Guest guest Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 BOVINE AIDS AND LEUKEMIA VIRUSES IN MILK bovine immunodeficiency viruses (BIV) EXCERPT OF : Marketing Milk and Disease by John McDougall, MD Dairy products were the foods most often recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from the period October 1, 1993 through September 30, 1998 because of contamination with infectious agents, mostly bacteria. Wong S. Recalls of foods and cosmetics due to microbial contamination reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. J Food Prot 2000 Aug;63(8):1113-6 ============================ Dairy cattle are infected with bovine immunodeficiency viruses (BIV) and bovine leukemia viruses (BLV), worldwide. (Bovine immunodeficiency viruses can also be properly referred to as bovine AIDS viruses.) In the United States, results show an average 40% of beef herds and 64% of dairy herds are infected with BIV. Gonda M. Bovine immunodeficiency virus. AIDS. 1992 Aug;6(8):759-76 ============================== Herds infected with the BIV are usually infected with the leukemia virus (BLV) also. Gonda M. Bovine immunodeficiency virus. AIDS. 1992 Aug;6(8):759-76 ================================== Nationwide and worldwide, leukemia is more common in the higher dairy consuming populations. (1,2) 1) Hursting SD. Diet and human leukemia: an analysis of international data. Prev Med. 1993 May;22(3):409-22. 2) Howell MA. Factor analysis of international cancer mortality data and per capita food consumption. Br J Cancer. 1974 Apr;29(4):328-36. ====================================== An increased incidence of leukemia has been found among dairy farmers in multiple studies. (1-2) (1)Kristensen P. Incidence and risk factors of cancer among men and women in Norwegian agriculture. Scand J Work Environ Health. 1996 Feb;22(1):14-26. (2) Donham KJ. Epidemiologic relationships of the bovine population and human leukemia in Iowa. Am J Epidemiol. 1980 Jul;112(1):80-92. ================================== The bovine leukemia virus has been classified in the same group as the Human T-cell Leukemia/Lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), which is known to cause leukemia and lymphomas in humans (Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma). Johnson J. Molecular biology and pathogenesis of the human T-cell leukaemia/lymphotropic virus Type-1 (HTLV-1). Int J Exp Pathol. 2001 Jun;82(3):135-47. BIV is structurally and genetically closely related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type-1 (the virus causing human AIDS). Whetstone CA. Examination of whether persistently indeterminate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Western immunoblot reactions are due to serological reactivity with bovine immunodeficiency-like virus. J Clin Microbiol. 1992 Apr;30(4):764-70. =========================================================== " If a patient bargained with me, " I'll give up only one of the first two food groups " meat or milk " - hopes of getting well, " my recommendation for almost all common health problems in Western society would be, " You're likely to get the most benefits if you give up the dairy products. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 All these diseases and harmful bacteria you mention are part of the reason raw milk is so much better for us. Raw milk is tested thoroughly, but pasteurized milk isn't tested because the assumption is that heating it will kill everything, even though the eastablished limits for pasteurized milk allow for some living pathogens to remain. I don't see raw dairy products as fitting into all these studies that talk about how bad dairy is for you. They never compare raw vs commercial dairy because they are only studying the pasteurized junk. If I can't get raw, I do without. Daniel On May 23, 2009, at 12:54 PM, " shaman_urban " <shaman_urban wrote: > BOVINE AIDS AND LEUKEMIA VIRUSES IN MILK > > bovine immunodeficiency > viruses (BIV) > > EXCERPT OF : Marketing Milk and Disease by John McDougall, MD > > Dairy products were the foods most often recalled by the > U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from the period > October 1, 1993 through September 30, 1998 because of > contamination with infectious agents, mostly bacteria. > > Wong S. Recalls of foods and cosmetics due to microbial > contamination reported to the U.S. Food and Drug > Administration. J Food Prot 2000 Aug;63(8):1113-6 > > ============================ > > > Dairy cattle are infected with bovine immunodeficiency > viruses (BIV) and bovine leukemia viruses (BLV), worldwide. > (Bovine immunodeficiency viruses can also be properly > referred to as bovine AIDS viruses.) > > In the United States, results show an average 40% of beef > herds and 64% of dairy herds are infected with BIV. > > Gonda M. Bovine immunodeficiency virus. AIDS. 1992 > Aug;6(8):759-76 > ============================== > > > Herds infected with the BIV are usually infected with the > leukemia virus (BLV) also. > > Gonda M. Bovine immunodeficiency virus. AIDS. 1992 > Aug;6(8):759-76 > > ================================== > > > Nationwide and worldwide, leukemia is more common in the > higher dairy consuming populations. (1,2) > > > 1) Hursting SD. Diet and human leukemia: an analysis of > international data. Prev Med. 1993 May;22(3):409-22. > > 2) Howell MA. Factor analysis of international cancer > mortality data and per capita food consumption. Br J > Cancer. 1974 Apr;29(4):328-36. > > ====================================== > > > An increased incidence of leukemia has been found among > dairy farmers in multiple studies. (1-2) > > (1)Kristensen P. Incidence and risk factors of cancer > among men and women in Norwegian agriculture. Scand J Work > Environ Health. 1996 Feb;22(1):14-26. > > (2) Donham KJ. Epidemiologic relationships of the bovine > population and human leukemia in Iowa. Am J Epidemiol. 1980 > Jul;112(1):80-92. > ================================== > > > The bovine leukemia virus has been classified in the same > group as the Human T-cell Leukemia/Lymphotropic virus > type 1 (HTLV-1), which is known to cause leukemia and > lymphomas in humans (Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma). > > Johnson J. Molecular biology and pathogenesis of the > human T-cell leukaemia/lymphotropic virus Type-1 (HTLV-1). > Int J Exp Pathol. 2001 Jun;82(3):135-47. > > BIV is structurally and genetically closely related to > human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type-1 (the virus causing > human AIDS). > > Whetstone CA. Examination of whether persistently > indeterminate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Western > immunoblot reactions are due to serological reactivity with > bovine immunodeficiency-like virus. J Clin Microbiol. 1992 > Apr;30(4):764-70. > =========================================================== > > " If a patient bargained with me, " I'll give up only one of the > first two food groups " meat or milk " - hopes of getting well, " > my recommendation for almost all common health problems in > Western society would be, " You're likely to get the most benefits > if you give up the dairy products. " > > > > --- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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