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Dangers Of Milk And

Dairy Products - The FactsBy Dave RietzWebmaster www.notmilk.com

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Yes... milk is Mother Nature's "perfect food" ...for a calf... until it is weaned.Everything you know about cow's milk and dairy is probably part of a Dairyindustry MYTH.Cow's milk is an unhealthy fluid from diseased animals that contains a wide

range of dangerous and disease-causing substances that have a cumulativenegative effect on all who consume it.MILK'S BASIC CONTENTS*ALL* cow's milk (regular and 'organic') has 59 active hormones, scores ofallergens, fat and cholesterol.Most cow's milk has measurable quantities of herbicides, pesticides, dioxins (upto 200 times the safe levels), up to 52 powerful antibiotics (perhaps 53, with

LS-50), blood, pus, feces, bacteria and viruses. (Cow's milk can have traces ofanything the cow ate... including such things as radioactive fallout from nuketesting ... (the 50's strontium-90 problem).LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN AMERICAhttp://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/leadcaus.html (1998)

Rank Total Description1 724,859 Heart Disease (think fats/cholesterol: meat/dairy)

2 541,532 Malignant Neoplasms (cancer: think toxins/milk/dairy)2a 250,000 Medical system (drugs/etc. think ignorance/incompetence)3 158,448 Cerebro-vascular (think meat milk and dairy)4 112,584 Bronchitis Emphysema Asthma (think toxins/milk/dairy)5 97,835 Unintentional Injuries and Adverse Effects6 91,871 Pneumonia & Influenza (think weak immune systems andmucus)7 64,751 Diabetes (think milk/dairy)


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7a 40,000+ Highway slaughter (men, women and children)8 30,575 Suicide (think behavioral problems)9 26,182 Nephritis (Bright's disease: inflammation of thekidneys)10 25,192 Liver Disease (think alcohol and other toxins)

(2a and 7a were added for completeness)(note: Number 13 on the CDC list is -18,272 Homicide & Legal Intervention-.It is curious that the CDC would readily list law enforcement and homicides...and not the 250,000 deaths caused by the medical system!)CANCER FUELOf those 59 hormones one is a powerful GROWTH hormone called Insulin-like Growth Factor ONE (IGF-1). By a freak of nature it is identical in cowsand humans. Consider this hormone to be a "fuel cell" for any cancer... (themedical world says IGF-1 is a key factor in the rapid growth and proliferationof breast, prostate and colon cancers, and we suspect that most likely it will befound to promote ALL cancers).IGF-1 is a normal part of ALL milk... the newborn is SUPPOSED to growquickly! What makes the 50% of obese American consumers think they needMORE growth? Consumers don't think anything about it because they do nothave a clue to the problem... nor do most of our doctors.

(See http://www.notmilk.com/igf1time.txt for a time line)QUANTITYEach bite of hard cheese has TEN TIMES whatever was in that sip of milk...

because it takes ten pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese. Each bite ofice cream has 12 times ... and every swipe of butter 21 times whatever iscontained in the fat molecules in a sip of milk.

MONSANTO AND rbGH (Posilac)Monsanto Chemical Co., maker of fine poisons such as DDT, agent orange,Roundup and more... spent around half a billion dollars inventing a shot toinject into cows... to force a cow to produce MORE milk (for an already gluttedtaxpayer subsidized market).Unfortunately, they created *FIVE* errors in their Frankenstein Posilac (rbGH)


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shot that direly affected all test animals... but that important report (Richard,Odaglia & Deslex, 1989) has been hidden from everyone under Clinton's TradeSecrets act. The Canadians read enough of this report (before it was stolen) toreject rbGH for their country.Monsanto's Posilac creates additional IGF-1 in milk: up to 80% more.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) insists that IGF-1 is destroyed in thestomach. If that were true, the FDA has proven that breast feeding cannot work.Common sense says their "finding" is ridiculous because this growth factorDOES make the baby calf grow (rapidly, as mother natured intended). Visit theDairy Education Board at http://www.notmilk.com/deb/100399.html to review aDAIRY study that confirms what the FDA has lied about this for years.IGF-1 INCREASESThis study involved two groups. One group consuming 12 ounces of milk a dayand the other consuming the USDA recommended allowance of 24 ounces(three cups). This report notes that the participants consuming 12 ounces moremilk per day... HAD A 10% RISE IN IGF-1 IN THEIR BLOOD SERUM! Now,consider that PER DAY, from ALL sources, the typical milk/dairy consumeringests approximately 39% of daily diet from dairy... and that 10% increase

becomes the "tip of the iceberg". We have NO idea of the non-dairy versus full-dairy difference but considering cancer rates... it has to be significant.

