26 Letters of the Alphabet with Keys to Various Health Problems

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26 Letters of the Alphabet with Keys to Health Problems JoAnn Guest Dec 08,

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What follows are all 26 letters of the alphabet with keys to various

health problems. Quotes are povided with references.

 

***************** A *****************

 

A is for ALLERGIES

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" Dairy products may play a major role in the development of ALLERGIES,

asthma, sleep difficulties, and migraine headaches. "

 

Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 1983;19(9):806-809 Pediatrics

1989;84(4):595-603

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" In reality, cow's milk, especially processed cow's milk, has been

linked to a variety of health problems, including: mucous production,

hemoglobin loss, childhood diabetes, heart disease, atherosclerosis,

arthritis, kidney stones, mood swings, depression, irritability,

ALLERGIES. "

 

Townsend Medical Letter, May, 1995, Julie Klotter, MD

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" At least 50% of all children in the United States are allergic to cow's

milk, many undiagnosed. Dairy products are the leading cause of food

allergy, often revealed by diarrhea, constipation, and fatigue. Many

cases of asthma and sinus infections are reported to be relieved and

even eliminated by cutting out dairy. "

 

Natural Health, July, 1994, Nathaniel Mead, MD

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" Formula-fed babies, at the age of three months, were secreting low

levels of serum antibodies to bovine proteins contained in their

formula. "

 

" A Prospective Study of Humoral Immune Response to Cow Milk Antigens in

the First Year of Life " Pediatric-Allergy-Immunology, August, 1994, 5(3)

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" Most formula fed infants developed symptoms of ALLERGIC rejection to

cow milk proteins before one month of age. About 50-70% experienced

rashes or other skin symptoms, 50-60 percent gastrointestinal symptoms,

and 20-30 percent respiratory symptoms. The recommended therapy is to

avoid cow's milk. "

 

" Epidemiological and Immunological Aspects of Cow's Milk Protein ALLERGY

and Intolerance in Infancy. " Pediatric-Allergy-Immunology, August, 1994,

5(5 Suppl.)

 

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B is for BREAST CANCER

 

The following ten references provide converging lines of evidence that

focus upon one central point.

 

There are hundreds of millions of different proteins in nature, and only

one hormone that is identical between any two species. That powerful

growth hormone is insulin-like growth factor, or IGF-I. IGF-I survives

digestion and has been identified as the KEY FACTOR in breast cancer's

growth.

 

IGF-I is identical in human and cow.

 

If you believe that breast feeding " works " to protect lactoferrins and

immunoglobulins from digestion (and benefit the nursing infant), you

must also recognize that milk is a hormonal delivery system. By

drinking cow's milk, one delivers IGF-I in a bioactive form to the

body's cells. When IGF-I from cow's milk alights upon an existing

cancer...

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" Human Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) and bovine IGF-I are

identical. Both contain 70 amino acids in the identical sequence. "

 

Judith C. Juskevich and C. Greg Guyer. SCIENCE, vol. 249. August 24,

1990.

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" IGF-I is critically involved in the aberrant growth of human breast

cancer cells. "

 

M. Lippman. J. Natl. Inst. Health Res., 1991, 3.

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" Estrogen regulation of IGF-I in breast cancer cells would support the

hypothesis that IGF-I has a regulatory function in breast cancer. "

 

A.V. Lee, Mol-Cell- Endocrinol., March, 99(2).

__________

 

" IGF-I is a potent growth factor for cellular proliferation in the human

breast carcinoma cell line. "

 

J.C. Chen, J-Cell-Physiol., January, 1994, 158(1)

__________

 

" Insulin-like growth factors are key factors for breast cancer growth. "

 

J.A. Figueroa, J-Cell-Physiol., Nov., 1993, 157(2)

__________

 

" IGF-I produces a 10-fold increase in RNA levels of cancer cells. IGF-I

appears to be a critical component in cellular proliferation. "

 

X.S. Li, Exp-Cell-Res., March, 1994, 211(1)

__________

 

" IGF-I plays a major role in human breast cancer cell growth. "

 

E.A. Musgrove, Eur-J-Cancer, 29A (16), 1993

__________

 

" IGF-I has been identified as a key factor in breast cancer. "

 

Hankinson. The Lancet, vol. 351. May 9, 1998

__________

 

" Serum IGF-I levels increased significantly in milk drinkers, an

increase of about 10% above baseline but was unchanged in the control

group. "

 

Robert P. Heaney, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol.

99, no. 10. October 1999

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" IGF-1 accelerates the growth of breast cancer cells. "

 

M. Lippman Science, Vol. 259, January 29, 1993

 

***************** C *****************

 

C is for CROHN'S DISEASE

 

The most serious bacterial disease of cows is caused by mycobacterium

paratuberculosis.

 

Mycobacterium paratuberculosis causes a bovine disease called " Johne's. "

 

Cows diagnosed with Johne's Disease have diarrhea, and heavy fecal

shedding of bacteria. This bacteria becomes cultured in milk, and is

not destroyed by pasteurization. Occasionally, the milkborne bacteria

will begin to grow in the human host, and irritable bowel syndrome and

Crohn's results.

__________

 

" It is reasonable to conjecture that M. paratuberculosis may be

responsible for some cases of Crohn's disease. "

 

Journal of Clinical Microbiology 1992;30(12):3070-3073

__________

 

" Johne's disease and Crohn's disease are remarkably similar in clinical

signs and intestinal pathology. "

 

Hoard's Dairyman, January 24, 1995

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" Of 77 milk samples (taken from cows with Johne's disease), 11.6% were

culture-positive (contained M. paratubercolosis). "

 

Journal of Clinical Microbiology 1992;30(1):166-171

__________

 

" Mycobacterium paratuberculosis was isolated from tissue taken from

patients with Crohn's disease and is implicated in the etiology of this

disease. "

 

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1993, May 31(5)

__________

 

" Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis crosses the species barrier to infect

and cause disease in humans. "

 

J Hermon-Taylor, British Medical Journal, Feb 1998.315

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" Mycobacterium paratuberculosis is capable of surviving commercial

pasteurization, when there are more than 10 bacteria per millilitre in

raw milk. "

 

N. Sung, Applied and Environmental Microbiology: 64(3), Mar 1998.

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" Mycobacterium paratuberculosis RNA was found in 100% of Crohn's

disease patients, compared with 0% of controls. "

 

D. Mishina, Proceedings National Academy of Sciences USA :93: September,

1996

 

***************** D *****************

 

D is for Diabetes

 

" The National Dairy Board's Slogan, 'Milk. It does a body good,' sounds

a

little hollow these days. "

 

Scientific American, October, 1992

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" Studies have suggested that bovine serum albumin is the milk

protein responsible for the onset of diabetes... Patients with insulin-

dependent diabetes mellitus produce antibodies to cow milk proteins that

participate in the development of islet dysfunction... Taken as a whole,

our findings suggest that an active response in patients with IDDM (to

the bovine protein) is a feature of the autoimmune response. "

 

New England Journal of Medicine, July 30, 1992

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" In lieu of the recent evidence that cow's milk protein may be

implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus, we believe that the

Committee on Nutrition should clarify whether cow's milk is ever

appropriate for children and whether or not infant formulas that are

based on cow's milk protein are appropriate alternatives to breast

milk. "

 

Pediatrics, July, 1992: 89

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" Antibodies to bovine beta-casein are present in over a third of IDDM

patients and relatively non-existent in healthy individuals. "

 

LANCET, October, 1996, 348

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" Cow's milk proteins are unique in one respect: in industrialized

countries they are the first foreign proteins entering the infant gut,

since most formulations for babies are cow milk-based. The first pilot

stage of our IDD prevention study found that oral exposure to dairy milk

proteins in infancy resulted in both cellular and immune response...this

suggests the possible importance of the gut immune system to the

pathogenesis of IDD. "

 

LANCET, Dec 14, 1996

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" Introduction of dairy products and high milk consumption during

childhood may increase the child's risk of developing juvenile

diabetes. "

 

Diabetologia 1994;37(4):381-387

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" These new studies, and more than 20 well-documented previous ones, have

prompted one researcher to say the link between milk and juvenile

diabetes is 'very solid'. "

 

Diabetes Care 1994;17(12)

 

***************** E *****************

 

E is for EAR INFECTIONS

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" Milk allergies are very common in children... They are the leading

cause of the chronic ear infections that plague up to 40% of all

children under the age of six. "

 

Julian Whitaker, M.D., " Health & Healing, " October, 1998, Volume 8, No.

