My dad emailed me the following excerpt a while ago from a health for volleyball players Web site
(Remember how I'm the shortest one in my family and that my two younger sisters are 6'2" volleyball phenoms?).
Except in Europe, where the food standards are where they should be (sheesh), I can't remember when I last had a glass of milk.
I went vegan for a solid 2 weeks last year, and learned some cool things along the way. i.e. that the only tribe in Africa that drinks milk is the only tribe with cases of osteoporosis (which makes sense if you read further below).
But after reading rumors here and there, beginning from when I read Fast Food Nation in high school, about its non-nutritional value reversal, I was sold on the following.
(Basically, milk is freaky genetically modified cow udder puss. sick.)
Today, what we call "milk" is truly a poison and a far cry from the nutritious food that it once was. Milk consumption is now being blamed for everything from cancer to diabetes.
There was a time when milk came from healthy, happy and well-fed cows...this is no longer the case.
Today, most of the milk we consume comes from what Sally Fallon, founder of the Real Milk Movement, calls "freaks of nature".
Through strange breeding practices, which produce cows that have unusually large pituitary glands, and through the use of FDA approved genetically engineered growth hormones for cows... these Freak cows produce 3 to 4 times the milk of a normal cow.
Fantastic, we now have cows that are so stressed by the amount of milk that they are producing that not only does the milk contain significantly lower nutrition, but also it is higher in puss! Yea,
I said puss.
Also, from the poor quality of grains these cows are fed (cows should be eating grass anyway), the milk that you are pouring on your cereal has been shown to cause liver problems, tumors, sterility, and mastitis in the cows that produce it..."Got Milk?"
Today, all processed milk is pasteurized for the sole purpose of increasing shelf life.
Pasteurization is a process by which milk is heated to such a high degree that it destroys all the bacteria in the milk. Milk is a living organism that contains live cultures (bacteria) that are essential to the immunity of the milk and to the milk drinker.
When milk is pasteurized, all the live-cultures and enzymes are destroyed, rendering the milk a dead-food.
Once this immune enhancing bacteria is destroyed, the milk is now susceptible to invasion by unhealthy bacteria.
All your life you have probably believed milk is good for you, helping you build strong bones and muscles. In it's pure form, milk can be good. But even then, that's nothing absolute.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was right on the money when he said, "Milk is for babies". No other living creature consumes milk after infancy, so why should we?
The fact is that milk does NOT help calcium absorption like many experts claim it does. In fact, milk hinders calcium absorption.
The lactose and pasteurization process that milk undergoes often makes calcium in milk not able to be absorbed by the human body.
Also, the cows that major milk products come from are often disease-ridden animals, pumped full of chemicals.
The legal limit for white cell allowance in milk is ridiculously high. So why care about white cell count?
If you ever have a pimple and squeeze it, and that beige colored puss sprays out, just think about the laws that allow milk to be anywhere up to 20% puss-content.
There are numerous studies that show milk contributes to heart disease and cancer.
Milk exhibits an "inflammatory" response, more commonly accepted as the key indicator for heart disease.
Milk hinders the digestive tract, slowing the efficiency of recovery from workouts.
So what should you do?
If you are going to drink milk, your best choice is to find an organic farmer that sells raw milk. If you can't get your hands on raw milk, make sure you're using certified organic milk from your super market.
Today, what we call "milk" is truly a poison and a far cry from the nutritious food that it once was. Milk consumption is now being blamed for everything from cancer to diabetes.
There was a time when milk came from healthy, happy and well-fed cows...this is no longer the case.
Today, most of the milk we consume comes from what Sally Fallon, founder of the Real Milk Movement, calls "freaks of nature".
Through strange breeding practices, which produce cows that have unusually large pituitary glands, and through the use of FDA approved genetically engineered growth hormones for cows... these Freak cows produce 3 to 4 times the milk of a normal cow.
Fantastic, we now have cows that are so stressed by the amount of milk that they are producing that not only does the milk contain significantly lower nutrition, but also it is higher in puss! Yea,
I said puss.
Also, from the poor quality of grains these cows are fed (cows should be eating grass anyway), the milk that you are pouring on your cereal has been shown to cause liver problems, tumors, sterility, and mastitis in the cows that produce it..."Got Milk?"
Today, all processed milk is pasteurized for the sole purpose of increasing shelf life.
Pasteurization is a process by which milk is heated to such a high degree that it destroys all the bacteria in the milk. Milk is a living organism that contains live cultures (bacteria) that are essential to the immunity of the milk and to the milk drinker.
When milk is pasteurized, all the live-cultures and enzymes are destroyed, rendering the milk a dead-food.
Once this immune enhancing bacteria is destroyed, the milk is now susceptible to invasion by unhealthy bacteria.
All your life you have probably believed milk is good for you, helping you build strong bones and muscles. In it's pure form, milk can be good. But even then, that's nothing absolute.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was right on the money when he said, "Milk is for babies". No other living creature consumes milk after infancy, so why should we?
The fact is that milk does NOT help calcium absorption like many experts claim it does. In fact, milk hinders calcium absorption.
The lactose and pasteurization process that milk undergoes often makes calcium in milk not able to be absorbed by the human body.
Also, the cows that major milk products come from are often disease-ridden animals, pumped full of chemicals.
The legal limit for white cell allowance in milk is ridiculously high. So why care about white cell count?
If you ever have a pimple and squeeze it, and that beige colored puss sprays out, just think about the laws that allow milk to be anywhere up to 20% puss-content.
There are numerous studies that show milk contributes to heart disease and cancer.
Milk exhibits an "inflammatory" response, more commonly accepted as the key indicator for heart disease.
Milk hinders the digestive tract, slowing the efficiency of recovery from workouts.
So what should you do?
If you are going to drink milk, your best choice is to find an organic farmer that sells raw milk. If you can't get your hands on raw milk, make sure you're using certified organic milk from your super market.
ALSO, I LOVE this alternative food labeling where it is shown how far the food has traveled. Brilliant.
images from swiss miss
5 footnotes:
ew. no wonder it makes me sick.
I believe that Arnold finished his quote with "Beer is for men." Of the days of "Pumping Iron".
I am not a big milk drinker anyway, but this article really does make me question my cereal habit.
okay, i'm not huge on milk (it makes me so ill) and now i want to die.
the comment about the pimple was about the last straw. sickkkkkk.
you forgot to mention that a few other great alternatives for people who want to continue to drink milk are soy milk, rice milk, almond milk, etc.
but what about cheese and fro-yo???
I REFUSE TO GIVE THESE UP.
I never liked milk much anyway. The fact that no other species eat milk from other animals is kind of weird to me too. . .
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