Cow’s Milk is a White Poison — It’ll KILL You and Your Family
by Dr. Rajesh Vishwanathan
“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, and he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.”
– George Orwell
Maneka Gandhi, the daughter in law of the late Indian Prime minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi and India’s famous animal rights activist, stirred a hornet’s nest by speaking out against the consumption of cow’s milk. Her beliefs deeply irritated the sentiments of several hardcore veggies in India.
The real truth about milk:
Human bodies are not designed to drink the milk from other animal species. Dr. Benjamin Spock, America’s leading authority on childcare was one of the first to warn the world against the dangers of consuming cow’s milk.
Consider these cold facts.
- Diary products contain no fiber or complex carbohydrates
- Milk is saturated with fat and cholesterol
- Milk is contaminated with cow’s blood, pus, pesticides, and hormones
- Dairy is linked with allergies, constipation, obesity, heart disease and cancer
- Cow’s milk can cause anemia in children
- Dairy can result in insulin-dependent diabetes in the later years of life
- Diary products actually cause osteoporosis. Chinese women who consume calcium from plant sources have lesser incidents of bone fractures in old age
- Milk has no iron, however it also blocks its absorption
- Milk has less protein than most vegetables
- Milk does not cure peptic ulcer disease. It only offers temporary relief of pain. In the long run milk causes acidity and further destroys the stomach lining
- Milk is carcinogenic. It contains a factor called as IGF-1. All cancer studies show that when IGF-1 rises in the body one gets cancer.
The cows pay a heavy price:
- Cows live for about 25 years and produce milk for about nine years. The stress of the factory farm leads to disease, lameness and reproductive problems and most cows die or are sent to the slaughterhouse in four years.
- In the farm, the cows are hooked by their udders to electronic machines and cows are subject to constant electric shocks. This leads to mastitis.
- They spend their entire lives standing on concrete floors and living conditions are abysmal.
- Cows are genetically manipulated given antibiotics and hormones so that their milk yield increases.
- To see that cows produce milk, they are impregnated. Female calves are either slaughtered or added to the diary herd. The male calves are killed for veal, which is considered to be a meat delicacy.
We need not be slavishly dependent on milk:
There are so many vegan alternatives to dairy products and they are available in all health food stores and supermarkets. There are milk substitutes like Soy, almond and rice milk that are equally tasty and nutritious. There are frozen desserts like Soy Delicious, Tofutti, Rice Dream and fruit sorbets.
References and links:
- Plant Foods and Dairy Products, Am J Clin Nutr 61, suppl 6 (Jun 1995): 1407 S—1415S.
- M. Nestle, Food Lobbies, the Food Pyramid, and U.S. Nutrition Policy, Int J Health Serv 23, no. 3 (1993): 483-96.
- W. C. Willett, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, in the Boston Globe, June 8, 1999.
- notmilk.com
- juiceguy.com
- snyderhealth.com
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Now is not the time to be silent. These issues affect us all
September 14th, 2007 at 10:34 am
[…] Contrary to popular beliefs, pasteurized milk, like meat, drains the body of alkaline and electrolyte minerals. Milk that has been cooked (pasteurized) takes more calcium to digest than it gives back! “Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal.” […]
September 14th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
It is strange that humans choose to nurse off a cow through adulthood. Even stranger that we treat this cow so ungratefully.
September 14th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Yes, Hei.. it’s very strange. Cows just want to live, be happy, and roam the fields. They don’t want to be murdered and mass-produced for their meat and milk. Animals have rights, too.
September 14th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Love it! Thanks. Spread the word.
September 15th, 2007 at 11:06 am
damn hippies. people eat lots of other things that are not healthy. that is why our country is so fat. animals are delicious. that is why we eat them. besides, if we aren’t supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?
September 15th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
according to t-bone jonse’s logic we should eat other human beings as well because after all people are made of meat too…
but honestly do you think the cows would be happily roaming the fields if they weren’t used for milk or meat production? why would we continue to raise them if they no longer benefited us?
September 15th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
we are not “raising” cows, we are “manufacturing” them as if we were manufacturing steel. Without human interference, they would be able to roam the land just as kangaroos do in Australian. And if we felt the need to really benefit for them (even though animals don’t exist to “benefit” humans).. we could use their fecal matter for fertilizer / energy. Cows just want to live. Let’s let them live :)
September 16th, 2007 at 8:17 am
Soy milk is a great alternative for those addicted to milk. Soy and veggie proteins are a great alternative to meat. Whatever happened to “live and let live”?
September 16th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Alright, I think everyone should switch over to sodas and whatnot, because according to this, they’re way more healthy. Let my kids grow up to be fat and stupid I say!
Can I get a hand count on how many people in here eat steak? If you don’t, I suggest a marinade with worchestershire sauce, soy sauce, olive oil, garlic, and montreal steak seasononing. YUM
September 16th, 2007 at 10:03 am
Oh come on people. The consumption of dairy products is good for you. Look it up on pubmed or something before you start whining about it online.