10

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" Cow's milk allergy is associated with recurrent otitis media (ear

infection) during childhood. "

 

Acta Otolaryngol 1999;119(8)

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" Breastfeeding protects US infants against the development of diarrhea

and ear infection. "

 

Pediatrics 1997 Jun;99(6):E5

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" If a bottlefed baby has an ear infection, eliminate milk and dairy

products from the child's diet for thirty days to see if any benefits

result...a cause of frequent ear infections in children is food

allergies. "

 

James Balch, MD, " Prescription for Nutritional Healing " ISBN 0-89529-

727-2

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" Concerning ear infections, You just don't see this painful condition

among infants and children who aren't getting cow's milk into their

systems. "

 

William Northrup, M.D., Natural Health July, 94

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Cow’s milk has become a point of controversy among doctors and

nutritionists. There was a time when it was considered very desirable,

but research has forced us to rethink this recommendation... dairy

products contribute to a surprising number of health problems

(including) chronic ear problems... "

 

Benjamin Spock, M.D., " Child Care, " 7th Edition

 

***************** F *****************

 

F is for FAT

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" The most popular definition for fat is a 'greasy or oily substance.'

Milk fat and the associated lipid material are present in milk...about

1500 billion or more may be found in a pint of milk. The fats of plant

origin in the cow's diet contain large amounts of polyunsaturated fatty

acids. These fats are hydrolyzed in the cow's rumen. The liberated

fatty acids are then converted into saturated fatty acids. "

 

Lincoln Lampert, " Modern Dairy Products, " Third Edition

 

 

" Milk fat has been identified as a cholesterol-elevating fat because it

contains cholesterol and is primarily saturated. "

 

Journal of Dairy Science 1991;74 (11)

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" From 1965 to 1996, a considerable shift in the adolescent diet

occurred...increases occurred in the consumption of higher fat potatoes

and mixed dishes (pizza, macaroni cheese)...These trends, far greater

than for US adults, may compromise health of the future US population. "

 

Arch Dis Child, 2000 Jul, 83:1

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" Preference for a diet high in animal fat could be a pathogenic factor,

and milk and high fat dairy products contribute considerably to dietary

fat intake. "

 

J. Am Coll Nutr, 2000 Apr, 19:2 Suppl.

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" Dietary fat during childhood may be more life-threatening than was

originally suspected... Overweight children are usually the victims of

the dietary habits of the adult members of the family...Reducing dietary

fat to levels necessary to the control of cholesterol cannot be achieved

if a child drinks whole milk or eats cheese. "

 

Charles Attwood, M.D., " Dr. Attwood's Low-Fat Prescription for Kids "

 

***************** G *****************

 

G is for GROWTH FACTOR

 

Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) in humans and cows are identical.

Like a key fitting into a lock, this hormone is a perfect match between

two species of animal and exerts powerful growth effects. IGF-I is the

most powerful growth hormone in the human body. Every sip of milk and

every bite of cheese contains IGF-I.

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" BGH-treated milk is safe because it is indistinguishable from normal

milk. "

 

Executive Branch Report on rbGH, February 9, 1994

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" Milk from cows given supplemental bovine somatotropin is the same as

any other milk... Unfortunately, a few fringe groups are using

misleading statements and blatant falsehoods as part of a long-running

campaign to scare consumers about a perfectly safe food. "

 

Statement of C. Everett Koop on Genetically engineered milk, February 6,

1994

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" Five independent authorities, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),

National Institutes of Health (NIH), World Health Organization (WHO),

the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), and ex-Surgeon

General C. Everett Koop had found rbGH-treated milk to be

indistinguishable from normal milk. "

 

Monsanto (manufacturer of rbGH) Press Release, June, 1992

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" From 1984 to 1986, Dr. Daughaday was the recipient of a research

contract from Monsanto Company, a small fraction of which was paid to

Dr. Daughaday as a consulting fee.

 

JAMA, 264 (8), 8/22/90 (Dr. Daughaday, the author of the JAMA

publication was an " independent authority " referred to in Monsanto's

Press Release)

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" Recombinant rbGH treatment produces an increase in the concentration of

insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in cow's milk. "

 

FDA review of genetically engineered milk SCIENCE, 8/24/90, Vol 249

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" After somidobove (rbGH) injection, mean IGF-I levels in the treated

milk are always higher than those found in the controls. "

 

World Health Organization Report Geneva, Switzerland. June, 1992

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" Levels of IGF increase in milk after cows are treated with rbGH. "

 

December, 1990 National Institutes of Health Assessment of Bovine

Somatotropin

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" A strong positive association was observed between IGF-I levels and

prostate cancer risk. "

 

Science, vol. 279. January 23, 1998

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" Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, a mitogenic and antiapoptotic

peptide, can affect the proliferation of breast epithelial cells, and is

thought to have a role in breast cancer. "

 

The Lancet, vol. 351. May 9, 1998

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" Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), in particular IGF-I and IGF-II,

strongly stimulate the proliferation of a variety of cancer cells,

including those from lung cancer. High plasma levels of IGF-I were

associated with an increased risk of lung cancer. Plasma levels of IGF-

I are higher...in patients with lung cancer than in control subjects. "

 

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, vol. 91, no. 2. January 20,

1999.

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" Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is expressed in many tumor cell

lines and has a role in both normal cell proliferation and in the growth

of cancers.

 

Cancer Gene Ther, 2000 Mar, 7:3

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" The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system is widely involved in human

carcinogenesis. A significant association between high circulating IGF-

I

concentrations and an increased risk of lung, colon, prostate and pre-

menopausal breast cancer has recently been reported. Lowering plasma

IGF-I

may thus represent an attractive strategy to be pursued... "

 

Int J Cancer, 2000 Aug, 87:4, 601-5

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" ...serum IGF-I levels increased significantly in the milk drinking

group…an increase of about 10% above baseline-but was unchanged in the

control group. "

 

Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 99, no. 10. October

1999

 

***************** H *****************

 

H is for HEART DISEASE

 

Heart disease is America's number one killer. Most American's and

scientific agencies are in agreement: Saturated animal fat and

cholesterol do not do the heart any good. According to USDA figures,

each day, the average American eats just 5 ounces of meat and chicken

containing saturated fat and cholesterol, and 29.2 ounces of milk and

dairy products (666 pounds per American) containing the same dangerous

factors. The following nine studies are a confirmation to milk's link

to heart disease:

 

 

" Milk and milk products gave the highest correlation coefficient to

heart disease, while sugar, animal proteins and animal fats came in

second, third, and fourth, respectively. "

 

A Survey of Mortality Rates and Food Consumption Statistics of 24

Countries, Medical Hypothesis 7:907-918, 1981

 

 

" More patients who had suffered a myocardial infarction had elevated

levels of antibodies against milk proteins than was found in a

comparable group of patients without coronary heart disease. "

 

Davies, Antibodies and Myocardial Infarction, The Lancet, ii: 205-207,

1980

 

 

" Milk consumption correlates positively with cholesterol levels in blood

as well as coronary mortality. In comparisons between 17 countries,

there is a good correlation between national cholesterol levels and

mortality from ischaemic heart disease. "

 

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 48:305-325, 1994

 

 

" Although studies point out strong negative correlations between wine

consumption and heart disease... six countries with the highest

mortality show no correlation at all. Finland ranks highest of all in

milk consumption, wine consumption and mortality from heart disease. "

 

The Lancet, I, 1017-1020, 1979

 

 

" Milk and many components of milk (butterfat, milk protein, calcium

from milk, and riboflavin)… were positively related to coronary heart

disease mortality for all 40 countries studied. "

 

Circulation 1993; 88(6):2771-2779

 

 

" Greenland Eskimos, who have a very low incidence of ischemic heart

disease, have a high-fat, high-protein diet, but a very low intake of

milk. "

 

British J of Preventive & Social Medicine, 1977

 

 

" For ischemic heart disease milk carbohydrates were found to have the

highest statistical association for males aged 35+ and females aged 65+.

In the case coronary heart disease, non-fat milk was found to have the

highest association for males aged 45+ and females aged 75+, while for

females 65-74, milk carbohydrates and sugar had the highest

associations...animal proteins contribute to homocysteine production;

however, milk more than meat lacks adequate B vitamins to convert

homocysteine to useful products. Lactose and calcium in conjunction with

homocysteine from consumption of non-fat milk may also contribute to

calcification of the arteries. "

 

Altern Med Rev, 1998 Aug, 3:4

 

 

" Excessive milk consumption may adversely affect the circulation on

account of the high calcium content of milk and because lactose promotes

the intestinal absorption of calcium. Excessive calcium intake may cause

calcification and rigidification of the large elastic arteries, which

could be an important factor in causing myocardial ischaemia. "

 

Med Hypotheses, 2000 May, 54:5

 

 

" Animal food-groups were directly correlated to mortality from coronary

heart disease, defined as sudden coronary death or fatal myocardial

infarction and vegetable food-groups (except potatoes) as well as fish

and alcohol were inversely correlated with CHD mortality. Univariate

analysis showed significant positive correlation coefficients for butter

(R = 0.887), meat (R = 0.645), pastries (R = 0.752), and milk (R =

0.600) consumption, and significant negative correlation coefficients

for legumes (R = -0.822), oils (R = -0.571), and alcohol (R = -0.609)

consumption. Combined vegetable foods (excluding alcohol) were inversely

correlated (R = -0.519), whereas combined animal foods (excluding fish)

were directly correlated (R = 0.798) with coronary heart disease death

rates. "

 

Eur J Epidemiol, 1999 Jul, 15:6, 507-15

 

***************** I *****************

 

I is for IRON DEFICIENCY

 

Millions of Americans suffer from a hidden disease called anemia. The

most common cause of anemia is iron deficiency. Red blood cells have a

life of about four months, and lack of iron leads to an inability to

manufacture new cells. Hundreds of ailments can result from too-little

iron, and milk consumption has been shown to cause intestinal bleeding,

which ultimately results in lowering one's hemoglobin count. The result:

weakness, depression, irritability. The cure: NOTMILK.

