Milk - Hazard or Cure?

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Milk - Hazard or Cure?

 

 

Scientist Robert Anderson exposes a myth behind New Zealand's favourite health

food.

 

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Is anything more aggravating than buying what you understand to be organic food

only to discover that it is not organic and that industry has, once again,

" meddled " with it?

 

My wife returned from a supermarket recently having purchased a bottle of

" Simply Organic " milk. On reading the label more closely we found it was nothing

of the sort. In the fine print we read that, as well as being pasteurised, this

so called " organic milk " was also homogenised.

 

But, you ask, " homogenising was developed for the benefit of consumers, surely? "

Not true. Homogenising was developed to reduce the fat particles to such a fine

extent they no longer separate out, so that the milk lasts longer on the shelf.

It is only one of many processes food is now subjected to entirely for

commercial purposes. Consumers have to contend with foods being irradiated,

genetically engineered, homogenised and processed using any other novel method

that will benefit the corporations producing it. Homogenising extends milk

shelf-life to 11 days or so. It has no beneficial food value; in fact, the very

opposite.

 

According to government statistics, 50 percent of New Zealanders die from heart

disease, 25 percent from cancer and five percent from diabetes. Now, it seems,

homogenised milk may be a leading contributor.

 

Dr Kurt Oster, head of cardiology in Connecticut, has been researching and

gathering evidence about homogenised milk for over 20 years. This questionable

process began being introduced by dairy companies as far back as 1932. Most of

the milk consumed in the US is now homogenised. Dr Oster's findings conclusively

show that in the process of extending shelf life and stopping the cream

separating out of milk, medicine has a clear culprit for increased

arteriosclerosis. Dr Oster's findings link the formation of the plaque which

clogs arteries directly to ingesting homogenised milk.

 

According to Dr Oster, with Dr Donald Ross of Fairfield University and Dr John

Zikakis of the University of Delaware, homogenising allows the enzyme xanthine

oxidase (XO) to pass intact into the blood stream. There it attacks the

plasmologen tissue of the artery walls and parts of the heart muscle. This

causes lesions that the body tries to heal by laying down a protective layer of

cholesterol. The end result is scar tissue and calcified plaques with a build-up

of cholesterol and other fatty deposits. We call these arteriosclerosis and

atherosclerosis. According to these experts, dietary cholesterol is not the main

cause of heart attacks; it is homogenised milk.

 

Finns consume about 272kg of milk each per year; 90 percent is homogenised,

meaning 245kg of homogenised milk per Finn per year.

 

Swedes drink about 60 percent as much milk, but only two percent of it is

homogenised (only 4.9kg per year). The heart attack death rate in Finland is

more than three times the Swedish level (about 245/100,000 compared with only

75/100,000). These statistics should serve to warn us that something is

seriously wrong.

 

Homogenisation could also be one of the major reasons for allergies to milk. As

Dr Oski said in the finish of his disturbing book, Don't Drink Your Milk,4 " Milk

has no valid claim as the perfect food. As nutrition, it produces allergies in

infants, diarrhoea and cramps in the older child and adult, and may be a factor

in the development of heart attacks and strokes. "

 

 

Fragmenting the fats - how it works

 

When milk is not homogenised two important constituents - Xanthine oxidase (XO)

and the cream - are digested first in our stomachs and then in the small

intestine. These digested components are then metabolised normally by our body.

According to Dr Oster's studies, homogenising allows a large portion of the XO

and fat molecules to pass straight into the bloodstream unaltered.

 

Homogenisation forces the milk under extreme pressure, through tiny holes. This

breaks up the normally large fat particles into tiny ones and forces the fat to

form tiny molecular clusters, thus ensuring that the molecules do not regroup

and form a cream layer on top of the milk. Instead, in this denatured state,

they stay suspended in the milk. However, not only do they not regroup, the

process also makes digestion almost impossible. The tiny molecules enter the

bloodstream directly as undigested fat - not exactly the best for human health.

 

Xanthine oxidase has a very specific function in our bodies. It breaks down

purine compounds into uric acid, which is a waste product. The liver of several

animals, including humans, contains Xanthine oxidase specifically for this

purpose.

 

However, as Dr Oster said, " When foreign XO, such as that from cow's milk,

enters the bloodstream it causes havoc by attacking specific targets within the

artery walls. " The " specific target " which Dr Oster refers to, as mentioned

earlier, is the plasmologen tissue making up the artery cell walls. Plasmologen

is vital as it holds together the cell membranes within the artery walls. Any

damage from foreign Xanthine oxidase causes lesions to the artery walls. The

body, in its efforts to protect and repair them, immediately responds by

" patching " the damage with calcified plaque. In the later stages of

arteriosclerosis and atherosclerosis, arteries lose their elasticity as

additional calcium is deposited. Calcification of the arteries can contribute to

high blood pressure which is actually not a disease by itself, merely a symptom.

It has been found in some samples that plasmologen was missing in artery wall

lesions and plaques. The mystery was solved when researchers found XO in the

plaques. The two substances cannot co-exist.

 

 

So what should we do?

 

Firstly, we must minimise non-preferred fats in the diet. Preferred fats include

fish oils and seafood oils, evening primrose oil, flaxseed oil, olive oil, and

small amounts of butter. Non-preferred fats include homogenised milk fats,

processed oils, margarine and excess animal fat. The use of trans-fatty acids

(bad fats) potentially results in deterioration of cell membranes and a

degradation of the immune system.

 

Even standard milk pasteurisation brings problems

 

It changes calcium into an insoluble form which we can no longer absorb.

 

The old myth that you can get calcium from milk is very shaky indeed and we have

major increases in osteoporosis even though plenty of milk is consumed.1

 

It is a common misconception that dairy products are a good source of calcium.

But the amount of phosphorus also in milk blocks its absorption. People who

drink a lot of milk have even been found to have a higher incidence of

osteoporosis.

 

Furthermore, the Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research has shown that

pasteurisation destroys the vitamin A, around 38 percent of the vitamin B

complex, and about 50 percent of the vitamin C content of milk.

 

Research has also shown that an anti-cancer metabolite contained in raw milk is

destroyed in pasteurisation, and many enzymes are also damaged.

 

A recent study by Auckland medical researchers,2 published in the latest issue

of the New Zealand Medical Journal, also suggests a strong link between

consuming milk with A1 beta-casein - which most New Zealanders consume each day

- and heart disease and Type 1 diabetes.

 

One of the most outspoken opponents of dairy products is American, Dr William

Ellis, who said: " Over my 42 years of practice, I've performed more than 25,000

blood tests for my patients. These tests show conclusively, in my opinion, that

adults who use milk products do not absorb nutrients as well as adults who

don't. Of course, poor absorption, in turn, means chronic fatigue. " 3

 

While pasteurising may well ruin several valuable components in milk,

homogenising makes it much worse.

 

Robert Anderson Ph.D

Robert Anderson Ph.D

If you still opt to drink milk, make sure that you carefully read the label on

your next bottle. Homogenised is not organic!

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[Guest guest]

, MarthaRolfe@a...

wrote:

> My family switched from cow's milk to unpasteurised goat's

> milk (which is not homogenized).

 

Goat's milk is naturally homogenized. I.e., it naturally has very

tiny fat globules, so homogenization is not needed.

 

John