…and let’s not forget about vitamin B12, the only source of which is meat. Vegans have to take B12 in order not to get pernicious anemia, which is potentially deadly. B12 is always and without exception from an animal source. Sure, you can eat it as a pill or get it from a fortified cereal, but it still comes from animals. We are not meant to be herbivores, that’s why we have incisors.
I have no qualms with people who choose to disagree and choose a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle. In fact, I applaud you. You have principles and the backbone to live by them. However it’s annoying when I find myself the subject of attempted conversion. Especially so when people try to convince me with tripe like this… it underestimates my intelligence and is quite frankly offending.
September 16th, 2007 at 10:35 am
In one cup (250ml) of skim milk there is 9grams of protein. It would take 10oz of broccoli to get 8grams of protein, 7.5 cups of raw shredded carrots, or 11 kiwis. I think that milk is a fine source of calcium, compared to vegetables. Also, there seems to be a lot of “cans” and “mays”, is there any other concrete damning evidence against cow’s milk. And as for the Chinese women experiencing less fractures in old age, there could be a genetic reason behind that. thank you.
p.s. “Milk-anything goes”
September 16th, 2007 at 11:28 am
I’m currently going through an internal debate over the health benefits of raw milk. I completely agree with the adverse findings from drinking homogenized milk. But milk, in its raw state has been known to provide humans with brain-building nutrition. This is specifically true in cases of autism, Mnay children thrive on raw milk and raw colostrum. For some, it seems to be a kwy in healing.
I will be attending a conference in Chicago next weekend that will demonstrate the powers of raw dairy.
I think, ultimately — our bodies may react differently to foods, as we are not all carbom copies of each other. We can stand by some rules of thum, but then again — there’s always an exception.
Thanks for writing this you really sparked my mind this morning!!
Gina
September 16th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Honestly i think if we didn’t have any need for cows, they would have the same fate as the buffalo. and how many buffalo do you see roaming around in the wild? thats right, not very many… instead of fighting to get rid of using cows, how about fighting to change their living conditions and to stop the use of hormones.
September 17th, 2007 at 9:20 am
There has been considerable research into proposed plant sources of vitamin B12. Fermented soya products, seaweeds, and algae such as spirulina have all been suggested as containing significant B12.
September 17th, 2007 at 9:35 am
I just read this:
“Human faeces can contain significant B12. A study has shown that a group of Iranian vegans obtained adequate B12 from unwashed vegetables which had been fertilised with human manure. Faecal contamination of vegetables and other plant foods can make a significant contribution to dietary needs, particularly in areas where hygiene standards may be low. This may be responsible for the lack of aneamia due to B12 deficiency in vegan communities in developing countries.” (source)
September 17th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
[…] our diet practices are abysmal. We eat foods bereft of energy, we consume milk, which is a poison, we eat meat, and we eat tinned, canned and processed foods and do not realize how much harm we […]
September 21st, 2007 at 10:02 am
soy milk contains estrogen….
October 14th, 2007 at 7:52 am
In the future, we may well experience the reverse dynamic. Even if we don’t choose to get ahead of the curve, population and price pressures will eventually force us reluctantly into the greater health that comes from eating lower on the food chain. As our supply of grain grows more precarious and prices increase, we may resort to actually eating our food instead of feeding it to livestock and then find our health bills going down and our longevity increasing.
People often hear conflicting nutritional advice, shrug their shoulders, and decide they might as well eat what they want, or what they’re used to, since the experts can’t seem to agree on anything anyway. That reaction, of course, is exactly what meat and dairy industries are praying for. Just as the tobacco industry survives by keeping millions of people addicted to it’s murderous product, which it until recently claimed was harmless, so the meat and dairy industries thrive by keeping the general population too confused or misinformed to change their destructive eating habits. But the case for the health benefits of a vegetarian diet is at least as clear. And established in at least as many scientific studies, as the case for not smoking. The human body was simply not designed to accommodate tar and nicotine-nor was it designed to process dead animals or products derived from the lactation of other mammals. Of course, just as some people willingly accept the risk of lung cancer because they profess to enjoy their cigarettes, others may look, if not gladly, then at least with resignation, upon the prospect of heart disease or stroke because they so love their hamburgers. And I suppose we all have the right to kill ourselves if we want to. If only it were that simple. Because we DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT to kill the planet, the animal-based diet has proven to be as toxic to Earth as it is to ourselves.