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" Cow's milk can cause blood loss from the intestinal tract, which over

time, reduces the body's iron stores. Blood loss may be a reaction to

cow's milk proteins. "

 

Journal of Pediatrics, 1990, 116

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" Babies who are fed whole cow’s milk during the second six months of

life may experience a 30% increase in intestinal blood loss and a

significant loss of iron in their stools. "

 

Pediatrics 1982;89(6)

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" ...infants who consume cows' milk during infancy are at increased risk

of developing anaemia. Breast milk is the ideal... "

 

Public Health Nutr, 1998 Jun, 1:2

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" Children with iron deficiency had a higher intake of cow's milk

compared to those with sufficient iron. Intake of cow's milk is

significantly higher in children with iron deficiency. "

 

Acta Paediatr, 1999 Dec, 88:12

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" Cow's milk-induced intestinal bleeding is a well-recognized cause of

rectal bleeding in infancy. In all cases, bleeding resolved completely

after instituting a cow's milk-free diet.

 

J Pediatr Surg, 1999 Oct, 34:10

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" Cow's milk allergy (CMA) is one of the most common food allergies in

young infants...The clinical presentation of these infants may be very

traumatic to their parents, as significant rectal bleeding is the most

common symptom in this disease. "

 

W V Med J 1999 Sep-Oct;95(5)

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" In reality, cow's milk, especially processed cow's milk, has been

linked to a variety of health problems, including hemoglobin loss, mood

swings, depression, and irritability. "

 

Townsend Medical Letter, May, 1995

 

***************** J *****************

 

J is for JUVENILE ILLNESSES

 

 

 

" Cow's milk allergy is a disease of infancy and usually appears in the

first few months of life. The evaluation of infants for possible cow's

milk allergy is one of the more common problems encountered by

pediatricians. "

 

Eur Sci Med Farmacol 1990 Aug, 12(4-5)

 

 

" About 20% of babies suffer from colic, or abdominal cramping and gas.

Milk proteins may be one of the leading causes of this digestive

disorder. "

 

Pediatrics, 1991; 87 (4):4

 

 

" Chronic diarrhea is the most common gastrointestinal symptom of

intolerance of cow's milk among children...cow's milk can also cause

severe perianal lesions with pain on defecation and consequent

constipation in young children. In young children, chronic

constipation can be a manifestation of intolerance of cow's milk. "

 

N Engl J Med, 1998 Oct, 339:16, 1100-4

 

 

" At least 50% of all children in the United States are allergic to milk,

many undiagnosed. Dairy products are the leading cause of food allergy,

often revealed by constipation, diarrhea, and fatigue. Many cases of

asthma and sinus infections are reported to be relieved and even

eliminated by cutting out dairy. "

 

Frank Oski, M.D., Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Medical School

Natural Health, July, 1994

 

 

" Cow's milk allergy (CMA) is a common disease of infancy and childhood.

An appropriate cow's milk substitute is necessary for feeding babies

with CMA. "

 

J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1999 Jun, 103:6

 

 

" Laboratory and clinical investigations over the past two decades have

demonstrated that food allergy plays a pathogenic role in a subset of

patients, primarily infants and children, with atopic dermatitis.

Removal of the causal food protein(s) leads to clinical improvement but

requires a great deal of education because most of the common causal

foods are ubiquitous in the food supply. "

 

J Allergy Clin Immunol, 1999 Sep, 104:3

 

 

" Allergic asthma and rhinitis, atopic dermatitis (AD) urticaria and

gastrointestinal allergy, are common diseases of infants and children.

Cow's milk appears to be the most common offending food both in

gastrointestinal and in cutaneous manifestations of atopic disease. It

was recently estimated that 14% of children suffer from AD and about 25%

from adverse reactions to cow's milk. " .

 

Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci, 1998 May

 

***************** K *****************

 

K is for KILLER BACTERIA

 

By the time one hears the snap, crackle, and pop from a bowl of Rice

Krispies, that milk has been pasteurized three times. Another secret

the dairy industry does not want you to know. Why doesn't the first time

work, or the second, or third? Most people have experienced the putrid

smell of soured milk. Pour it down the drain on day eight. Imagine

what you consumed on day seven?

 

 

" Salmonella are widespread in the environment and hence can enter the

dairy factory from various sources. Butter readily supports growth of

salmonella at room temperature, but refrigeration or freezing for brief

periods does not eliminate it. Salmonella can remain viable in butter

for up to 9 months. "

 

Journal of Dairy Science 1992;75(9):2339

 

 

" A drop of sour milk may contain more than 50 million bacteria...certain

bacteria, especially organisms belonging to the genera bacillus and

clostridium, have the ability to transform themselves into small bodies

called spores. The word spore comes from the Greek word for seed. The

spore can often withstand drying, the temperature of boiling water

(pasteurization), and the action of some germicides. When suitable

conditions return, the spore resumes its vegetative form and the

bacterium again returns to the usual activities of its normal life

cycle. "

 

Modern Dairy Products, Third Edition Lincoln Lampert

 

 

" Milk from cows inoculated with listeria was pooled for 2 to 4 days and

then heated at 162 degrees Fahrenheit for 16 seconds in a high-

temperature, short-time pasteurization unit. Live listeria bacteria was

then successfully isolated from the milk after heat treatment in 11 of

12 pasteurization trials. "

 

Journal of Environmental Microbiology. July 1987 (53)

 

 

" Listeria organisms excreted in cow's milk escaped pasteurization, grew

well at refrigerator temperatures, and were ingested by consumers. "

 

New England Journal of Medicine, 1985, 312 (7)

 

 

" In 1992, 19,000 deaths were attributed to infections caused by

antibiotic-resistant organisms. They played a partial role in another

58,000 deaths that same year. "

 

Your Health, June 1994

 

 

" Bulk tank milk from 131 dairy herds in eastern South Dakota and western

Minnesota were examined for coliforms and noncoliform bacteria.

Coliforms were detected in 62.3% of bulk tank milk samples...

noncoliform bacteria were observed in 76.3% of bulk tank milk. "

 

J Dairy Sci, 1999 Dec, 82:12

 

 

" There can be Chernobyl-like accidents. One of these occurred in the

Chicago area in April, 1985. At a modern, large milk processing plant

an accidental 'cross connection' between raw and pasteurized milk

occurred. A violent salmonella outbreak followed, killing 4 and making

an estimated 150,000 ill. "

 

Robert Kradjian, M.D. The Milk Letter, August, 1994

 

 

" Raw material from animals which are inadvertantly contaminated with

fecal matters during production will carry antibiotic resistant lactic

acid bacteria into the final fermented products such as raw milk

cheeses... "

 

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 1999 Jul, 76

 

 

" The administration of subtherapeutic doses of antibiotics to livestock

introduces selective pressures that may lead to the emergence and

dissemination of resistant bacteria. The present findings clearly

demonstrate that antibiotic-resistant bacteria in beef and milk pose a

serious problem. "

 

J Food Prot, 1999 Jun, 62:6

 

 

" Food producers and consumers must continue to take precautions against

foodborne diseases, and early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of

these illnesses are essential. Food products and water can become

contaminated with microorganisms and toxins that make people ill... "

 

Postgrad Med, 1998 Jun, 103:6

 

 

" ... curing alone may not be a sufficient pathogen control step to

eliminate Salmonella, Listeria, and E. coli O157:H7 from cheese.

 

J Food Prot, 1998 Oct, 61:10

 

***************** L *****************

 

L is for LACTOSE INTOLERANCE

 

Lactose, a milk sugar, is made up of two other sugars, glucose and

galactose. (Galactose has been identified as a causative factor in

heart disease and cataracts). Most adults " lack " the enzyme, lactase,

to break down lactose. Instead, lactose is broken down by bacteria in

the lower intestines. Bacteria gotta eat too, right? Problem is, after

bacteria dine, their own body wastes combine with those sugars to

ferment into gas and toxins causing bloating and cramps.