FATWhole milk 49% of the calories are from fat."2%" milk 35% of the calories are from fat.Cheddar cheese 74% of the calories are from fat.Butter 100% of the calories are from fat.Most folks suspect that butter is all fat. Most folks have no concept of the justhow much fat is in the rest of milk and dairy. Perhaps the 54% of Americanswho are obese need to comprehend that milk, ice cream, cheeses, yogurts, and

all the OTHER products that use milk derivatives (casein, whey, lactose,colostrum) are most likely a significant cause for their weight and health

problem.CALCIUMCalcium? Where do the COWS get calcium for their big bones? Yes... from

plants! The calcium they consume from plants has a large amount of


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magnesium... necessary for the body to absorb and USE the calcium.The calcium in cow's milk is basically useless because it has insufficientmagnesium content (those nations with the highest amount of milk/dairyconsumption also have the highest rates of osteoporosis. Proof? How about acontrolled study of 78,000 nurses over a period of 12 years?Read more about it at:http://www.notmilk.com/deb/030799.html Article on the 78,000 nurse studyhttp://www.notmilk.com/deb/092098.html CALCIUM AND BONE DISEASEhttp://www.notmilk.com/badbones.html WHO GETS BONE DISEASE?http://www.notmilk.com/bonehead.txt CRIPPLING BONEHEADShttp://www.notmilk.com/calcium/index.html Consolidated infoCows milk has three times the calcium as does human breast milk. No matter,neither are very usable because in order to be absorbed and used their MUST bean equal quantity of MAGNESIUM (as exists in the greens that cows eat to getall the calcium they need for their big bones). Milk has only enough magnesiumto absorb around 11% (33mg per cup) of calcium.Per the USDA 8 ounces (one cup) of cows milk contains:Calcium, Ca mg 291.336Magnesium, Mg mg 32.794

The USDA recommends 1200mg of calcium per day. The USDA recommendedthree cups of milk a day only have 900mg of calcium. Some argue that only 1/3of the magnesium is necessary. Mother nature seems to suggest it should be oneto one. If the ratio for proper absorption were 1/3 magnesium to one calciumthen no more than 300mg of that 900mg of calcium is usable. If, in fact, it is aone to one ratio... only 98.38mg of calcium is usable.It is not a matter of how much calcium one ingests... but how much one doesnot lose.

PROTEINMilk can be thought of as "liquid meat" because of its high protein contentwhich, in concert with other proteins, may actually LEACH calcium from the

body. Countries that consume high protein diets (meat, milk and dairy) have thehighest rates of osteoporosis.


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THE 'WHOLESOME' PROTEIN MYTH87% of milk is water. That makes it VERY expensive water.Broken down into its basic groups... WHOLE MILK is:

WATER FAT CASEIN OTHER PROTEIN87% 3.25% 4% 1% 4.75(note: that is 3.25% "milkfat" which includes the 87% water.)80% of the protein in milk is casein. Casein is a powerful binder... a

polymer used to make plastics... and a glue that is better used to makesturdy furniture or hold beer bottle labels in place. It is inthousands of processed foods as a binder... as "something" caseinate.

Casein is a powerful allergen... a histamine that creates lots ofmucus. The only medicine in Olympic athlete Flo-Jo's body was Benedryl,a power antihistamine she took to combat her last meal... pizza.For the whole Flo-Jo story:http://www.notmilk.com/deb/092198.html,http://www.notmilk.com/deb/111598.html andhttp://www.notmilk.com/deb/112398.html for the whole story.BACTERIACow's milk is allowed to have feces in it. This is a major source for bacteria.Milk is typically pasteurized more than once before it gets to your table... eachtime for only 15 seconds at 162 degrees Fahrenheit.To sanitize water one is told to boil it (212 degrees F) for several minutes. Thatis a tremendous disparity, isn't it!Keep in mind that at room temperature the number of bacteria in milkDOUBLE around every 20 minutes. No wonder milk turns rotten very quickly.PUSONE cubic centimeter (cc) of commercial cow's milk is allowed to have up to750,000 somatic cells (common name is "PUS") and 20,000 live bacteria...

before it is kept off the market.That amounts to a whopping 20 million live squiggly bacteria and up to 750


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The milk of each of the over 4,700 mammals on earth is formulated specificallyfor that species. There are special lactoferrins and immunoglobulins (cowspecific immunizing stuff) that in humans serve as allergens.LEUKEMIA

According to Hoards Dairyman (Volume 147, number 4)... 89% of America'sdairy herds have the leukemia virus. (more athttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/message/835)DIABETESThe protein lactalbumin, has been identified as a key factor in diabetes (and amajor reason for NOT giving cows milk to infants).CROHN'S DISEASEMycobacterium paratuberculosis causes a bovine disease called "Johne's."Cows diagnosed with Johne's Disease have diarrhea, and heavy fecal sheddingof bacteria. This bacteria becomes cultured in milk, and is not destroyed by

pasteurization. Occasionally, the milk-borne bacteria will begin to grow in thehuman host, and the results are irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn's Disease.MAD COW DISEASE

