How many times growing up did kids hear things like, “Milk does a body good” or “Got milk?” How many times did mom tell her children, “Drink your milk so you have healthy teeth and bones”? Americans have heard growing up that they must consume milk or suffer dire consequences when, in fact, drinking milk is what’s dangerous.
Milk isn’t always bad. Mother’s milk — that is, human milk — provides a growing infant with all the nutrition he needs for the first six months of his life. In fact, human breast milk is designed by nature to be the perfect food for human infants.
Dr Kradjian argues very convincingly that “The milk of every species of mammal is unique and specifically tailored to the requirements of that animal. For example, cows’ milk is very much richer in protein than human milk. Three to four times as much. It has five to seven times the mi
neral content. However, it is markedly deficient in essential fatty acids when compared to human mothers’ milk. Mothers’ milk has six to ten times as much of the essential fatty acids, especially linoleic acid. It (cow’s milk) simply is not designed for humans.”
But what about the calcium that milk provides? Take a cue from the cows themselves, argues Dr Kradjian. Cows get their calcium from eating grass, so humans can get their calcium from greens.
According to Robert Cohen, Executive Director of the Dairy Education Board and NOTMILK.com, milk consumption is to blame for a variety of health woes, including the following: breast cancer, diabetes (both diabetes mellitus and juvenile diabetes),kidney stones, acne, heart disease, osteoporosis,multiple sclerosis, stroke, rheumatoid arthritis
So why is milk so bad, and how does it cause all of these and other health problems? According to Vivian Goldschmidt, founder of Save Our Bones, there are a variety of myths surrounding milk consumption. One of the first myths, she says, is that drinking milk creates healthy bones because of the calcium found in the milk. However, the animal protein found in milk actually depletes the human body of calcium, exactly the opposite of what milk drinkers expect it to do.
For the nerds: Like all animal protein, milk acidifies the body pH which in turn triggers a biological correction. You see, calcium is an excellent acid neutralizer and the biggest storage of calcium in the body is – you guessed it… in the bones. So the very same calcium that our bones need to stay strong is utilized to neutralize the acidifying effect of milk. Once calcium is pulled out of the bones, it leaves the body via the urine, so that the surprising net result after this is an actual calcium deficit.
So this destroys the saying that ‘drinking milk will help reduce bone fractures’ Higher milk consumption can actually be linked with an inc
rease in bone fractures. Statistics show that countries with the lowest consumption of dairy products also have the lowest fracture incidence in their population.
Milk is Natural: Nope! Milk is a “processed food.” Milk is pasteurized and homogenized, and the cows that produce the milk are given hormones and antibiotics (which, of course, wind up in the milk). Studies also links hormonal additives to cancer.
Make your own decision, but I say ‘NO’ to milk.
(Source taken all over – naturalnews, saveourbones, american journal of health)