 

 

" An estimated 50 million Americans experience intestinal discomfort

after consuming dairy products. Symptoms include bloating, stomach pain,

cramps, gas, or diarrhea. "

 

Postgraduate Medicine 1994;95(1)

 

 

" The disaccharide lactose is naturally present as a component of foods

in milk and dairy products. In most people lactase activity decreases at

the age of approximately 2 years of age. After this lactose intake can

cause symptoms of bloating, flatulence, abdominal pain and diarrhea due

to the lactose reaching the large intestine. This phenomenon is called

lactose intolerance. It is generally recommended that these people

abandon the consumption of milk and dairy products. "

 

Schweiz Med Wochenschr, 1998 Sep, 128:38 (Swiss Journal, published in

German)

 

 

" Human adult-onset lactase decline is a biologic feature characteristic

of the maturing intestine in the majority of the world's population. "

 

* Nutr Rev, 1998 Jan, 56:1 Pt 1

_________________________________

 

" Overall, about 75 percent of the world's population, including 25

percent of those in the U.S., lose their lactase enzymes after weaning. "

 

J. of the American Dietetic Assoc. 1996; 96

 

 

" Lactose intolerance is widespread...Lactose maldigestion may coexist in

adults with irritable bowel syndrome and in children with recurrent

abdominal pain. Management consists primarily of dietary changes. "

 

Postgrad Med, 1998 Sep, 104:3

_________________________________

 

" Lactose maldigestion may be a contributory factor in children with

irritable bowel syndrome, and lactose avoidance in these patients may

reduce medication use to relieve symptoms. "

 

South Med J, 1999 Aug, 92:8

_________________________________

 

" Lactose malabsorption and lactase deficiency are chronic organic

pathologic conditions characterized by abdominal pain and distention,

flatulence, and the passage of loose, watery stools. Once correct

diagnosis is established, introduction of a lactose-free dietary regime

relieves symptoms in most patients...who remain largely unaware of the

relationship between food intake and symptoms. "

 

J Clin Gastroenterol, 1999 Apr, 28:3

_________________________________

 

" Females with lactose malabsorption not only showed signs of irritable

bowel syndrome but also signs of premenstrual syndrome and mental

depression... Lactose malabsorption should be considered in patients

with signs of mental depression. "

 

Dig Dis Sci, 1998 Nov, 43:11

_________________________________

 

" Allergies and food intolerance together comprise the manifestations of

'adverse food reaction'. The best known and most common are: allergy to

cow's milk proteins, intolerance to lactose, and gluten intolerance.

Treatment of these conditions is based on management of the diet by

exclusion (or reduction) of the responsible food or antigen. "

 

Rev Prat, 1998 Feb, 48:4 (French journal)

 

***************** M *****************

 

M is for MAD COW DISEASE

 

In 1907, Dr. Alzheimer published a treatise about a disease that would

one day carry his name. He had two young colleagues who worked with

him, Dr. Creutzfeldt and Dr. Jakob, and they too identified a similar

brain-wasting disease that now has Europe in a panic. The brains of

cows turn into a sponge-like mass and their behavior is called " mad. "

The human variant of Mad Cow Diesease has been named Creutzfeldt Jakob

Disease, or CJD. The protein causing CJD has no DNA, and has been

described as more like a crystal than cellular material. In labs, 1000

degree Fahrenheit heat does not destroy this protein particle. Some

scientists say that once infected, the incubation period can last

anywhere from one month to thirty years. As the human brain turns into

a sponge, this spongioform encephalitic condition physically debilitates

those so infected.

__

 

" Mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a fatal

neurological disease of cattle first recognized in the United Kingdom in

1986...a growing body of (still largely circumstantial) evidence

suggests that BSE may be transmissible to humans. "

 

J Public Health Policy, 1998, 19:2

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" Routes of transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy have not yet

been determined. "

 

The Lancet, 1999 Nov, 354:9191

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" The destruction of milk from suspected cows was recommended in England

to insure the public's safety...Experiments also indicate that

temperatures reached during pasteurization of milk and household cooking

does not kill the agent. In the United Kingtom on December 1, 1988 the

government announced a ban on the sale of milk from infected cattle... "

 

Mad Cows and Milkgate, Virgil Hulse, M.D.

__

 

" In 1996, a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)-a disease

that causes lack of coordination, muscle twitching or jerking, dementia,

and, eventually, death-suddenly appeared in Great Britain. "

 

Environ Health Perspect, 1998 Mar, 106:3

__

 

" Compelling scientific evidence suggests so-called prion disease can and

has infected humans...at present, there is no reliable antemortem

diagnosis, specific treatment, or vaccine to prevent the disease. The

agent thought to be responsible for this unusual class of disease is a

rogue protein (called a prion) that, unlike all other agents known to

cause infectious disease, contains neither DNA nor RNA. The " bad " prion

forms cause holes or a spongy appearance in the brain in all disease

variants, hence the generic designation of spongiform encephalopathy. "

 

Quintessence Int, 1998 May, 29:5

__

 

" Transmission of prions from infected cattle to humans by oral intake

seems not only possible but also very probable. "

 

Ann Ital Med Int, 1998 Oct, 13:4

__

 

" The outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy has had major impacts

on the United Kingdom dairy industry, including the loss of beef from

dairy markets, the culling of more than 900,000 dairy bull calves, the

removal of all cattle more than 30 months of age from the human food

chain, and now slaughter of cohort animals. Impacts on dairy marketing

have yet to be properly assessed. "

 

J Dairy Sci, 1998 Nov, 81:11

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" Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease belong

to a group of degenerative neurological disorders collectively known as

the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. All the diseases have

long incubation periods which, depending on the host, may range from

many months to several decades. Death is inevitable after a slow

progressive illness. "

 

British Med Bull, 1998, 54:3

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" A 24-year-old vegetarian has been diagnosed with Cruetzfeld-Jacob

disease. Scientists fear that milk and cheese may be the source of

infection. "

 

London Times, August 23, 1997 Michael Hornsby

 

***************** N *****************

 

N is for NASAL CONGESTION

 

Those who finance milk congestion studies often have little to gain by

demonstrating that milk causes mucous. The studies are poorly designed,

lasting for only a few hours. Long distance runners know. Opera

singers know. Broadway actors and actresses are told not to consume

milk or dairy products or their voices will become " phlegmy. " Eighty

percent of milk protein is casein, a tenacious glue and allergenic

protein. Eat casein and you produce histamines, then mucous. The

reaction is often delayed, occurring 12-15 hours after consumption. Few

people note the ill effects because milk and dairy products represent

40% of what the average American eats (about 666 pounds per American per

year), and these proteins are continuously eaten. By eliminating ALL

milk and dairy for just one week, most people note the differences,

which include better sleep, more energy, better bowel movements, clarity

in thought, muscle, bone, and back pain relief. Oh, yes. NOTMILK means

saying goodbye to nasal congestion.

__

 

" Allergy to cow's milk proteins has been defined as any adverse reaction

mediated by immunological mechanisms to one or several of these

proteins. Reactions to cow's milk have been classified according on

their onset as immediate (< 45 min) or delayed-type (from 2 hours to

days). In the challenge test, 10 hours after milk intake the patient

presented serous rhinorrea, sneezing and nasal blockade. "

 

J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol, 1998 Jul, 8:4

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" ...62.7% of the children were confirmed to be allergic to milk... " (153

hospitalized infants with pneumonia or bronchitis were tested)

 

Roczniki Akademii Medycznej 1995; 40(3) (Polish Journal)

__

 

" Allergy to cow's milk protein often persists beyond 4 years of age.

Clinical presentation changed over time: at onset symptoms were

prevalently gastrointestinal, while at the end of the study there was an

increased frequency of wheezing and constipation and a higher frequency

of delayed reactions...infants with persistent cow's milk protein

intolerance exhibited atopic disease: asthma, rhinitis, eczema. "

 

Clin Exp Allergy, 1998 Jul, 28:7

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" Cow's milk is one of the most frequent food allergens. Whole casein

appears to be highly allergenic...85% of the patients presented a

response to each of the four caseins. "

 

Int Arch Allergy Immunol, 1998 Mar, 115:3

__

 

" Symptoms of milk-protein allergy include cough, choking, gasping, nose

colds, asthma, sneezing attacks... "

 

Annals of Allergy, 1951; 9

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" Symptoms seen most frequently in babies who are identified as allergic

to cow's milk included diarrhea, repeated vomiting, eczem, recurrent

attacks of nasal congestion, and recurrent bronchitis. "

 

Frank Oski, M.D., Don't Drink Your Milk

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" Some textbooks of pediatrics either avoid mentioning cow's milk allergy

or only lightly refer to it...On the other hand, there are those,

particularly among pediatricians, and to a lesser extent among general

practitioners, who over-zealously label infants 'milk sensitive' and who

are inclined to recommend discontinuing the use of cow's milk whenever

an infant has a gastrointestinal upset, respiratory symptom, or a skin

rash. "

 

Allergies to Milk, 1980 SL Bahna, M.D., DC Heiner, M.D.