Finally, there is what I consider the argument of last resort against vegetarianism. It is an argument that dismisses the facts in favor of supposition. Never mind the statistics about heart attacks and cancer, never mind that vegetarians tend to live longer than meat-eaters,
Never mind the obesity that is the common results of an animal-based diet, never mind all the environmental reasons for diet that is plant-based—–(humans were meant to be meat eaters, some plead. We evolved as hunters. We have canine teeth, you can’t fight nature we have blood lust.) The reality, thankfully, is otherwise. We are not inexplicably doomed by nature to a diet that destroys our bodies. Evolution created many carnivores, such as the lion, dog, wolf, and cat. They all have a short digestive system, roughly three times the length of their bodies, to facilitate the speedy removal of decaying flesh, which can poison the bloodstream if it lingers too long in the body. Carnivores also differ from herbivores in having acidic saliva and stomachs with large amounts of hydrochloric acid-useful in digesting flesh and bones. Animals that hunt at night and sleep by day don’t need sweat glands and so don’t perspire through their skin; instead they sweat through their tongues. And carnivores of course have claws, powerful jaws, and long sharp “canine” teeth to tear lining flesh. They do not posses molars needed for grinding their food, or the enzyme ptyalin for predigesting grain.
How do humans compare in these regards? The answer is not new to science; it was given long ago by Plutarch, who pointed out that man “has no curved beak. No sharp talons or claws, no pointed teeth …on the contrary, by the smoothness of his tongue and the sluggishness of his digestive apparatus, nature sternly forbids him to feed on flesh.” Plutarch was right. Like our cousins the anthropoid apes, whose diet consist mostly of fruit and nuts, our digestive system is twelve times the length of out bodies (it takes meat 5-6 days to take this voyage and pass out of the body; vegetarian food, 1-2 days), our skin has pores for evaporation, and our stomach acid has roughly 5 percent the strength of the carnivores; obviously, we have neither claws nor powerful carnivores jaws, but have molars for grinding and predigesting our grain. Like herbivores animals, we have alkaline saliva and the enzyme ptyalin to predigest grain. The teeth we call “canines” have only the name in common with the long, sharp, piercing teeth of dogs or tigers. If you don’t believe me, try using your “canines” to tear into the living flesh of a deer or moose. I have challenged many people to do so, and not one has come back with a deer or moose in his mouth.
The question we must ask ourselves as a culture is whether we want to embrace the change that must come, or resist it. Are we so attached to the dietary fallacies with which we were raised, so afraid to counter the arbitrary laws of eating taught to us in childhood by our misinformed parents, that we cannot alter the course they set us on, even if it leads to our own ruin? Does the prospect of standing apart or encountering ridicule scare us even from saving ourselves? I can no longer fathom what there is to be afraid of, except the status quo. How do we want, in the end, to measure the lives we have led? We could measure them, of course, according to how much money and how many material possessions we’ve accumulated. But, in the words made famous by a great American play, you can’t take it with you. Or we could ask ourselves; have we done all that we could for the generation to come? Are there more trees now than there were when we were born? Is the air fresher? Is the water cleaner? Is there more good, rich farmland? Are there more birds in the sky, more fish in the sea? Are there more animals in the wild? Are people leading longer, healthier lives? Is there less hunger? Is there less disease and suffering? Is the world a more peaceful place? When you can’t take it with you, all that really matters is what you leave behind.
Now I know what most of you are probably thinking. “If this guy’s telling me not to eat meat or chicken or fish or eggs or cheese, what the hell’s left to eat?? The answer my friend is a plant-based diet ;)
Howard Lyman* Love Paris Lo….
October 14th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Hey Pais Lo,
Thank you so much for that wonderful, moving, inspiring, and enlightening comment. What you said was extremely powerful and it totally reinforced by health-conscious, vegan, green, and peaceful lifestyle. I care so much about this Earth and really hate to see what we’re doing to it. It’s saddening and sickening, really. People could make such a HUGE difference, just by “reducing” their meat intake, but no. People are caught up in their “I’ll do whatever I want to do” way of thinking, even at the expense of killing themselves, killing our planet, inadvertently killing those people in need of the grains and water that we’re using to feed the manufactured cows and chickens. When will we wake up? When will we connect the dots of our diets and the destruction? When will we appreciate our Earth and recognize that this is the only place, as on now, that we are able to live and thrive? When will we understand that animals have feelings and emotions just as we do? I hope soon that later.
November 14th, 2007 at 1:48 am
First of all, who are you to decide what it is that cows do and do not want in their lives?
Secondly, your position on “diary” and its dangers is not only ridiculous, but poorly cited, and entirely non-scientific.
Just because you have access to the internet wasteland of .coms, .orgs, etc, does not mean you are a scientist.
In summation, go fuck yourself.
Regards,
Avid “diary” consumer
November 14th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Hey Avid “diary” consumer:
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and supporting skrewtips. Please stick around and may you be happy :)
Namaste
November 14th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
dear Avid:
The ubiquitous “milk moustache” ads have made us believe we need milk to get enough calcium. The milk industry is trying to imply that calcium intake from milk will lower the risk of osteoporosis and high blood pressure, that it helps women have stronger bones and help bone growth in among growing children. These are misleading claims, because many studies have linked the intake of animal protein to bone loss (animal protein is present in dairy), and showing a worse calcium balance with increased dairy consumption. These studies have shown that the more animal protein we eat, the more calcium we lose.
