“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, an 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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It is strange that humans choose to nurse off a cow through adulthood. Even stranger that we treat this cow so ungratefully.
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.
Love it! Thanks. Spread the word.
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?
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?
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 :)
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”?
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
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.
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”
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
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.
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.
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)
soy milk contains estrogen….
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….
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.
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
Hey Avid “diary” consumer:
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and supporting skrewtips. Please stick around and may you be happy :)
Namaste
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
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.
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
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
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.)
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?
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!
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
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.
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
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.
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?”
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
BTW eric, I am reading a new earth by Tolle…. wow!
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
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.
All I know for certain is that Gina and Family are awesome!
EPM
There’s plenty of room for all God’s creatures; right next to the mashed potatoes.
you made me laugh. Thanks!
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.
How can you publish such SHIT???
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.
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
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.
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?
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!
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.
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.