 

***************** O *****************

 

O is for OSTEOPOROSIS

 

American women have been consuming an average of two pounds of milk per

day for their entire lives, yet thirty million American women have

osteoporosis. Drinking milk does not prevent bone loss. Bone loss is

accelerated by ingesting too much protein, and milk has been called

" liquid meat. "

 

In order to absorb calcium, the body needs comparable amounts of another

mineral element, magnesium. Milk and dairy products contain only small

amounts of magnesium. Magnesium is the center atom of chlorophyll:

________________________________

 

" Osteoporosis is caused by a number of things, one of the most important

being too much dietary protein. "

 

Science 1986;233(4763)

________________________________

 

" Countries with the highest rates of osteoporosis, such as the United

States, England, and Sweden, consume the most milk. China and Japan,

where people eat much less protein and dairy food, have low rates of

osteoporosis. "

 

Nutrition Action Healthletter, June, 1993

________________________________

 

" What appears to be important in bone metabolism is not calcium intake,

but calcium balance. The loss of bone integrity among many post

menopausal white women probably results from genetics and from diet and

lifestyle factors. Research shows that calcium losses are increased by

the use of animal protein, salt, caffeine, and tobacco, and by physical

inactivity. "

 

Neal Barnard, M.D., Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine,

Understanding Health, December, 1999

________________________________

 

" Dietary protein increases production of acid in the blood which can be

neutralized by calcium mobilized from the skeleton. "

 

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1995; 61 (4)

________________________________

 

" About 50,000 Americans die each year of problems related in some way to

osteoporosis. "

 

Osteoporosis International 1993;3(3)

________________________________

 

" Even when eating 1,400 mg of calcium daily, one can lose up to 4% of

his or her bone mass each year while consuming a high-protein diet. "

 

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1979;32(4)

________________________________

 

" Increasing one's protein intake by 100% may cause calcium loss to

double. "

 

Journal of Nutrition, 1981; 111 (3)

________________________________

 

" The average man in the US eats 175% more protein than the recommended

daily allowance and the average woman eats 144% more. "

 

Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health, 1988

________________________________

 

" Calcium intake demonstrated no protective in preventing bone fractures.

In fact, those populations with the highest calcium intakes had higher

fracture rates than those with more modest calcium intakes. "

 

Calif Tissue Int 1992;50

________________________________

 

" There is no significant association between teenaged milk consumption

and the risk of adult fractures. Data indicate that frequent milk

consumption and higher dietary calcium intakes in middle aged women do

not provide protection against hip or forearm fractures... women

consuming greater amounts of calcium from dairy foods had significantly

increased risks of hip fractures, while no increase in fracture risk was

observed for the same levels of calcium from nondairy sources. "

 

12-year Harvard study of 78,000 women American Journal of Public Health

1997;87

________________________________

 

" Consumption of dairy products, particularly at age 20 years, were

associated with an increased risk of hip fractures...metabolism of

dietary protein causes increased urinary excretion of calcium. "

 

American Journal of Epidemiology 1994;139

 

***************** P *****************

 

P is for PESTICIDES AND POLLUTION

 

The higher up one eats on the food chain, the more one consumes

concentrated toxins from flesh and body fluids of animals. Eat one

portion of broccoli or lettuce and you'll ingest one dose of pesticides

and dioxins. After all, these chemicals are in the environment. Ingest

body fluids from animals who eat thousands of doses, and you deliver

these same concentrated residues of poisons to your own body.

_

 

" A 1988 FDA survey of milk samples from grocery stores in 10 cities

found that 73% of the samples contained pesticide residues. "

 

Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 1991; 47

_

 

" In India, a seven year study of pesticide residue in milk in 12 Indian

states has attracted considerable public concern. Over 50% of India's

population are vegetarians who consider milk an important part of their

diet...Dr. G.S. Totefa, who summed up the report, pointed out that of

the 2,205 samples of bovine milk, 85% of the samples contained levels of

HCH isomers above the tolerance limits...the level of pesticides in

milk is intolerable and dangerous to human health, and that the

government has been generally apathetic -- particularly regarding

research and development into alternatives to dangerous pesticides. "

 

Pesticide News, October, 1994

_

 

" In 1987, a multidisciplinary dairy project was initiated at the

Mahoning County Farm in Canfield, Ohio...Residue determinations during

the first year of study clearly pointed out that these soil residues

from DDT represented

a source of pesticides which would contaminate livestock.... grass was

suspected to be a carrier medium for the residues from the soil to the

cows. "

 

OARDC Research Bulletin 1190, 1987

_

 

" The pesticides chlordane and heptachlor cause cancer, harm the immune

system and may be endocrine disruptors...their long half-lives ensure

they remain biologically active for decades...many of the dairy cattle

in Oahu were accidentally fed pineapple leaves containing heptachlor

residues. As a result, the local milk and dairy supply remained

contaminated for years. Between 1981 and 1984, the legal standard for

heptachlor residues in food (0.3 ppm) was exceeded ten-fold in milk and

dairy products...Follow-up investigations found that the breast milk of

women who had consumed local dairy products contained heptachlor at

levels averaging 200 ppm -- some cases exceeded 400 ppm...breast cancer

incidence among Japanese women in Hawaii increased 42% between 1970 and

1985. "

 

Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 105, Supplement 3, April 1997

_

 

" Indeed, the largest contributors to daily intake of chlorinated

insecticides are dairy products, meat, fish, and poultry. "

 

Living Downstream, by Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.

_

 

" Atrazine is used primarily as a weed killer in the production of feed

corn. This highly toxic herbicide has been linked to many kinds of

cancer, including cancer of the breast, ovaries, uterus, and testicles,

as well as leukemia and lymphoma... European countries, including

Germany, Italy, Austria, and the Netherlands, do not allow the herbicide

to be used within their borders. According to farming averages and data

supplied by the Vermont Department of Agriculture, Ben & Jerry's farmers

now use thousands of pounds of carcinogenic atrazine every year. "

 

Food and Water Journal, Summer, 1998

_

 

" Dioxins are highly toxic by-products of many industrial processes e.g.

chemical and municipal waste incineration or production of

chlorophenols. These compounds penetrate the environment via air, water

and soil and are then incorporated in food chains. The major source of

human exposure (90% of total exposition) is consumption of a wide

variety of common foods (meat, fish and dairy products) containing small

amounts of dioxins. Food contamination with dioxins leads to enhanced

accumulation of these compounds in human tissues to the extent of

exceeding acceptable level. "

 

(Polish Journal) Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig, 1999, 50:3

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" Dioxins are the most deadly substances ever assembled by man... 170,000

times as deadly as cyanide... "

 

United Press International. March 11, 1983.

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" The level of dioxin in a single serving of the Ben & Jerry's World's

Best Vanilla Ice Cream tested was almost 200 times greater than the

" virtually safe [daily] dose " determined by the Environmental Protection

Agency. "

 

Steve Milloy, author of junkscience.com (Milloy tested samples of ice

cream for dioxins. The only major newspaper to report the story was the

Detroit Free Press). 11/8/99

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" The only safe level of dioxin exposure is no exposure at all. "

 

Ben & Jerry's promotional literature

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" The majority of toxic dioxin is and (or) has been derived from

industrial chlorination processes, incineration of municipal waste, and

production of certain herbicides. The lipophilic nature of dioxins

results in higher concentrations in the fat of animal and fish products,

and their excretion via milk secretion in dairy cattle may result in

relatively high concentrations of dioxin contamination in high-fat dairy

products. "

 

Journal of Animal Science, 1998 Jan, 76:1

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" The primary source of dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and

coplanar PCBs for the general population is food, especially meat, fish,

and dairy products. "

 

Chemosphere, 1998 Oct, 37:9

 

***************** Q *****************

 

Q is for QUIXOTE SYNDROME

 

Don Quixote rode the Spanish countryside trying to fix the evils of the

world by righting wrongs. He tilted at windmills and dreamed an

impossible dream. So too do I dream an impossible dream. I am Robert

Cohen, author of A-Z milk problems. My dream will one day become the

dairy industry's nightmare. Here are some of the things people say about

my mission:

_

 

" A new advocacy group calling itself the Dairy Education Board, has been

formed to attack the dairy industry and its slogan 'Milk does a body

good.' Their main complaint is that milk contains hormones, viruses, and

chemicals. I listened to their kick-off press conference this morning

and heard nothing but innuendo and wild, unproven claims about milk. "

 

Steve Milloy www.junkscience.com June 9, 1998

_

 

" If we required any reminder of the need to defend dairy products, we

have received it in the person of Robert Cohen...Cohen has demonstrated

an ability to take his allegations and spread them to the public through

the Internet and through appearances on local radio and television

programs. The dairy industry needs to coordinate its response. More than

40 trained dairy communications professionals in the Dairy Resource

Network work behind the scenes with influential consumer media to ensure

that media have access to credentialed professionals and understand the

difference between sound science and 'junk science' being pedaled by

dairy detractors. "

 

Hoard's Dairyman, September 10, 1998

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" Is Robert Cohen an enigma? Maybe. What's important is that he knows

his enemy well - far better than we know ourselves. I have two lasting

impressions. One is that underestimating Robert Cohen's ability to

damage the dairy industry is a big mistake. The other is a profound

wish that the man was on our side. "

 

American Dairy Farmer Magazine Oct., 1998, Editorial by Teresa Von

Wagner

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" In his recent book, MILK - The Deadly Poison (Argus Publishing, Inc.,

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1998), Robert Cohen, a tenacious investigative

reporter, describes a level of corruption between Monsanto, the FDA and

the Department of Agriculture that, in my opinion, warrants formal

investigation and action against several individuals involved. This

book documents how data were falsified and studies fabricated, and tells

how the scientific community and public have been misled regarding rbST,

its effects on our health, and the amounts of this hormone present in

milk. Folks, you won't believe this book. Robert Cohen gives names,

dates and document numbers that are irrefutable. A few months ago I

joined Robert Cohen as a board member of his newly formed Dairy

Education Board. I strongly recommend that you get more information on

the dangers of dairy products by reading Cohen's book, available from

the Dairy Education Board, 1-888-NOTMILK (888-668-6455).

www.notmilk.com "

 

Julian Whitaker's Health & Healing (The largest medical newsletter in

the world) October 1998 Vol. 8, No. 10

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" The colorful NotMilk.com site delights in describing milk as a glass of

'pus with hormones and glue.' Its creator, Robert Cohen, who calls

himself the Not Milk Man, keeps a list of diseases on the site that he

believes are caused by milk. "

 

The NEW YORK TIMES magazine section, Sunday, December 24, 2000, p. 38 -

43, includes an article on EARLY SEXUAL MATURITY.