In an effort to prove their claims that milk helps prevent bone loss, the National Dairy Council funded a study where post-menopausal women drank three additional 8-ounce glasses of skim milk compared to the control group of post-menopausal women. The results, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that women who drank the extra milk actually lost more calcium from their bones than the control group of women who did not drink it. —”The Effect of Milk Supplements on Calcium Metabolism…” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:10 am
though you tried to point out the disadvantages of consuming the milk, i would preferably say that when a substitute is being taken like that of soy milk. i am sure even the soy milk is produced out of the pesticides usage. then there is a possibility that even in taking the soy milk it does affect the intakers. but in over all, the diseases and the causes that we receive from the soy mik and other types of milk are more than that of the cow”s milk.
thank you
sunil kumar
January 8th, 2008 at 7:41 am
I have a lot of life experience and a fair bit of education related to animal agriculture. I don’t feel compelled to trash your article, but I have to say that you have compiled worst case situations and worded them to sound like the only situations.
January 15th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
January 16th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Very well said Eric, and its definitely something that I wonder each day. I do not eat meat. But my husband does. It makes him happy. I definitely agree that love is much more important. I also feel that if enough people make positive changes for health and environment.. Our children will have a clean place to live. I believe that our choices do affect future generations. I also believe that we can provide much more love and commitment to the ones we love if we are healthy. Its about making the most of our time here, and not being selfish. Because my own diet (which wasn’t even really unhealthy )caused me to get very ill and caused my son to slip into autism, I’m pretty passionate about making the world healthier and happier. However, it is just one part of my purpose.
Thanks for responding, by the way. You are a great writer. And, your words ring very true to me.
Gina
January 17th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Gina,
So nice to meet you! You are in great company there, with Askaripour.
I was pondering this more yesterday, and your words “it’s about not being selfish… and making the world healthier and happier…”
Those are bee-you-tee-ful words!!! And I can definitely feel the vibes from your words. You have a genuine, unending passion, without question. It makes me proud to know you!
I also read that maybe this blog is about finding natural ways of healing our bodies.
To that note, and per your personal story of your son, I’d encourage y’all to research energy healing and other documented cases of Love actually, physically healing people.
From a physical science point of view, underneath the atom with its protons, etc… all matter is comprised of nearly invisible, vibrating strings of energy. (see Brian Greene’s Elegant Universe and Barry Parker’s Einsten’s Dream)
There are also tons of documented cases of emotional energy determining bodily health (refer to Dr. Alice Miller’s work, among others).
Trying to be brief, I’ve definitely discovered that all of Life originates from within (whether we’re talking “strings,” or Love, or emotions, etc…)
The seed determines the fruit.
I love you beyond all words, so when I say this, I only mean it with undying devotion — if I had a child with physical ailments, I would do what I do when I myself have physical ailments. I ask myself, “Where am I not being true to My Self? Where am I not being the real Me? Where am I holding MySelf back? What is that I want to be, or want to do, that I’m not being or doing?”
Then I fix that internal ailment, and my external ailments have been fixed 100% of the time.
Because within MySelf I have the power to heal MySelf. The energy that created Me certainly has the power to continually create Me.
Does that make sense?
So if it was my child, or my friend, or my spouse, or whatever — I’d only create the environment where they can manifest their insides fully, and that “seed of Life” within them does all the rest.
It’s simple, it’s beyond do’s and don’ts, it’s beyond right and wrong.
As Rumi said, “Out beyond the idea of wrong doing and right doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”
That field (the environment) is where we all can find our wholeness.
Much love to you, your husband, and your son.
Eric Patrick Marr
January 17th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Sorry for the grammatical error, that one line was supposed to read:
“What is it that I want to be, or want to do, that I’m not being or doing?”
(With the underlying correlation that what you WANT to be is actually who you ARE.)
January 17th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Hello Again Eric,
Thank you again for your powerful words. I completely agree with you. There was a point where I got very wrapped up in the tangible aspects of what was going wrong with our health (studying food, preparing food, scrutinizing every bite I took). The fear of getting sick made me sicker. While diet did play a key role in waking me up and changing my perception, there was some deep emotional strain that kept me ill — no matter what I ate. I’ve come to realize this more in the new year, ironically as I focussed more on meditation and doing good unto others — more-so than remaining on a strict diet. For me, proper nutrition was simply a vehicle that allowed me to heal and find emotional happiness and inner love and peace. I’ve always had love, lots of it, but at times I ignored it. I am going to look up your recommendations. I am very interested. One of my favorite college courses was entitled “philosophy of love…”
I do strongly feel that what we put into our bodies is a reflection of how we feel about ourselves. If we eat burgers because we love them and they really remind us of childhood and baseball (or something), and we never get bloated or tired afterward — then maybe burgers are okay for people. But,I really don’t know people who eat processed food and don’t feel some form of sick afterward. I feel like eating is sort of ritualistic, and can be a loving experience — as can preparing food. So taking care to feed ourselves in healthy ways just reflects our love for ourselves and our responsibility to the world…. pretty long thought, huh?