There may also be prions (pronounced PREons) in the milk and meat. This iscrystalline substance that acts like a virus... with an "incubation" period of from5 to 30 years. The end result is MAD COW DISEASE!HOMOGENIZATIONLarge fat molecules cannot get through the intestinal wall into the bloodstream.The cream no longer rises... because homogenization breaks up those largemolecules into small ones that DO get into the bloodstream! This becomes anexpressway for any fat-borne toxins (lead, dioxin's, etc.) into your (otherwise)most protected organs.CUMULATIVE EFFECTSHow does this impact humans who consume cow's milk and dairy? Obesity(over 50% of Americans and rising), heart disease, cancer, allergies, digestive

problems, diabetes, asthma, desensitization to antibiotics, behavioral problems,and the constant ingestion of dioxin's, herbicides, pesticides (and anything else


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the cow eats that is not good for any critter), that winds up getting stored inHUMAN fat... is not healthy by any measure.Those who resist believing the truth should understand that MOST of theworld's population CANNOT tolerate the lactose in cow's milk. Up to 95% ofthe black population, around 53% of the Hispanics, etc.) So much for cow'smilk being "natures perfect food" for humans! Mother nature knows better.Common sense question: Where was this massive "milk is a must" beforerefrigeration, pasteurization and mass transportation? Back when cows gaveonly 1-4 pounds a day it was quickly made into BUTTER and cheese! Now thatthose same cows have been tweaked and shot-up with Posilac to produce up to55 or more pounds of milk per day... almost all year long... it is suddenly (aftermany thousands of years) a daily "staple". NOT!

POLLUTIONThere are around 9.2 million dairy cows in the United states. Each dairy cowingests around 330 pounds of feed (perhaps 50 pounds) and water (around 280

pounds or 33 gallons) per day. Allowing for the best dairy production of 55pounds of milk per day (over ten times what mother nature designed the cow toproduce) that means that what remains becomes "slurry".That means around 275 pound of urine and feces per day... per cow, for a dailytotal of 2.53 BILLION pounds of pollution. Per year... that amounts to around

923 billion pounds of UNTREATED pollution entering our streams, rivers,lakes... and drinking water systems.Cows are hot-blooded mammals. Like all other mammals they pass gas.Somewhat like elephants their compartmented digestive system is ratherinefficient... which leads to the creation of MORE gas. During a DiscoveryChannel documentary on elephants a parting quip was that the average adultelephant passes enough methane gas per day to run a car about 20 miles.Cows are not much better. The English New Scientist (page 5 -31.8.96)

mentions that cattle produce around 48 kilograms (105 pounds) of methaneeach per year and that more bubbles out of the animals' manure. Dairy cows eatmore because they produce milk. With 9.2 million dairy cows times a minimumof 100 pounds of methane gas per year... that amounts almost a billion poundsof methane gas released into the atmosphere each year. With around 100 million

beef cattle... pigs, sheep, and other "factory farmed" animals it should not bedifficult to fathom the extent of this problem.


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This means that "Beef is a greenhouse-intensive food" and a major cause ofglobal warming (with dairy a significant part of the problem).Another major point is:"Milk is a very strong pollutant: it is about 400 times more polluting than

untreated sewage. To put it another way, 1,000 gallons of milk has the samepolluting potential as the untreated sewage from a town of 7,000 people."Morlais Owen. Chief Scientist for Welsh Water. North Wales Weekly News.24.3.88.SOME QUESTIONS ANSWEREDQ: What is WHEY?A: Whey results when the FAT and CASEIN are removed from milk.In making cheese, the curds become the cheese.Whey's main components are bovine serum albumin and lactalbumin.There are other hormones contained in whey.Q: What happens to the:59 hormones, scores of allergens herbicides, pesticides, dioxinsup to 52 antibiotics

When made into cheese?A: Everything gets concentrated.When made into butter?A: The allergens get lost: but the dioxin's and

pesticides and antibiotics remain in the fat.In the digestive system?A: Steroid hormones survive, as do dioxins and antibiotics.In homogenized milk, protein hormones survive... depending upon thegastric pH, some protein hormones in cheese survive, but not all...eleven steroid hormones survive.AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?


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Eventually, everything is broken down, but not before the chemical messengers(hormones) "deliver their message."Each of those hormones and proteins acts differently and has different rates ofdegradation. BOTTOM LINE... they all survive to a certain degree... and theeffects are cumulative.OTHER HEATH-TRASHING SUBSTANCES IN COW'S MILKWhey: Blood proteins. Bovine serum lactalbumin has been identified as atrigger for diabetes and other autoimmune diseases.Lactose: Two sugars. Glucose and galactose. Galactose has been indentified asa trigger for glaucoma. There are several columns that cover lactose (coveringgalactose and galactosemia):

http://www.notmilk.com/deb/090599.txt Dr. Gordon: Heart Diseasehttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/message/629 Lactose is dangeroushttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/message/453 Ben's hearthttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/message/396 Female Cancershttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/message/378 Lactose intoleranceColostrum (cow's first milk): Loaded with hormones, particularly IGF-I, alongwith loads of immunizing agents for COW DISEASES.