 

***************** R *****************

 

R is for RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

 

" Rheumatoid arthritis is more severe than osteoarthritis, is most common

in the hands and feet, and is characterized by swelling of joints.

Since this type of joint pain can be a symptom of a food allergy,

dietary change sometimes has a profound effect. Dairy products, the

most common food allergen, are one likely candidate as a contributing

causative factor. "

 

Vegetarian and Vegan Nutrition by George Eisman, M.A., M.Sc., R.D.

_________________________________

 

" ...43 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, those assigned to a vegan

diet...had improvement in rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. "

 

British Journal of Rheumatology, 36(1) 1997

_________________________________

 

" In the case of the eight year old female subject, juvenile rheumatoid

arthritis was a milk allergy. After avoiding dairy products, all pain

was gone in three weeks. "

 

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1985, 78

_________________________________

 

" Controlled trial of fasting and a one-year vegetarian diet eased

symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. "

 

The Lancet, 1991, 338

_________________________________

 

" In 1964, I learned of the experiences of Dr. William Deamer of San

Francisco. He had pointed out the frequency of milk protein's casual

relationship to musculoskeletal pain in children and especially the so-

called 'growing pains.' Since that time, I have had several children

with what appeared to be early rheumatoid arthritis relieved and

returned to good health by little more than reassurance and careful

dietary manipulation. "

 

Don't Drink Your Milk, by Frank Oski, M.D.

_________________________________

 

" In systemic arthritis, lkie Rheumatoid, the cause is coursing through

the blood, and it got there through the diet. When all of the joints

are involved, the cause is not physical, but chemical. It's usually

casein. (Eighty percent of milk protein is casein).

 

I once saw a 65 year old man, Bob, who complained of neck stiffness and

headaches. His hands were so stiff and sore. Bob lived to play golf.

I instructed him to give up all milk and dairy products. Since giving

up dairy products, he no longer experienced pain and headaches, and his

hands were also pain-free.

 

Joy, a 42 year old woman noticed that her knees were pain-free after

eliminating dairy products. Once, after drinking a glass of milk, her

knees swelled within 20 minutes. "

 

No Milk, by Daniel Twogood, D.C.

_________________________________

 

" There is a colossal amount of information linking the consumption of

milk to arthritis... and a multitude of other problems as documented by

Hannah Allen, Alec Burton, Viktoras Kulvinskas, F. M. Pottenger, Herbert

M. Shelton, and N.L. Walker, among others. "

 

Fit for Life, by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond

_________________________________

 

" Of the nearly 7 million Americans who have rheumatoid arthritis, most

are women. Symptoms are stiffness, aching muscles, fatigue, pain that

accompanies motion, and tenderness. Nutritional therapy, not drugs, is

the cornerstone of alternative treatment. A treatment for arthritis

that relieves symptoms in a large percentage of patients is based on the

theory that most arthritic symptoms are allergic reactions. "

 

What Your Doctor Won't Tell You, Jane Heimlich

_________________________________

 

" Certain foods trigger the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, and

eliminating these foods sometimes causes even long-standing symptoms to

improve or even remit entirely. It is important to avoid the problem

foods completely, as even a small amount can cause symptoms. All dairy

products should be avoided: skim or whole cow’s milk, goat’s milk,

cheese, yogurt, cream, etc. "

 

Neal Barnard, M.D. www.pcrm.org

 

***************** S *****************

 

S is for SUDDEN INFANT DEATH

 

There exist hundreds of studies in the medical literature attesting to

the fact that infants who are breast-fed have lower rates of sudden

infant death syndrome (SIDS). Those performing the research rarely

consider the alternative. Is it a component in breast milk that

protects infants, or a component in the alternative (cow's milk protein)

that triggers the allergic reaction? Cow's milk proteins are very

allergenic. For some, the response is anaphylactic. The bronchioles

fill with mucous, and breathing becomes difficult. For some infants,

it's deadly.

 

 

" Breast feeding is known to protect an infant against gastrointestinal

pathogens and epidemiological studies indicate that compared to breast

fed infants, formula fed infants are at a greater risk of dying from

sudden infant death syndrome. "

 

Immunol Med Microbiol, 1999 Aug, 25:1-2

 

 

" Hypersensitivity to milk is implicated as a cause of sudden death in

infancy. "

 

The Lancet, vol. 2, 7160, November 19, 1960

 

 

" Those infants who died of SIDS expressed inappropriate or inflammatory

responses suggesting violent allergic reactions to a foreign protein.

Lung tissue and cells showed responses similar to bronchial wall

inflammation in asthma. "

 

The Lancet, vol. 343, June 4, 1994,

 

 

" Those who consumed cows milk were fourteen times more likely to die

from diarrhea-related complications and four times more likely to die of

pneumonia than were breast-fed babies. Intolerance and allergy to cow's

milk products is a factor in sudden infant death syndrome. "

 

The Lancet, vol. 344, November 5, 1994

________________________________

 

" The three most common milk proteins are casein, beta-lactoglobulin, and

alpha-lactalbumin. The correlation between these three cow proteins and

childhood allergies is high...a strategy of soy protein as a substitute

for cow's milk is suggested. "

 

Pediatr-Med-Chir., September/October, 1994, 16(5)

 

 

" Constipation symptoms returned to a controlled group of infants 48 to

72 hours after they were placed on a regimen of cow's milk proteins.

Constipation in infants may have an allergic pathogenesis. "

 

Journal of Pediatrics., January, 1995, 126(1)

 

 

" Diet has a significant effect on the developing immune system...formula

fed babies, at the age of 3 months, were secreting low levels of serum

antibodies to cow milk antigens contained in their formula. "

 

Pediatr-Allergy-Immunol., August, 1994, 5(3)

 

 

" Formula fed infants developed symptoms of allergic rejection to cow

milk proteins before one month of age. The majority of infants tested

had two or more symptoms...About 50-70 percent experienced rashes or

other skin symptoms, 50-60 percent gastrointestinal symptoms, and 20-30

percent respiratory symptoms. The recommended therapy is to avoid cow's

milk. "

 

Pediatr.-Allergy-Immunol., 1994, 5(5 Suppl)

 

***************** T *****************

 

T is for TUBERCULOSIS

 

Russian Roulette is the most dangerous of games. Is one bullet in the

chamber or five? Too many pasteurization errors have occurred in the

past, and more will occur in the future. In 1985, 150,000 people got

salmonella poisoning because milk was not pasteurized correctly in

Chicago. Four people died. Nobody charted epidemiological data for

subsequent tuberculosis death rates. Many of America's dairy cows are

infected with tuberculosis. Does raw milk sound appetizing? Can you

rely upon milk processors to properly pasteurize milk? Last year, there

were dozens of major cheese recalls. Hundreds of thousands of cases of

spoiled dairy products contained lethal virus and bacteria. Ingesting

body fluids from diseased animals is a dangerous game of Russian

Roulette.

 

As you review the first citation, ask yourself this question. Why does

USDA allow milk from tuberculosis-infected herds to be sold?

______________________________

 

" A Mycobacterium bovis-infected dairy herd of 369 Holstein cows with

lactation duration between 200 and 360 days was tested... 170 cows had

positive tuberculin test results, and 199 had negative results. Cows

with positive test results produced less milk than did cows with

negative test results...In this herd, tuberculosis was associated with a

4% decrease in milk production. "

 

J Am Vet Med Assoc, 1998 Sep, 213:6

________________________________

 

" Many diseases such as tuberculosis are transmissible by milk products. "

 

Journal of Dairy Science 1988; 71

________________________________

" Researchers and regulatory authorities were meeting to halt the rise

and spread of tuberculosis from cows to humans, and to bring incidence

to eradication levels. "

 

Hoard's Dairyman, March 10, 1959

________________________________

 

" Some strains of mycobacteria, similar to those that are associated with

tuberculosis, have been found to survive pasteurization. "

 

TheNational Mastitis Council, Inc. 1970 Washington, D.C.