January 17th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
I know one thing for sure.
Gina, you are an amazing find! A beautiful soul! Your husband and child(ren) are in great hands! (And compared to many of my thoughts over the years, your thought ain’t long at all, girl! Keep ‘em coming, I reckon that’s why Dave gave you Skrewtips to begin with!!!)
Your ability to think new thoughts, on an unending basis, is the most beautiful thing on the planet.
That is all that matters. We all go through processes of change (or should, at least!) — a 1980 Camry looks nothing like a 2008 Camry, but without 1980, there would be no 2008.
One quote I heard recently –
“If you are 50, and still think like you did when you were 20, you wasted 30 years of your life.”
Perhaps that is the relativity we all experience!?!?
And per food, specifically, I definitely think there is a connection between our dietary choices and our emotional well-being. I guess it’s a question of which is the fundamental determinant…
In business, the question is “can money make a business great, or does passion and genius create greatness, which then creates money?”
Studies like in Good to Great, by Jim Collins, clearly show that values, identity awareness, passion, genius and those intagible factors like Level 5 Leadership, over the long haul, are the pivotal factors of business “health.”
I reckon it’s the same principle as with our bodies, an organ-ism, not an organ-ization.
You rock, Gina!
January 17th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
wow!! Thanks. You are very kind. I’m very glad to meet you. Please keep in touch and always feel free to share your ideas.
Make it a great day!!
Gina
January 17th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
G and E, awesome commentary! Wow, I went for an amazing ride reading your back-and-forths. Sweet thoughts. ‘ “As Rumi said, “Out beyond the idea of wrong doing and right doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. ‘ — that quote is right on! We all need to meet-up in person some day soon!! Now, that would be great, eh.
January 18th, 2008 at 10:56 am
G & E.
History has shown that GE has been a great, not merely good, company over the years.
I think G & E & D has the makings of an even better team!
The passion, the love, the energy! The infinite possibilities!
And it’s definitely in my heart to come up to NYC soon. I feel it bubbling inside me.
E
February 11th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I didn’t think diet could cause autism, I was under the impression one was born autistic or not autistic, much like being born with dyslexia or dyspraxia.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Phillippa raises a great point — what does “cause” things???
ALL THINGS, for that matter.
This is really the question we as a human race must answer — do things “just happen” or do we cause them, somehow?
I’d say 99% of people think “things just happen,” whether it is autism coming into existence, or someone getting into a car accident, or the economy going up or down, or our physical health issues.
The debate has raged on for eons, but really, down below it all, what “causes” EVERYTHING under the sun?
Is there some mysterious, inexplicable force out there that just does things that we are perpetually forced to react to, or are WE actually that “creative force?”
February 11th, 2008 at 11:29 am
It is my understanding from experience with a real autistic child that a child is born with the opportunity to become autistic. (I hear Eric’s POV — and very much think that it is intertwined into this whole thing, but for me to explain how my son became autistic using also this spirtual realm is very hard for me to do right now:)
But, I will come back to it… probably in an article, book or movie.
That said… a child is born with a permeable gut this is so that he/she can accept colestrum/breast milk from the mother. the bacteria from mom and milk help seal up the gut and prepare for proper digestion. proper digestion means assimilation of nutrients, growth, being able to think, relate etc….My child came into this world with a mom who had a severe infection (candida) I can expand more on this later. then my child was given a shot on his 2nd day of life. shots (vaccines) contain virus plus mercury. mercury is not only used as preservative but to help cause a reaction within the immune system. this reaction sparks a T1 reaction, which tells the body to internalize the reaction. for example: if a virus happened naturally (through nose, mouth etc) then a kid would get a flu — push it out and be done with it.(that is a T2 response) vaccines are designed to prevent the spread of disease and they do so by making the patient hold in the disease. well, this is just too much for a young permeable gut to handler– especially having had candida in his system
add on top of that the epidural and the patosin (just more for the baby to deal with)
so, my child (and many like him) suffered an immune assault and had to recover, but was not given full potential to recover. Many children with autism do not have candida, but other allergies/digestive probs that can be traced back to a similar story. many moms of autistic kids have fatigue, depression, fibromayagia… all of which can be helped with a digestive nurturing diet.
diet was not the cause. there is not one cause. his immune system set the stage and each sugar laden food spiked candida and sent him into a dazed stupor, each vaccine sent him deeper into a regression of skills.