Answers courtesy of the NOTMILKMAN. ([email protected])MILK...What a surprise!Read what a NOTMILK guest book respondent said:http://www.notmilk.com/gbooktalk.txtFor more of the WHOLE truth... visit:For all past newsletters visit with a wealth of information:http://www.notmilk.com/deb/column.htmland for the Daily Squirts of NOTMILK wisdom...http://www.notmilk.com/deb/squirts.htmlDiabetics please read http://www.notmilk.com/deb/011099.htmlRead up on "mad cow disease"? Visithttp://www.milkgate.com for what may well be mankind's NEXT plague.


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http://www.notmilk.com/milkinfo.txt my 2400 word overview (this file)http://www.notmilk.com/wholemilk.txt USDA facts, and what they omittedhttp://www.notmilk.com/52reasons.txt A reason for every week of the yearPerhaps the BEST single reference:

http://www.notmilk.com/a-z.txtExtensive reasons by ailment/topicQUOTES"It's not natural for humans to drink cow's milk. Humans milk is for humans.Cow's milk is for calves. You have no more need of cow's milk than you do ratsmilk, horses milk or elephant's milk. Cow's milk is a high fat fluid exquisitelydesigned to turn a 65 lb baby calf into a 400 lb cow. That's what cow's milk isfor!" --Dr Michael Klaper MD"I no longer recommend dairy products after the age of 2 years. Other calciumsources offer many advantages that dairy products do not have." --Dr. BenjaminSpockOTHER BAD NEWS SUBSTANCEShttp://www.dorway.com aspartame (Equal/Nutrasweet) This fake sweetener isnot an effective diet aid and it was NEVER proven to be safe. Think 92 FDA

complied symptoms (including death seehttp://www.dorway.com/badnews.html).http://www.truthinlabeling.org MSG this flavor enhancer kissing-cousin mind-

blower to aspartame has 30 different names. Aspartame was used in the testingplacebos BEFORE it was legal (see http://www.dorway.com/msg.txt).Dave [email protected] 2002

http://www.notmilk.com/milkinfo.txt

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Milk Whey ProteinFrom Robert Cohen

[email protected]

After fat and casein are removed from milk, dairy processors are left with wheyprotein. Whey is composed of bovine blood proteins. Serum albumen.Lactalbumen. Dead white blood cells. Hormonal residues including estrogenand progesterone.The body's reaction to a foreign protein is to destroy that antigen-like invaderwith an antibody. For those individuals unfortunate enough to possess a genetic

pre-disposition to such an event, the antibody then turns upon one's own cells.That is what is known as an auto-immune response.In the case of diabetes and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), the body's response towhey proteins is to attack the outer membrane protecting nerve cells, or themyelin sheath.It has long been established that early exposure to bovine proteins is a triggerfor insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Researchers have made that same milkconsumption connection to MS. The July 30, 1992 issue of the New EnglandJournal of Medicine first reported the diabetes autoimmune response milk

connection:"Patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus produce antibodies to cowmilk proteins that participate in the development of islet dysfunction... Taken asa whole, our findings suggest that an active response in patients with IDDM (tothe bovine protein) is a feature of the auto-immune response."On December 14, 1996, The Lancet revealed:"Cow's milk proteins are unique in one respect: in industrialized countries they

are the first foreign proteins entering the infant gut, since most formulations forbabies are cow milk-based. The first pilot stage of our IDD prevention studyfound that oral exposure to dairy milk proteins in infancy resulted in bothcellular and immune response...this suggests the possible importance of the gutimmune system to the pathogenesis of IDD."THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS/MILK CONNECTION


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The April 1, 2001 issue of the Journal of Immunology contained a studylinking MS to milk consumption.Michael Dosch, M.D., and his team of researchers determined that multiplesclerosis and type I (juvenile) diabetes mellitus are far more closely linked than

previously thought. Dosch attributes exposure to cow milk protein as a riskfactor in the development of both diseases for people who are geneticallysusceptible. According to Dosch:"We found that immunologically, type I diabetes and multiple sclerosis arealmost the same - in a test tube you can barely tell the two diseases apart. Wefound that the autoimmunity was not specific to the organ system affected bythe disease. Previously it was thought that in MS autoimmunity would developin the central nervous system, and in diabetes it would only be found in the

pancreas. We found that both tissues are targeted in each disease."

MULTIPLE SCLEROSISMultiple sclerosis affects approximately 300,000 Americans. Two-thirds ofthose diagnosed with MS are women. Most researchers believe that MS is anautoimmune disease. Auto means "self."WHO DOES NOT GET MS?It is interesting to note that Eskimos and Bantus (50 million individuals living

in East Africa) rarely get MS. Neither do those native North and SouthAmerican Indian or Asian populations who consume no cow's milk or dairyproducts.WHO GETS MS?The British medical journal Lancet reported that dairy-rich diets filled have

been closely linked to the development of MS. (The Lancet 1974;2:1061)A study published in the journal Neuroepidemiology revealed an association

between eating dairy foods and an increased prevalence of MS.(Neuroepidemiology 1992;11:304-12.)MS researcher, Luther Lindner, M.D., a pathologist at Texas A & M UniversityCollege of Medicine, wrote:"It might be prudent to limit the intake of milk and milk products."


