All of us have been raised to believe that milk does a body good or milk is a natural or milk is natures perfect food. How could it not be? We associate milk with our first foods and our mothers. It is because of this association that many of us are more emotionally attached to milk and dairy products than any other food. On top of that, our mothers gave it to us and made us drink it because they thought, along with their peers, doctors, teachers and government, that milk was necessary for strong bones and teeth and for good health and fitness. Because we have been so heavily indoctrinated by our culture and the dairy industry itself, you may be confused whether milk is good for you or not. Lets take a close look at what our white and supposedly pure, wholesome drink has in it, and you decide for yourself whether milk is good for you and your health and fitness, or not. 1. Milk contains fat. Whole milk, or 3% milk, contains 50% fat Low-fat milk, or 1% to 2% milk, contains 24% to 33% fat Skim milk contains 4% to 7% fat (yes, even skim milk has some fat) Many cheeses contain 70% fat Who needs or wants the extra fat in our bodies? Not only does extra fat cause many conditions and diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, strokes, gallstones, and heart attacks, but we also wear it right where we dont iton our stomachs, hips, thighs, and butts. 2. Milk is also loaded with cholesterolthat same waxy substance that clogs up our arteries and veins and leads to heart attacks, cancer, high blood pressure, strokes, and many other conditions and diseases. 3. Milk contains milk sugar. It just so happens that an estimated 70% of the world is intolerant to the sugar in milk. Intolerance to the sugar in milk causes discomfort, gas, bloating, and other digestive problems. 4. Milk protein presents another set of problems. Little problems linked to milk protein may be:
o Allergies
o Ear infections
o Asthma
o Sinus infections
o Colds
o Eczema
o Bed-wetting
o Fatigue
o Mood swings
o Excess mucous Did you ever experience or notice in others that you tend to have a runny nose and you are often draining and sniffing, particularly in the mornings? Often that excess drainage or mucous is caused from the protein in dairy products, along with other mucous-producing foods that you eat on a daily basis. Big problems linked to the protein in milk:
o Rheumatoid arthritis
o Lupus
o Type 1 diabetes
o Inflammation in the kidneys
o Inflammation in the arteries
o Iron deficiency anemia
o Heart disease Yes, all of these conditions have been linked to the protein in milk. Along with the fat, cholesterol, milk sugar, and milk protein, milk and milk products may contain contaminants, such as: E.coli
Salmonella
Tuberculosis
Listeria (in cheese)
Bovine leukemia
Bovine aids Bovine leukemia and bovine aids virus can now be found, so I have read, in about 60% of all dairy herds
Pesticides Hormones (eBGH, eBST, IGF) Cows make their own hormones that come through the milk, and, if that is not bad enough, to increase a cows natural production of milk, cows are often given growth hormones. These hormones get into the milk. There are many experts who believe that cancers thrive on these hormones. In other words, there is a high correlation between the hormones found in cows milk and many cancers, such as breast cancer, prostate cancer, and ovarian cancer. Antibiotics Because cows are artificially forced by extra hormones to produce more milk than nature intended, they often get udder infections. They are then given antibiotics for these infections. Did you know that all milk is allowed to contain a certain percentage of pus for it to meet government regulations? With all the fat, cholesterol, milk sugar, milk protein, and contaminants that come in a glass of milk, why drink it? People are the only mammals that continue to drink milk after they are weaned and that milk comes from another mammal at that. Cows milk is the perfect foodthe perfect food for baby cows that can grow up to 800 pounds in a year. Does it not make more sense to drink pure water or, even better, homemade fresh fruit and vegetable juices? And for all you cheese lovers out there, including myself, cheese is the same thing as milk only worse. Cheese contains a whole bunch more fat (cheddar cheese is about 70% fat), salt, dyes, and more chemicals than milk. Just as a reminder, yogurt is not a health food. It too is made from milk. So the next time you see one of those athletes or movie stars or T.V. hosts don a fake white mustache, ask yourself two questions: First, Got how much fat, cholesterol, milk sugar, protein, hormones, and contaminants? Second, Got how much money to wear that white mustache? There is only one reason to drink milk or eat cheese or yogurt, and that is because you like it and choose to consume it, not because it is necessary or even good for human health and fitness. |