If we trace a child’s history we can often find clues that will help recover their autism. So many times it has to do eith the parents as well.
a gluten free casein free diet has been popular with some including Jenny McCartthy — but so many are sooo disappointed by it. One reason is because they do not focus on healing gut and getting rid of candida, pathogenic yeast, virus, parasites, allergies. I have built our diet and tahts all a parent can do because wach situation is different. I started with Body ecology, then blood type, then raw. I ahve combines them now. I find that young coconut kefir and fermented foods are amazing.
I would love to discuss more…. pls contact me if you need any help at all
Gina
February 11th, 2008 at 11:33 am
BTW eric, I am reading a new earth by Tolle…. wow!
February 11th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Tolle rocks. It is my observation that life’s most insightful people have been to hell and back themselves, and Tolle certainly has resided in hell, himself.
I think it’s that way because the only way to know Truth is to find it yourself, and that might mean being stripped of every external thing, and every external idea and voice, so you are left only with YOUR voice, with YOUR Self.
A very hard and difficult thing to find, without question. Einstein alluded to this as well, and his genius also speaks for itself.
The only thing I would say regarding autism or those things, is that I no longer view it as a “spiritual” thing. It’s wholly physics and biology, and even psychology (emotional energy gets stored within our bodily cells.)
It’s the most profound scientific discovery in history, without question.
And it “makes sense” from a “spiritual” POV, which I also find fascinating, as usually science and “spirituality” have opposed each other, but now they are unified.
Physicists even call it “Unified Theory” or the “Theory of Everything.”
It is seeing the invisible, because something inside Us just intuitively knows the invisible exists, and is fundamental, by definition.
With so much love, my heart is heavy.
Eric
February 11th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Eric,
regarding autism and spirituality…. it is such a heavy subject that I cannot find the words. its more than words — and thats hard for a writer to admit. what I am experiencing right now with my son is magical on so many levels. I even hesitate to say I am curing him — although his skills, behavior, level of understanding is becoming much more “typical” his autism is a gift. as a parent I have to fish out the crappy parts of the gift. like if your mother in law gave you a gift basket with your fave perfume at the bottom and stale cheese on top :) (don’t know ehere that one cam from) anyway, his gifts, and those of many children with autism are far beyond desribable. I feel like this is a lesson, a sign of what wonder the world could hold — or how we can die off as a species. I have felth this for so long. as if autism is a messenger. anyway, the diet is really helping both of us and has provided me with a much more open soul — to accept and keep going through this awesome journey.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
All I know for certain is that Gina and Family are awesome!
EPM
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:54 pm
There’s plenty of room for all God’s creatures; right next to the mashed potatoes.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:35 am
you made me laugh. Thanks!
May 9th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
It’s all fine and well telling people what is good and what is not good. Drinking milk may be bad but some cannot afford to buy soy milk let alone all these other magnificent health products on the market.
In South Africa the cost of soy milk is so expensive that the average person cannot afford to buy it on a daily basis. Most of these alternative health foods which are apparently much better for us are also much much more expensive. As it is we
work the whole month to have food for two weeks, and as for milk. Well thats for drinking in tea and coffee.
May 11th, 2008 at 9:08 am
How can you publish such SHIT???
May 11th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Seriously, if you want to educate people, CHECK FACTS from sources other than other true believers in the fantasy. Anyone who can use google can easily find good sources to realize what bullsh*t you are peddling. Apparently you aren’t opposed to all bovine products. A better subtitle for your blog might be Fresh Bullsh*t Daily! Easily Debunked, But It Smells So Sweet!
* Diary products contain no fiber or complex carbohydrates - So what. Anything without fiber and complex carbs is bad? Let’s see some support for that conclusion. In the meantime everyone avoid water! Oh my god, it has no fiber or complex carbs!
* Milk is saturated with fat and cholesterol - Saturated? 3% fat is saturated? Whole milk is about 3% fat. Can you tell us how you conclude that 3% fat represents some state of saturation?
* Milk is contaminated with cow’s blood, pus, pesticides, and hormones - and is pasteurized and safe. Can you point to any source that has objectively demonstrated harm from any of these facts. Most “natural” living people favor mothers continuing to breastfeed when they have mastitis. The baby will receive significantly more pus without any sterilization. Why is this good?
Organic products are “contaminated” with insects, insect parts, their feces, their blood. This is of no health consequence to the ingestor of such food but you would consider it fair if I turned the tables and tried to get people to stop eating organic food by grossing them out with the insect story even though it as inconsequential as your story?
* Dairy is linked with allergies, constipation, obesity, heart disease and cancer
Allergies, so are nuts, which frequently result in fatal allergy, unlike milk. What does this say about nuts as a food source. Your logic says nuts would be one of the worst foods you could eat. Is that what you believe? Many foods can cause allergies. Just about every food has caused a reaction in someone. So what do we conclude from your logic? All food is bad? Stop eating altogether?
