Got Milk.....hidden dangers

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This column has explained for a long time that milk and dairy products are the number one allergenic food in the world. All adults of all races are allergic to milk and dairy because of the LACTOSE (milk sugar) content. Children lose the ability to produce the enzyme lactase at about the age of three years old. Only humans drink milk after weaning and we choose cow milk, which is meant for calves and not people. Lactose does not just pass harmlessly thru the body undigested but causes a lot of problems- including CANCER. That’s right; people who drink milk and eat dairy products get more cancer of most kinds especially prostate and breast cancer.

A study was done for 11 years running of over 20,000 doctors appropriately called the Physician’s Health Study. An article appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (volume 74, page 549) specifically on prostate cancer and dairy consumption.

The authors concluded, “These results support the hypothesis that dairy products…are associated with a greater risk of prostate cancer.” This applies equally to breast cancer as prostate and breast cancer are almost the exact same diseases with the same causes and the same natural cures basically. At the end they said, “In conclusion, this report supports and extends previous observations that high intakes of dairy products….are associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer.” The doctors who ate little or no dairy had much less cancer than the ones who ate dairy regularly and the ones who ate lots of dairy had the highest of all rates by far.

How do you give up milk and dairy products? Very simply. The major chain groceries now all carry a variety of non-dairy milks including soy, rice, almond and oat milks. Keep trying these until you find one you like. Soon you will prefer non-dairy milk very much and will actually find cow milk somewhat distasteful. Use this for cooking, on cold cereal and the usual ways you use dairy milk. There are a variety of soy and other cheeses that really melt and taste like dairy cheese in at least eight different flavors such as American, Jack, Cheddar, Mozzarella, Parmesan, Feta, etc. You can find soy sour cream and other such substitutes. Unfortunately soy yogurt is expensive, full of sugar and doesn’t taste as good as dairy yogurt sorry to say.

Since prostate cancer (and all this applies to breast cancer as well) is such an epidemic in America there was another article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (volume 75, page 689). This was based on the Health Professionals Follow-up Study for over 33,000 men. This studied diet as a whole and some very interesting things were found. First of all men who ate the most calories got the most cancer. Men who ate the least calories got the least cancer. In this column we have told you the less CALORIES you eat the longer you’ll live. You can eat as much as you want if you’ll just eat whole natural foods including whole grains, lots of green and yellow vegetables, beans, salads, fruit and even some seafood in moderation. You don’t have to eat less food at all; just make better food choices and eat less calorie dense foods.

The men who ate the most protein got the most cancer.

The men who ate the least protein got the least cancer. Protein as we all know is found more in animal foods such as red meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products. Whole grains and beans have all the protein you need without the fat.

This is more proof the promoters of high protein diets are all nuts. We eat twice the protein we need. Don’t eat dairy, eat less food and eat less protein and fat to live longer and better.

-- Anonymous, July 02, 2002

Answers

There is a recent report out that dairy helps you to lose weight. I can't find it on the web yet.

My daughter was put on a low protein diet and it screwed up her metabolism so bad it took several months to get it right again. I have to eat protein to keep my blood sugar even.

One size does not fit all when it comes to diets.

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2002


beckie, I think it's the calcium you need to make sure you consume.

We have a couple brands here, probably local, of cow milk that has been tinkered to really reduce or exclude the fat and cholesterol and to add more protein and/or calcium. The one that has the most calcium tastes too chalky to me, but the other is really quite nice, reminiescent of the whole milk that I love so much.

I hate reading these generic anti"dairy" articles. Dairy to me always included eggs, and eggs problems would be totally different.

-- Anonymous, July 03, 2002


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