NANDITA SHAH Did you know that dairy milk is one of the leading causes of diabetes? It’s hard to believe that milk, which enjoys an almost sacred status in Indian culture, can be harmful for us. The reason is that it’s not the food that Nature intended for us. Milk is the food that every mammal produces for its infant and each animal produces the perfect formula for her species. But animal milk is not suitable for human beings at all! If you put petrol in a car that runs on diesel you will have problems even if petrol is perfectly good fuel. Did you know that dairy milk is one of the leading causes of diabetes? Thanks to refrigeration, Indians consume some form of dairy with almost every meal these days. And India has the second largest number of diabetics in the world! There is a conne