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Women are targeted by dairy industry scare tactics that offer misinformationregarding osteoporosis. Two-thirds of MS victims are women. As milk andcheese consumption increase along population lines, so too does an epidemicnumber of MS cases. The numbers add up. The clues add up. The sciencesupports epidemiological studies. Got diabetes? Got MS? The milk connection

has been established.Whey protein? Say no way!Robert Cohenhttp://www.notmilk.comTHE NOTMILK NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE:send an empty Email [email protected]:send an empty Email [email protected] this message to your milk-drinking friends:MILK from A to Z: http://www.notmilk.com/milkatoz.html2O QUESTIONS: http://www.notmilk.com/notmilkfaq. html

The Pus-Bacteria MoustacheMarketing Milk & Disease

By John McDougall, MD(65 references)

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The Dairy Industry is really big business, with sales of over $11 billion formilk and $16 billion for cheese annually in the USA alone, so you might expecthard line marketing from them, but would you expect them to aggressively selltheir products if they were known to be harmful to people, especially to womenand children?
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The Dairy Management Inc., whose purpose is to build demand for dairyproducts on behalf of America's 80,000-plus dairy producers, has just releasedthe Dairy Checkoff 2003 Unified Marketing Plan (UMP) with a budget of$165.7 million. (1)The United Marketing Plan explains, "This ongoing program area (referring tothe section Dairy Image/Confidence) aims to protect and enhance consumerconfidence in dairy products and the dairy industry. A major componentinvolves conducting and communicating the results of dairy nutrition researchshowing the healthfulness of dairy products, as well as issues and crisismanagement." (1)(Most likely, I fall under the heading of "issues and crisismanagement.")

A significant portion of the money from the 2003 Unified Marketing Plan isspecifically targeted to children ages 6 to 12 and their mothers. The goal is "to

guide school-age children to become life-long consumers of dairy products,2003 activities will target students, parents, educators and school foodserviceprofessionals." (1) (Similar words and intentions have been attributed to thetobacco industry.) All this marketing is working, too: annual fluid milkconsumption among kids 6 to 12 increased to 28 gallons per capita, the highestlevel in 10 years. Children under 18 drink 46% of the milk consumed in theUSA.Realize that when I say milk in this article, I'm also implicating all dairy

products that are made from milk: non-fat milk, low-fat milk, buttermilk,

cheeses, cottage cheese, yogurt, ice cream, whey, kefir, and butter. All of themshare a similar nutritional profile (plus or minus the fat, protein, and sugar),and as a result, all of them contribute to a wide range of health problems.Will the UMP Inform You of the Contamination? E. Coli, AIDS and LeukemiaViruses?Last month I left you with some very disturbing facts about the contaminationof milk with loads of bacteria and millions of white blood cells (pus cells)which are there to help fight off the infections found in cows and milk (see theApril 2003 Newsletter found at http://www.drmcdougall.com ).Will the 2003 Unified Marketing Plan specify money to inform you of thisupsetting information? You will never see an advertisement with a famousmovie star proudly wearing a white mustache, properly labeled as containing300,000 white blood cells and 25,000 bacteria.Dairy products were the foods most often recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug


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Administration (FDA) from the period October 1, 1993 through September 30,1998 because of contamination with infectious agents, mostly bacteria. (2)They are commonly tainted with disease-causing bacteria, such as salmonella,staphylococci, listeria, deadly E. coli O1573 and Mycobacterium

paratuberculosis (4) (possibly one of the agents causing Crohn's disease; a formof life-threatening chronic colitis), as well as viruses known to causelymphoma and leukemia-like diseases, and immune deficiency in cattle.AIDS and Leukemia Viruses Dairy cattle are infected with bovineimmunodeficiency viruses (BIV) and bovine leukemia viruses (BLV),worldwide. (Bovine immunodeficiency viruses can also be properly referred toas bovine AIDS viruses.)In the United States, results show an average 40% of beef herds and 64% of

dairy herds are infected with BIV. (5)In Canada (6-7), the infection rate is 70% and in Argentina (8) the rate is 84%for BLV.Herds infected with the BIV are usually infected with the leukemia virus (BLV)also. (5)Both viruses can cross species lines thus infecting other animals, like sheep,goats, and chimpanzees *" and they develop disease. (5)

Nationwide and worldwide, leukemia is more common in the higher dairyconsuming populations. (9,10)An increased incidence of leukemia has been found among dairy farmers inmultiple studies. (11-14)BIV infection has been reported in a person. (15)The bovine leukemia virus has been classified in the same group as the Human

T-cell Leukemia/Lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), which is known tocause leukemia and lymphomas in humans (Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma).(16)BIV is structurally and genetically closely related to human immunodeficiencyvirus (HIV) type-1 (the virus causing human AIDS). (17)Pasteurization kills many types of microorganisms, but it is not foolproof.


