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[HEALTHE] NOT MILK - The Cow & The Coronary

Wed, 19 Feb 2003 18:55:11 -0800

Andrew Gach <unclewolf

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Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:09 AM

NOTMILK - The Cow & The Coronary

 

It's NOT the fat and cholesterol. It's milk protein that is implicated

as the leading cause of America's number-one killer.

 

A new study published in the International Journal of Cardiology (2003

Feb; 87(2-3):203-16) explores the epidemiology, biochemistry and

immunology of heart disease and milk consumption.

 

The authors, Moss & Freed conclude that death rates from coronary heart

disease (CHD) are positively correlated country-by-country with milk

consumption, particularly with that of the non-fat variety.

 

Twenty-six years ago, the British Journal of Preventive & Social

Medicine explored the diets of Greenland Eskimos, who have a high-fat,

high-protein diet, but a very low intake of milk. It is rare to find a

Greenland Eskimo with heart disease.

 

In 1980, the British journal Lancet (ii: 205-207) found:

 

" 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. "

 

The following year (1981), a survey of mortality rates and food

consumption statistics of 24 countries, (Medical Hypothesis 7:907-918,

1981) revealed:

 

" 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. "

 

Perhaps the key to understanding the etiology of heart disease is in the

clue offered by the work of two Connecticut cardiologists, Oster and

Ross. These two researchers, 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. Oster and Ross observed:

 

" 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

 

Robert Cohen

http://www.notmilk.com

 

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[Guest guest]

Butch et al

 

While this is definitely good info that needs to get out there- I need to

make some clarifications about what I understand in this.

 

Homogenization and pasteurization render milk virtually undigestible- this

is done so that milk can be trucked long distances- another reason to

support small,local family farms!

Raw milk is another story entirely-

see www.realmilk.com

and www.westonaprice.org

 

the reason the milk proteins are allowed into the bloodstream is due to an

imbalance in the first place- proteins normally should not cross into the

bloodstream- and yes, when they do, antibodies are created against them- and

these antibodies are little barbed devils which DO do harm- but- with a

healthy gut they wouldnt be there.

 

If the mucin lining is intact- and not depleted from years of eating

allergens and refined foods- proteins do not cross- and milk wouldn't pose a

problem....REAL milk, that is! I grew up on the pasteurized homogenized

stuff and it messed with me- enough to turn me into a vegan for years. Now I

am lucky enough to live near an organic dairy which sells raw milk to me-

and my family enjoys this in good health!

 

Blessings

Michelle