______________________________

 

" Infected raw milk is the chief means by which milk-borne tuberculosis

is transmitted to man. "

 

Journal of Dairy Science, 19:435, 1936

________________________________

 

" The causative (tuberculosis) organism in cattle, called Mycobacterium

bovis, is one of the most heat-resistant of the non-spore forming

pathogenic bacteria, but fortunately it is destroyed by pasteurization.

A cow with pulmonary tuberculoisis may swallow her own saliva and this,

with the infected material coughed up from the lungs, then passes

through the whole digestive tract, and remains as an active form of

infection. Particles of infected dust or manure may contaminate the

milk, or it may be infected directly from the tubercular udder. "

 

Modern Dairy Products, by Lincoln Lampert, Third Edition

 

***************** U *****************

 

U is for UTERINE & OVARIAN CANCER

 

Women between the ages of 25 and 65 have been successfully targeted by

the marketing representatives of the dairy industry's milk promotion

board. What the dairy industry neglects to advertise is the fact that

cow's milk contains a very powerful growth hormone, insulin-like growth

factor-I (IGF-I). IGF-I is identical in humans and cows, and this

hormone has been identified as a key factor in tumor growth.

_________________________________

 

" Poor absorption of lactose may more than double the risk of ovarian

cancer in women. "

 

American Journal of Epidemiology, 1999;150

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" IGF-I can stimulate normally slow-growing cancers (like breast,

ovarian, and prostate) to grow very quickly, causing them to appear in a

decade or two or even less. "

 

Delicious 12/95

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" IGFs may be important in carcinogenesis, possibly by increasing the

risk of cellular transformation by enhancing cell turnover. These

emerging epidemiologic data indicate that high levels of IGF-I are

associated with an increased risk of at least several types of carcinoma

that are common in economically developed countries. "

 

Horm Res, 1999, 51 Suppl 3

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" The uterus and ovary, like the breast, are hormone-sensitive organs.

Not surprisingly, uterine and ovarian cancers are both linked to fatty

diets in epidemiologic studies. "

 

Cancer 1966;19

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" IGFs regulate important cellular activities involving cell

proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Emerging evidence

suggests that members of the IGF family play important roles in the

development and progression of cancer. Diet, nutrition, and other

lifestyle features affect the expression and production of IGF-1 and

other members of the IGF family. This may provide new approaches for

cancer prevention. Growth hormone (GH) stimulates the production of IGF-

1. Use of GH replacement therapy to improve physiological and

psychological well-being and to prevent aging-related diseases has been

recommended. Given the close relationship between GH and IGF-1, the

long-term safety of GH treatment warrants a serious concern. "

 

J La State Med Soc, 1999 Apr, 151:4

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" Galactose is linked both to ovarian cancer and infertility...women who

consume dairy products on a regular basis, have triple the risk of

ovarian cancer than other women. "

 

The Lancet 1989; 2

 

 

" Interest in the role of the IGF axis in growth control and

carcinogenesis has recently been increased by the finding of elevated

serum (IGF-I) levels in association with three of the most prevalent

cancers in the United States: prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, and

lung cancer. IGFs serve as endocrine, autocrine, and paracrine

stimulators of mitogenesis, survival, and cellular transformation. "

 

J Cell Physiol, 2000 Apr, 183:1

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" IGF-I reacts in a synergistic manner with estrogen, and plays a role in

the growth and proliferation of ovarian cancer. "

 

J-Clin-Endocrinol-Metab, Feb. 1994, 78(2)

 

***************** V *****************

 

V IS FOR VITAMIN D-EFICIENCY

 

How soon we forget! Children are taught in first grade that Vitamin D

is the " sunshine vitamin. " Vitamin D is a steroid hormone and is

synthesized in one's body after skin is exposed to sunlight. Once the

body has made enough, it will produce no more. Too much Vitamin D can be

toxic and lead to bone loss.

_________________________________

 

" Exposure to sunlight provides most humans with their vitamin D

requirement. "

 

Journal of Nutrition 1996;126(4 Suppl)

_________________________________

 

" Adults need 10-15 minutes of sunlight, two or three times a week to

ensure proper Vitamin D levels. "

 

Journal of Pediatrics, 1985; 107 (3)

_________________________________

 

" Consuming as little as 45 micrograms of Vitamin D-3 in young children

has resulted in signs of overdose. " (one quart of milk contains 400 IU,

or 10 micrograms). "

 

Pediatrics, 1963; 31

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" Testing of 42 milk samples found only 12% within the expected range of

Vitamin D content. Testing of 10 samples of infant formula revealed

seven with more that twice the Vitamin D content reported on the label,

one of which had more than four times the label amount. Vitamin D is

toxic in overdose. "

 

New England Journal of Medicine, 1992, 326

_________________________________

 

" Vitamin D increases aluminum absorption, and high aluminum levels in

the body may cause an Alzheimer's-like disease. "

 

Canadian Medical Association Journal 1992 147(9)

_________________________________

 

" Eighteen breast milk and 17 formula-fed infants, ages 2 to 5 months

were studied. The serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (Vitamin D) level was

significantly lower in breast milk- than formula-fed infants but bone

mineral content was not different. This demonstrates adequate mineral

absorption occurs from a predominantly vitamin D-free transport

mechanism. "

 

Journal of Pediatrics, 1998 Apr, 132:4

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" To investigate whether greater intakes of calcium, vitamin D, or milk

products may protect against ischemic heart disease mortality, data from

a prospective cohort study of 34,486 postmenopausal Iowa women were

analyzed... results suggest that a higher intake of calcium, but not of

vitamin D or milk products, is associated with reduced ischemic heart

disease mortality in postmenopausal women. "

 

Am J Epidemiol, 1999 Jan, 149:2

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" It has since been discovered that the Vitamin D necessary to absorb the

calcium moving down the intestine must already have been in the

bloodstream for a while; what is present with that calcium (in milk) is

useless at that stage. Vitamin D is part of the mechanism to break bone

down so that it can then stretch and grow. Thus an overdose of D can

eventually lead to osteoporosis. "

 

Vegetarian and Vegan Nutrition, by George Eisman, M.A., M.Sc., R.D.

 

***************** W *****************

 

W is for WISCOWSINITIS

 

Some people call it " Cheesehead syndrome. "

___

 

" I have run into patients who undergo marked alterations in behavior

patterns when ingesting dairy products, and whose behavior is totally

changed by withholding them. "

 

Letter, Pediatrics 1979;64(5) John J. Murray, MD

___

 

" The FDA still cannot honestly assure the public that milk is safe. "

 

Rep. Ted Weiss, chairman of the House Government Operations Subcommittee

on Human Resources. Reported by AP 8/6/92

___

 

" These dairymen are organized, they're adamant, they're militant, and

they -they're massing an enormous amount of money that they're going to

put into political activities, very frankly. "

 

Secretary of the Treasury, John Connally to President Richard Nixon,

from the Watergate Tapes, March 23, 1971 (after President Nixon had

received a $3 million cash gift from dairy-industry representatives in

the oval office).

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" My illness is due to my doctor's insistence that I drink milk, a

whitish fluid they force down helpless babies. "

 

W.C. Fields

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" Cow's milk in the past has been oversold as the perfect food, but we

are now seeing that it isn't the perfect food at all and the government

really shouldn't be behind any efforts to promote it as such. "

 

Benjamin Spock, M.D., Los Angeles Times, November 18, 1992

___

 

" I would call milk perhaps the most unhealthful vehicle for calcium that

one could possibly imagine, which is the only thing people really drink

it for, but whenever you challenge existing dogma...people are

resistant. "

 

Neal Barnard, M.D., Director of the Physician's Committee for

Responsible Medicine www.pcrm.org

___

 

" So don't drink milk for health. I am convinced on the weight of the

scientific evidence that it does not 'do a body good.' Inclusion of

milk will only reduce your diet's nutritional value and safety. "

 

Save Yourself From Breast Cancer, by Robert M. Kradjian, M.D.

___

 

" Cow's milk is not suited for human consumption. Milk causes

constipation, biliousness, coated tongue, headache, and these are the

symptoms of intestinal auto-intoxication. "

 

Back to Eden, by Jethro Kloss

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" Everyone that useths milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness,

for he is a babe. But solid food belongeth to them that are of full

age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to

discern both good and evil. "

 

King James Version of The Holy Bible, Hebrews: 5:13-14

 

***************** X *****************

 

X is for XANTHENE OXIDASE

 

WHAT IS HOMOGENIZATION?

 

When milk is passed through a fine filter at pressures equal to 4,000

pounds per square inch, the fat globules (liposomes) are made smaller

(micronized) by a factor of 10 times or more. These fat molecules become

evenly dispersed within the liquid milk.

 

Milk is a hormonal delivery system. With homogenization, milk becomes a

very powerful and efficient way of bypassing normal digestive processes

and delivering steroid and protein hormones to the human body.