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people." (20)Exposure to cow's milk protein early in life, when the intestinal tract isimmature, sometimes results in the milk protein entering the blood streamwhere antibodies to this foreign substance, cow's milk, are made by theimmune system. Unfortunately, these same antibodies also attack the insulin-

producing cells of the pancreas. By glassful of milk after spoonful of ice cream,over a period of about 5 to 7 years, the child destroys his or her own pancreas*" and is left with a lifelong, life-threatening, handicap: diabetes. The

pancreas is forever destroyed and the child will have to take insulin shots daily.Complications, such as blindness, kidney failure, and heart disease will be areal threat during his or her shortened lifespan.(See my July 2002 McDougall

Newsletter for a discussion of type-1 diabetes).Constipation Not as life-threatening as diabetes, but for some as mentally and

physically distressing, is chronic constipation. As a doctor who has cared forhundreds of children, I can tell you they suffer with pain, bleeding,hemorrhoids, and embarrassment. The causal effects of cow*s milk wereclearly demonstrated in a study of 65 severely constipated children published inthe New England Journal of Medicine. (21)These boys and girls complained of only one bowel movement every 3 to 15days and many didn't even respond to strong laxatives (lactulose and mineraloil). Forty-four of the 65 (68%) found relief of their constipation when takenoff the cow's milk. Evidence of inflammation of the bowel was found on

biopsy, and anal fissures and pain were commonly associated with theconstipation "elimination of the cow's milk solved these problems."When cow's milk was reintroduced into their diet 8 to 12 months later, all ofthe children developed constipation within 5 to 10 days. For constipation alone,cow's milk should be banned from the School Milk Programs, worldwide.Rhinitis and Otitis Media The multitude of snotty-nosed kids frequentlyvisiting the pediatrician's office for ear infections is much more obvious thanthe constipated crowd, and these problems less devastating than type-1diabetes, but these complaints also can be due to consuming the foreign

proteins intended for calves. (22-25) In addition, these same children are likelyto suffer from gastroesophageal reflux, asthma and/or eczema from theirunnatural habit of drinking cow's milk.Diseases of Foreign Protein Many conditions can be traced back to reactions tocow's milk. Milk contains more than 25 different proteins that can induceadverse reactions in humans. (26) Our immune system perceives these foreign


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proteins as alien invaders, like a virus or bacteria, and launches an attack inresponse, as in the case of type-1 diabetes discussed above and many otherallergic and autoimmune diseases.DISEASES CAUSED BY, OR LINKED TO, DAIRY PROTEINS General:Loss of appetite, growth retardation. Upper Gastrointestinal: Canker sores(aphthous stomatitis), irritation of tongue, lips and mouth, tonsil enlargement,vomiting, gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), Sandifer's syndrome, peptic ulcerdisease, colic, stomach cramps, abdominal distention, intestinal obstruction,type-1 diabetes. Lower Gastrointestinal: Bloody stools, colitis, malabsorption,diarrhea, painful defecation, fecal soiling, infantile colic, chronic constipation,infantile food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES), Crohn's disease,ulcerative colitis. Respiratory: Nasal stuffiness, runny nose, otitis media (innerear trouble), sinusitis, wheezing, asthma, and pulmonary infiltrates. Bone and

joint: Rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Beheta's

disease, (possibly psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis). Skin: Rashes,atopic dermatitis, eczema, seborrhea, hives (urticaria) Nervous System(Behavioral): Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, autism, schizophrenia,irritability, restlessness, hyperactivity, headache, lethargy, fatigue, "allergic-tension fatigue syndrome," muscle pain, mental depression, enuresis (bed-wetting). Blood: Abnormal blood clotting, iron deficiency anemia, low serum

proteins, thrombocytopenia, and eosinophilia. Other: Nephrotic syndrome,glomerulonephritis, anaphylactic shock and death, sudden infant deathsyndrome (SIDS or crib or cot death), injury to the arteries causing arteritis,and eventually, atherosclerosis. References are available through the NationalLibrary of Medicine, http://www.nlm.nih.gov - Search cow's milk and any ofthe diseases listed above.All dairy products contain milk proteins, including skim milk, yogurt, cheese,and butter, and many butter substitutes. Milk proteins are listed in packagedfood products with a variety of names, such as milk solids, skim milk powder,casein, caseinates, whey, and albumin. Milk is also often put into packagedfoods and not declared on the label - this is illegal and punishable by FDAaction.