Constipation, many foods can be associated with constipation in susceptible people. That makes all those foods evil? You are really narrowing down the list of foods people can eat pretty quickly.
Obesity, as with many foods overconsumption can lead to obesity. However, studies indicate that obese people with high dairy intake have fewer signs of Insulin Resistance Syndrome, and a lower risk of diabetes and heart disease. But this is a bad thing, right?
Heart disease, depends on what you read. Current science says the opposite. Anti-milk sites say the science must be wrong. Maybe you should let people know that this is not accepted outside the anti-milk religion nor is it supported by the current science?
Cancer, usually the relationship of dairy to increased prostate cancer is what is cited. We know this is related to calcium intake and is the same no matter what the source of calcium is. So I see many men who read bogus claims like yours, stop drinking milk, but take a big calcium supplement to be sure they get enough! In many cases you have helped them to increase their risk by misrepresenting the facts. Good work on promoting health. All men should be aware of their total calcium intake, not just dairy consumption. Don’t take calcium supplements if you take significant dairy.
* Cow’s milk can cause anemia in children
Any child who is not breast fed may develop anemia as may some who are breast fed. Non breast fed babies need extra iron. They should have their hemoglobin checked at 12 and 24 months. Breast is best! But if a woman is unable to do this then the baby must still be fed. This is a breastfeeding issue and not a milk problem.
RARELY, cow’s milk will cause an enteritis with blood in the stools. If your child has bloody stools take them to a doctor right away. This rare cause of blood loss is easily treated by stopping cow’s milk for that child. Again, because nuts kill some children we don’t need to demonize nuts. Because cow’s milk irritates the gut of some children we don’t need to demonize milk.
* Dairy can result in insulin-dependent diabetes in the later years of life
This is a statement that should be qualified. If your belief in the anti-milk religion is very strong, this could happen. Current science indicates that the truth is that milk consumption is slightly protective (reduces your risk) of developing diabetes.
* Diary products actually cause osteoporosis. Chinese women who consume calcium from plant sources have lesser incidents of bone fractures in old age
And we all know the only difference between Chinese women and western women is the source of their calcium. Actually, my current wife is from China and my first wife was not. There are a few other differences that I won’t detail here. Chinese women are more likely to have lifetime exercise habit. Chinese people eat very small servings of meat. In fact, at least one study at Cornell University demonstrated that the difference was attributable to lower protein intake by Chinese women and NOT to differences in calcium intake or calcium source. But facts are so inconvenient when you have a point of view to sell, right?
You can’t just pick any difference between the groups and ascribe causality to it. It would be equally valid to ascribe casuality in this instance to eye shape. Get a clue or stop misinterpreting science.
* Milk has no iron, however it also blocks its absorption
Milk has iron, so the first part of the sentence is a bald-faced lie. The iron is harder to absorb but can be absorbed in small amounts by humans. Again if a baby isn’t breast fed they should have an alternate source of iron. But I wonder, do you read your own stuff to see if it makes sense? You complained that the milk contains blood! Then you claimed it has no iron. Do you have Vulcan cows? I suspected you might be from another planet but this confirms it! Your cows have no iron in their blood! Welcome to our planet! In your world what element substitutes for Iron in cow’s blood? Does it bother you to make claims that are mutually exclusive? Tell us how it could contain blood but not iron, please (if you are an earthling).
* Milk has less protein than most vegetables
I think this was handled by another commenter and is just so ridiculous on its face that hopefully anyone reading this sh*t was hysterical by the time this claim was made.
* Milk does not cure peptic ulcer disease. It only offers temporary relief of pain. In the long run milk causes acidity and further destroys the stomach lining
The first part suggests that a medical practice that was used to relieve discomfort before effective meds were available for ulcers and that was abandoned almost HALF A CENTURY AGO, is somehow relevent to whether someone should drink milk? Are you serious? Do you know some 120 year old physician who still practices this way? Or do they still use this practice on your planet?
The second part is total bull. Milk has a pH that is close to neutral, 6.4 to 6.8. Water is 7. The stomach ph is generally between 2 and 4. That means that the stomach contents have thousands of times more hydrogen ions than milk. A liquid with a pH of 2 will burn a hole in fabric. A liquid with a ph of 6.8 is like pouring water on the fabric. So you are actually suggesting that the stomach does just fine protecting itself from a pH of 2 (and even 1 at times in some people) but then adding something with a pH just slightly more acidic than water overwhelms the whole thing and “eats away” the stomach lining? How are you able to make enough sense of the world to use a computer? I don’t think I’ve ever heard a more absurd assertion, even on the internets!
Let’s do this experiment. We’ll put a drop of hydrochloric acid on the back of your hand with a pH of 2. It will immediately start to burn through your hand, painfully. We should immediately try to rinse that off with water (pH 7) but I will say we only have milk with a pH of 6.8! We couldn’t possibly use that to rinse your hand! It will eat your hand away! So tell us, will you settle for washing it off with the milk?