Homogenization is technology's way of improving upon nature's mechanism.

 

Through homogenization, fat molecules in milk become smaller and become

" capsules " for substances that bypass digestion. Proteins would normally

be digested in the stomach or gut. By homogenizing milk, these proteins

are not broken down and are absorbed into the bloodstream, intact.

 

Two Connecticut heart researchers, Oster and Ross, demonstrated that cow

proteins survive digestion. Their heart patients developed antibodies

to bovine proteins after consuming homogenized milk. This proved that

milk proteins are not destroyed by digestion. Hormones in milk are

protected, survive digestion, and exert powerful effects on the human

body.

 

The scientific community believes that the survival of protein hormones

after ingestion is not possible because of the strength of stomach acid

and enzymatic activity. Oster and Ross pointed a finger of blame at the

homogenization process. They discovered the presence of an enzyme,

bovine xanthene oxidase (XO), which, in theory, should not have survived

digestion. The XO Factor was identified as the element that destroyed

one-third of the cellular material in atrial cells of 300 heart attack

victims during a five-year study.

_________________________________

 

" Bovine milk is presently under investigation by this laboratory since

it has been shown that milk antibodies are significantly elevated in the

blood of male patients with heart disease. "

 

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 163:

1981

_________________________________

 

" Bovine milk xanthene oxidase (BMXO) may be absorbed and may enter the

cardiovascular system. People with clinical signs of atherosclerosis

have greater quantities of BMXO antibodies. BMXO antibodies are found

in greater quantities in those patients who consume the largest volumes

of homogenized milk and milk products. "

 

The X-O Factor, by Kurt Oster, M.D., and Donald Ross, Ph.D.

_________________________________

 

" Atherosclerotic patients exhibit an immune response to bovine xanthene

oxidase. "

 

American Laboratory, August 1974

_________________________________

 

" This study conclusively demonstrates that XO from cow's milk does get

into the bloodstream. Seventy-three out of the 94 people tested (of all

ages) had antibodies to XO. "

 

Proc. Soc. Exp. Bio. Med., 160, 1979

 

***************** Y *****************

 

Y is for YIN/YANG

 

Yin and Yang are spiritual forces in Chinese philosophy. Together they

form the life-giving power of the universe, but apart they are opposite

sides of the pole. Yin is the moon; the soft, the feminine, the

receptive and even side of things. Yang is the sun; the bright and

powerful masculine force, the odd and wild side.

 

There are meat eaters, vegetarians, and vegans. Vegetarians drink milk

and eat dairy products. Vegans eat no animal products.

 

Meat eaters and vegetarians are the Yang. By eating animal flesh or

drinking their body fluids, one ingests their hormones. Vegetarians

often drink more milk and eat more dairy than meat eaters.

 

Vegans eat no animal hormones. Vegans are the Yin.

____

 

" Significant atherosclerosis is rare in peoples whose diet over the life

span is predominantly vegetarian and low in calories, total lipids,

saturated lipids and cholesterol. "

 

Nutrition and Athersclerosis by Louis Katz. 1958

____

 

" The study measured testosterone levels in 696 Oxford University men. Of

the study participants, 233 were vegan (ate no animal products) and 237

were vegetarian (ate milk and dairy products). The remaining 237

subjects were men who ate meat on most days of the week...vegans had

higher testosterone levels than vegetarians and meat eaters. "

 

British Journal of Cancer, 83(1), July 2000

____

 

" Scientific data suggest positive relationships between a vegetarian

diet and reduced risk for several chronic degenerative diseases and

conditions, including obesity, coronary artery disease, hypertension,

diabetes mellitus, and some types of cancer. "

 

Journal of the American Dietetic Association, November 1997, 97(1)

____

 

" Vegetarians often have lower mortality rates from several chronic

degenerative diseases than do non vegetarians. "

 

British Medical Journal, 1996; 313

____

 

" Vegan diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including

during pregnancy and lactation. "

 

Am J Clin Nutr. 1994;59(suppl):1176S-1181S.

____

 

" Vegan diets can meet the nutrient and energy needs of pregnant women.

Birth weights of infants born to well nourished vegetarian women have

been shown to be similar to birth-weight norms and to birth weights of

infants of non vegetarians. "

 

Pediatrics. 1989;84

____

 

" Vegetarian diets low in fat or saturated fat have been used

successfully as part of comprehensive health programs to reverse severe

coronary artery disease. "

 

Journal of the American Medical Association 1995; 274

____

 

" Vegetarian diets offer disease protection benefits because higher

concentration of antioxidants such as vitamins C and E, carotenoids, and

phytochemicals. "

 

Am J Clin Nutr. 1996;63(suppl)

____

 

" Vegetarian diets offer disease protection benefits because of their

lower saturated fat, cholesterol, and animal protein content and often

higher concentration of folate which reduces serum homocysteine levels. "

 

J Am Diet Assoc. 1995;95

____

 

" Mortality from coronary artery disease is lower in vegetarians than in

non vegetarians. "

 

British Medical Journal, 1994; 308

____

 

" Vegetarian diets have been successful in arresting coronary artery

disease. "

 

Am J Epidemiol. 1995;142

____

 

" Serum cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels are

usually lower in vegetarians. "

 

Am J Clin Nutr. 1994;59

____

 

" Vegetarians have a lower incidence of hypertension than non

vegetarians. "

 

Am J Clin Nutr. 1994; 59(suppl)

____

 

" Type 2 diabetes mellitus is less likely to be a cause of death in

vegetarians than non vegetarians. "

 

Am J Clin Nutr. 1988;48(suppl)

____

 

" Incidence of lung and colorectal cancer is lower in vegetarians than in

non vegetarians. "

 

Am J Clin Nutr. 1994;59(suppl)

____

 

" Reduced colorectal cancer risk is associated with increased consumption

of fiber, vegetables, and fruit. "

 

Cancer Causes Control. 1991;1:427-442.

____

 

" Breast cancer rates are lower in populations that consume plant based

diets. "

 

American Cancer Society Cancer Facts and Figures, 1994

____

 

" Some plant proteins may increase survival rates and decrease

proteinuria, glomerular filtration rate, renal blood flow, and

histologic renal damage compared with a non vegetarian diet. "

 

Clinical Nutrition, 1995;10

 

***************** Z *****************

 

Z is for ZITS

 

Acne occurs when steroids (androgens) stimulate the sebaceous glands

within the skin's hair follicles. These glands then secrete an oily

substance called sebum. When sebum, bacteria and dead skin cells build

up on your skin, the pores become blocked, creating a zit.

 

What do you expect? When teenagers combine their own surging hormones

with dietary saturated animal fat, cholesterol, steroid hormones, dead

white blood cells, and cow pus, they're gonna get zits. The good news:

The cure is an easy one: NOTMILK!

________________________________

 

" As pointed out by Dr. Jerome Fisher, 'About 80 percent of cows that are

giving milk are pregnant and are throwing off hormones continuously.'

Progesterone breaks down into androgens, which have been implicated as a

factor in the development of acne...Dr. Fisher observed that his teenage

acne patients improved as soon as the milk drinking stopped. "

 

Don't Drink Your Milk, by Frank Oski, M.D. (Director, Department of

Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

___________________________

 

" Acne usually begins at puberty, when an increase in androgens causes an

increase in the size and activity of pilosebaceous glands....if a food

is suspected, it should be omitted for several weeks and then eaten in

substantial quantities to determine if acne worsens. "

 

MERCK Manual, Merck & Company, 2000

________________________________

 

" Acne is an end-organ hyper-response to androgens...These data show that

sebaceous glands are stimulated by androgens to varying degrees and

support the theory of an end-organ response in acne. "

 

British Journal of Dermatology, 1998 Jul, 139:1

___________________________

 

" Acne vulgaris is a self-limiting skin disorder seen primarily in

adolescents, whose etiology appears to be multifactorial. The

immunologic response involves both humoral and cell-mediated pathways.

Further research should clarify the role of complement, cytotoxins, and

neutrophils in this acne-forming response. "

 

Postgrad Med J, 1999 Jun, 75:884

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" Hormones found in cow's milk include: Estradiol, Estriol, Progesterone,

Testosterone, 17-Ketosteroids, Corticosterone, Vitamin D, insulin-like

growth factor, growth hormone, prolactin, oxytocin... "

 

Journal of Endocrine Reviews, 14(6) 1992

________________________________

 

" We studied the effects of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth

factors (IGFs), alone and with androgen, on sebaceous epithelial cell

growth...IGF-I was the most potent stimulus of DNA synthesis. These

data are consistent with the concept that increases in GH and IGF

production contribute in complementary ways to the increase in sebum

production during puberty. "

 

Endocrinology, 1999 Sep, 140:9, 4089-94

________________________________

 

" ... serum IGF-I levels increased significantly in the milk drinking

group…an increase of about 10% above baseline-but was unchanged in the

control group. "

 

Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 99, no. 10. October

1999

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Robert Cohen author of: MILK A-Z

Executive Director (notmi-)

Dairy Education Board

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