Even with all of this disease in children the American School Food ServiceAssociation and the dairy industry have developed a School Milk Pilot Test todemonstrate that kids will drink more milk in school if certain productenhancements are made. (27)The result was milk sales increased by an average of 18 percent andconsumption increased by 35 percent when schools provided flavored milks


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and other package enhancements. (28)The UMP Will Try to Deceive You about the Fattening Nature of Dairy Foods."Independent research confirming dairy's role in weight reduction ismounting," said Dr. Greg Miller, senior vice president of nutrition and

scientific affairs for the Dairy Checkoff. (29) "This helps to position dairyfoods as part of the solution to America's growing obesity epidemic." AndMiller added, "Informing the public about dairy's role in the fight againstobesity will help increase consumption of milk, cheese and yogurt, amongother dairy products."Shouldn't the idea of milk acting as an "antiobesity" food strike you asfundamentally contradictory? After all, the biologic purpose of cow's milk is to

provide large amounts of energy and nutrients to grow the young animal from

60 to 600 pounds. So how does milk become a weight loss product in the 21stcentury? This idea began with the observation that underprivileged people, whohave poor diets in general, are often obese, and also consume few dairy

products. (30) Some experiments that followed showed people and animals oncalorie- restricted diets lost a small amount of extra weight when calcium ordairy foods were part of their diet.The "antiobesity" effects of dairy are difficult to explain, but may be due tocalcium binding fat in the intestine, preventing its absorption. (30)

A thorough search of the literature for properly designed studies shows onlyone of 17 randomized studies found weight loss in people taking calcium pills,and of the nine randomized studies where fluid milk was added, two showedsignificant weight gain, and none showed significant loss. (31)In one study funded by a grant from the International Dairy Foods Association,204 healthy men and women were asked to increase their intake of skim or 1%milk by three cups a day for 12 weeks; those consuming the extra milk gainedan average of 1.32 pounds (0.6 Kg). (32) Can you imagine what their weightgain would have been if they had been asked to add whole milk, cheese, butter,

and ice cream to their diet, instead of skim and low-fat 1% milk?The result of all this research was well summed up by one of the dairyindustry's frequent spokespersons at the Dairy Management Inc. sponsoredSymposium: Dairy Product Components and Weight Regulation, held April 21,2002 in New Orleans, with this statement, "In conclusion, the data availablefrom randomized trials of dairy product or calcium supplementation providelittle support for an effect in reducing body weight or fat mass." (31)


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Yet the consumer will hear from Dr. Miller and the rest of the industry, eatmore dairy products and you will lose weight.Dairy products are loaded with fats that are easily stored under your skin as"body fat." The fats in the cold glass of milk, the little bite of cheese, and that

small bowl of ice cream will move from your lips to your hips effortlessly. Infact, it moves with so little effort that the chemical structure of the fat isn't evenchanged. Cow's milk contains a unique kind of fat with double bonds located atthe C-15 and C-17 position on the fat's carbon chain. Examination of a person'sfatty (adipose) tissues following a biopsy will show the amount of this kind offat present, which will be in direct proportion to the amount of dairy productsthe person consumes. (33)All that fat the dairy industry asks us to eat is associated with higher risks of

heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and breast, prostate, uterine and coloncancer. Yet, as a marketing scheme, the dairy industry has teamed up with theNational Medical Association to write articles about "the role of dairy inhelping reduce the risk of heart disease, hypertension, and other serious healthissues." (34)The National Medical Association promotes the collective interests of

physicians and patients of African descent. Please explain to me how thisassociation came about when the vast majority of people of African descent(80% to 90%) cannot drink milk because of lactose intolerance; causing them

diarrhea, stomach cramps and gas. (35)Not only is this dairy fat unattractively worn and a health hazard, but it is also asource of large quantities of environmental chemicals, like dioxins and DDT,that affect your health and the health of a mother's offspring during pregnancyand nursing. (36) One reason a young girl needs to start thinking about ahealthier diet early is because the accumulation of these chemicals in her own

body fat occurs over her entire lifetime.The UMP Will Try to Confuse You about Bone Health and Animal ProteinOsteoporosis is caused by several factors; however, the most important one isdiet; especially the amount of animal protein and acid in the foods we eat. (37-39 0 The high acid foods are meat, poultry, fish, seafood, and hard cheeses,

parmesan cheese is the most acidic of all foods commonly consumed." (40)Once consumed, this food-derived acid must be neutralized in the body. Fruitsand vegetables can do this neutralizing (these foods are alkaline in nature).


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However, because the diet of the average Westerner is so deficient in fruits andvegetables and so high in acid foods, the primary neutralizer of dietary acid

becomes their bones. The bones dissolve to release alkaline materials.Worldwide, the highest rates of hip fractures are among populations thatconsume the most animal food (including dairy products) like people from theUSA, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, etc. (41,42) Thelowest rates are among people who eat little or no dairy foods (these people areon lower calcium diets) like people from rural Asia and rural Africa. (41,42)The basic experiments published in the 1980s clearly show protein causes boneloss, and calcium offers little or no protection. (43) Even the foremost scientistshired by the dairy industry know protein is harmful to the bones. (44) In myApril 2003 Newsletter I explained there was only one properly designed studytesting the effects of fluid milk on the bone health of postmenopausal women,

and the results were: those who received the extra milk for a year lost morebone than those who didn't drink the milk. (44) The authors, funded by theNational Dairy Council, explained in their paper, "The protein content of themilk supplement may have a negative effect on calcium balance, possiblythrough an increase in kidney losses of calcium or through a direct effect on