* Milk is carcinogenic. It contains a factor called as IGF-1. All cancer studies show that when IGF-1 rises in the body one gets cancer.
OK, OK! I give! I found a more absurd assertion. What is IGF-1? It is a peptide (protein). What happens to proteins when you put them in the stomach? They are digested. If you orally ingest IGF-1, how much intact IGF-1 will appear in your blood? Absolutely NONE, you dope! Your level will change not an iota! How stupid do you assume your readers are?
This substance is also known as Somatamedin-C and we use it to treat certain endocrine imbalances and some types of dwarfism. It is inconvenient because YOU HAVE TO INJECT IT to get any in your blood!
Have you any knowledge of logic or ability to check what people tell you?
IGF-1 elevation in cancers is related to tumors producing IGF-1. Some tumors may produce IGF-1 before we can detect them in other ways. You can’t elevate your IGF-1 by ingesting it orally and this is another totally bogus statement that, had you had any interest in knowing whether you were telling the truth or a sack of lies, you could have easily checked.
You could have searched the internet for unbiased sources. You could have asked people who understand science better than you obviously do to help. A fifth grader maybe?
Don’t pretend that your ideology is supported by science when it is in fact not at all supported.
By the way, even your George Orwell quote…female humans don’t produce milk? Since when?
May 12th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Thank you Pais Lo, It was a pleasure to read your thoughts. It reminded me of my favorite saying. “People are not that smart.” If more people understood what it was you were saying, we might not be so destuctive to or bodies, planet and it’s natural resources we’ve been blessed with. My case in point, Avid “Diary” User. It’s Dairy, not diary. Dipshit.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Yo Juho,
If you’re “so offended” by this article then I suggest you and the others who seem to fight this “alternative view” get off this website NOW and go read FOX NEWS or something more on your LEVEL.
BB - the real deal
May 19th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Soy Milk Is like $10.00 (not Including shipping) a gallon, Cow Milk Is like $4.00 a gallon. Cow Milk Is sold at the local stores Soy Milk Is Not, Do You understand? Everyone has written books about what good Nutrition Is but Not Anyone has written a book about Where to get good Nutrition at an affordable price.
May 19th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
I’ve been buying Silk Soy Milk (the best!) for $3.79 (sometimes cheaper) for years. $10.00??? ha, not sure about that. From where?
May 19th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Good point Steve. It is so hard to find available and affordable health food. I live in a big city and still have to walk miles or order some things online. what winds up happening is that I don’t spend money on meat, make-up, doctor appointments, alcohol, no microwave dinners etc.. so we save that way. when it comes down to it — it takes a while to transition. but eating healthier doesn’t really cost more.just takes time and creativity in the beginning. plus you learn where to buy for better deals.
mountainroseherbs.com has great deals on herbs. trader joes has great deals on avocados,nuts/ seeds soy milk, packaged foods that are healthier, whole foods makes great shampoo and conditioner that are only 2 bucks each, and has a great bulk food aisle that sells teas, spices, popcorn, grains like quinoa and millet, oats and wheat….. so u have to do some hunting.
great point about writing a book on that. you are right. so many people think that this kind of life is too hard or some kind of trendy fad. but anyone can do it.
cow milk is going up in price where I live too. I actually make my own nut and grain milks because we eat super healthy due to allergies. My point is … you can do anything you put your mind to. if it is important to u — u will accomplish it.
thanks for commenting! valid points for sure!
May 24th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Soy products also interfere with your thyroid, and thus your metabolism. Also the protein content in milk is a slow digesting protein making it a great source of amino acids essential to the growth and repair of muscles. many people’s bodies and microbial flora are adapted to digest milk, some are not. IGF-1 is also being tested as a great way to help people with problems like diabetes, in huge quantities it might be bad, but you’re blowing it out of proportion. This article is unsubstantiated rubbish perpetrated by the weak minded. Oh and your P.E.T.A. pictures have nothing to do with the subject matter.
May 25th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
This article was written by an accomplished medical doctor who also wrote a piece regarding the ill effects of soy on thyroid. The protein in milk, Casein, in its homogenized state (as we drink it in the U.S) causes allergies and is not bio-available. I agree that soy protein is not the best choice. Undenatured whey protein (from dairy milk) may be more suitable — if you need a protein supplement. You are right — some people digest milk, or seem to digest milk better than others. and this would be due to microflora in the gut. Lactic acid, found in cultured foods and kefir allow the body to assimilate nutrition form milk. But pasteurizing and homogenizing the milk changes the chemical make-up of the product and makes that nutrition less available to us. so yes, there may be nutrition in the milk (under the hormones, mucous, by-products etc — but most humans can get better nutrition from plant sources — and also experience less side effects.
many thanks for your comment.