white mustache ads adorned by a
famous celebrity, I cannot help but
think back to the ads that promoted
smoking by famous stars such as
Charlton Heston and James Dean.
Didn’t advertising lie to us then?
How can we believe such things now
when we have so much more information
and research available to us?
Are we just gullible or maybe just
lazy? Let’s take a look at what fifteen
minutes on the internet did for
my current knowledge base. I’m not
referring to commercial sites with an
agenda. I mean legitimate sites that
provide research that is being performed
by real scientists and universities.
According to the Academy of
Allergy Asthma and Immunology,
cow’s milk is the number one cause
of food allergies. Former Director of
Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins
University, Dr. Frank Oski, has written
that consuming dairy from cows
leads to persistent health problems.
He says, “The fact is: The drinking
of cow’s milk has been linked to iron
deficiency anemia in infants and
children, and it has been named the
cause of cramps, and diarrhea in
much of the world population, and
the cause of multiple forms of allergies
as well.” Dr. Frank Oski
believes that the persistent problems
from cow’s milk consumption
include: Coughs, sinus infections,
asthma, ear infections, constipation,
runny noses, upper respiratory infections,
gas, eczema, and gastrointestinal
(stomach) problems.
Dr. Sam Bahna & Douglas Heiner
report in their book, Allergies to
Milk, that milk may cause difficulty
breathing, especially during sleep.
Noisy breathing is due to excess
mucus in the throat. These
researchers found that rather than
taking unnecessary medications,
such as decongestants, antibiotics,
or cough syrup, relief can be found
by the elimination of cow’s milk
dairy from the diet.
Dr. Williams Ellis, who has studied
the effects of dairy for more than
40 years, says that dairy is, “…simply
no good for humans.” He finds
that the excess mucus caused by
dairy can harden and form a coating
on the inner wall of the intestines,
thus hindering absorption of nutrients.
Dr. Benjamin Spock spoke out
against the feeding of cow’s milk to
children, saying that it can cause
anemia, allergies, and insulindependent
diabetes, which sets up
for a life of obesity and heart disease.
Harvard’s ground breaking study,
Nurses Health Study, of 78,000
nurses, suggests that dairy can actually
cause osteoporosis and was
linked to more bone fractures than in
non-dairy participants.
Summarizing this study, the Lunar
Osteoporosis Update explains,
“Increased hip fracture was associated
with dairy calcium uptake. If this
were any other agent other than
milk, which has been so aggressively
marketed by dairy interests, it
undoubtedly would be considered a
major risk factor.” The study concludes
that animal protein actually
leaches calcium from bones.
After 36 published studies, Yale
University found that milk does not
appear to prevent
osteoporosis
and, in
fact, may cause
more bone fractures
than non-dairy
consumers.
So, what’s the deal with lactose?
This is the inability to digest milk
sugar lactose. 75% of the world’s
human population loses the ability
to digest lactose shortly after weaning
from their mother’s milk.
Humans are not genetically set up
for the digestion of cow’s milk.
Milk, and dairy products in general,
contain no fiber or complex
carbohydrates, and they are laden
with saturated fat and cholesterol. It
is also contaminated with cow’s
blood and pus, and is frequently
contaminated with pesticides, hormones
and antibiotics, which you
absorb into your body. Dairy consumption
is known to be linked
with: Allergies, constipation, obesity,
heart disease, and other problems.
Dairy consumption builds dairy
producers profits, not your bones,
and it may even harm them. Get educated,
get informed, and get healthier.
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