bone resorption." Trying to explain why those receiving the milk were in worsecalcium balance, they said, "this may have been due to the average 30 percentincrease in protein intake during milk supplementation."Unfortunately, all this damning information does not sit well with the powerful

dairy industry, so they have started the "3-A-Day of Dairy" program to battlethe calcium crisis in America by promoting milk, cheese and yogurt for"stronger bones" and they have been busy doing their own research to prove

protein is good for the bones. (45-48)Regrettably for them, their designing means were just revealed in the May2003 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. (49) The article inthis journal exposed the way they made the results show protein is good for the

bones. To devise research that appears to contradict hundreds of articlespublished over the past 35 years, you only have to provide sufficient alkalinematerial in the diet of the people being studied to neutralize the acid from theanimal foods. This was accomplished by studying populations that have dietshigh in neutralizing fruits and vegetables; the other approach employed was toadd a strong alkali source to the experiment, such as an antacid pill (wafer),calcium citrate (like Citracal).Once the acid from the food is neutralized, then any bone building factors that


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might be present in meat and dairy can exert their effects. High protein foods,and especially dairy foods, raise the levels of a powerful growth-stimulatinghormone in the body, called insulin-like growth factor-1 or IGF-1. Stimulationof bone growth by this hormone is now being offered as the reason dairy

products build strong bones. It has long been necessary for them to find a more

scientifically supportable explanation, because the bulk of the research showsthe calcium in dairy foods has little or no benefit for bone health. (50-52)The UMP Will Not Promote the Fact that IGF-1 is a Powerful Cancer PromoterConsumption of animal products increases the levels of insulin-like growthfactor-1 in your body. However, modern dairy technology has made dairy

products an even more potent source of this growth stimulant. Since 1985, U.S.dairy farmers have been allowed to inject cows with recombinant bovinegrowth hormone (rbGH), a genetically engineered bovine growth hormone that

increases milk production. RbGH treatment produces an increase in IGF-1 incow's milk, by as much as 10-fold. (53,54) IGF-1 is not destroyed bypasteurization. (53) The overall effect is that milk seems to raise IGF-1 levelsin people more than any other component of our diet. (55)The direct evidence of the effects of cow's milk on IGF-1 levels in people has

been provided by the dairy industry's own efforts. Two recent studies, one onadolescent girls and the other on post-menopausal women, showed increasingmilk consumption actually raises plasma levels of IGF-1 in the person's body

by an average of 10%. (56,57)

Their take on this is, "this is a beneficial effecT" because IGF-1 stimulates

bone growth. But, the actual lasting consequences should deliver the finaldeathblow to dairy products: IGF-1 promotes the growth of cancer. This growth

promoter has been strongly linked to the development of cancer of the breast,prostate, lung, and colon. (58) Excess IGF-1 stimulates cell proliferation andinhibits cell death - two activities you definitely don't want when cancer cellsare involved. (58)There is more to cancer promotion by dairy foods than IGF-1. Most dairy

products are high in saturated fat - and fat is the number one suspect when itcomes to the cause of most common cancers in Western societies (for example,

breast, prostate, colon, kidney, pancreas). Recent studies have linked the sugar(lactose) and fat in milk with ovarian cancer, (59,60) and the calcium in milklowers concentrations of a specific form of vitamin D that protects against

prostate cancer, raising men's overall risk. (61,62) (See my February 2003Newsletter for more information on diet and prostate cancer.) Hormones


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(estrogens) are also involved in cancers of reproductive organs, like breast anduterine cancer. There are several reasons dairy products raise a woman'shormone levels causing a variety of hormone-dependent problems from earlyonset of menstruation (menarche) to PMS and uterine fibroids - but one isunique to cow's milk. Cows are milked even while they are pregnant. As a

result of the pregnancy, cows secrete high levels of estrogen into their milk.(63)Will the UMP Advertise that Dairy Is Simply Liquid Meat?Red meat has become a "dirty word" when it comes to health. At the oppositeend of the spectrum of opinions on food is cow's milk - one of the world'S mosttrusted foods. Do you remember the "Basic Four Food Groups?" Dairy wasusually placed first in this chart which was hung in every schoolroom (and byno coincidence the dairy industry also provided the chart).

Dairy products are deficient in iron and beef is deficient in calcium; bothcontain too little dietary fiber, essential fat (linoleic acid), and vitamin C andB3 (niacin) to meet human nutritional requirements. (64) Heavy consumptionof either of these food groups - loaded with fat and cholesterol - will result inthe diseases common to affluent societies, such as obesity, heart disease,strokes, type-2 diabetes and cancer, to name just a few serious problems. (65)If a patient bargained with me, "I'll give up only one of the first two foodgroups "meat or milk" - hopes of getting well," my recommendation for almost

all common health problems in Western society would be, "You're likely to getthe most benefits if you give up the dairy products."

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