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What could be any more absurd than the latest dairy

maketing campaign which claims that drinking milk helps to lose weight? How about their additional claim that fruit juice is responsible for America's obesity epidemic. All of the above nonsense is brought to you by the National Milk Producers, who celebrate

June's as National Dairy Month.

Does juice cause obesity?

The average American receives nearly 12 times

the amount of calories from dairy products (547

calories per person) each day as from juice

(47 calories per person). Yet, the dairy

industry blames America's obesity epidemic

on juice consumption. Can they get away with

this lie? Of course they can, because June

is National Dairy Month.

I warned you, folks.

This is day #3 of National Dairy Month,

and the past two days the subject I've

addressed is the assault on truth by those

who peddle pus with hormones and glue.

Even I didn't imagine that the dimwitted

dairy dodos would sink this low.

In a press release from those who would have you drink body fluids from diseased animals:

"Increasing Numbers of Children Are

Fighting the Battle of the Bulge"

Milk and dairy foods are high calorie foods

laden with saturated animal fat and cholesterol.

They pack an additional wallop by containing

powerful growth hormones.

The dairy industry writes:

"Childhood obesity has reached epidemic

proportions. To help children maintain healthy

weight, parents may be keeping sight of what's

on their kids' plate, but they often overlook

what's filling their glasses."

The milk processors cite Susan Baker, M.D.,

chairperson of the American Academy of

Pediatrics' Committee on Nutrition.

Dr. Baker's comment:

"Many parents don't realize that many fruit juices

contain a lot of sugar and calories with relatively

few nutrients in return. As a result, kids who drink

juice all day long are depriving themselves of

essential nutrients their growing bodies need."

Aside to Dr. Baker:

Kids don't drink juice all day long.

You're exaggerating, Doc.

JUST FOR THE RECORD

1 cup of apple juice vs. 1 cup of milk

Apple Juice = 117 calories, 0.27 gms. fat, 0.0 cholesterol

Milk = 150 calories, 8.15 gms. fat, 33.18 mg. cholesterol

Last year, the average American drank just over

1/2 ounce of apple juice each day. (.558 oz)

Last year, the average American drank a total

daily juice consumption of 3.23 ounces.

At the same time, the average American consumed

the equivalent of 29.2 ounces per day of dairy.

Let's summarize:

Total calories each day from milk and dairy: 547

Total calories each day from fruit juice: 47

Milk also contains powerful growth hormones.

Apple juice contains no growth hormones.

The most powerful growth hormone in a cow's

body is identical in structure (70 amino acids

in the same sequence) to the most powerful

growth hormone in the human body.

Children eat cheese. Apple juice is not

concentrated into cheese or ice cream. Ten

pounds of milk are required to make one

pound of cheese. Twelve pounds of milk are

required to make one pound of ice cream.

Where are the calories? Where are the obese kids?

Compare 47 juice calories to 547 dairy calories

and ask yourself how these lying dairy people

get away with it.

Drive by school yards and see the roly-poly

children. Where else on this planet can one find

obesity so positively correlating with

poverty? Malnourished children living in inner

American cities receive subsidized dairy products

for breakfast, snacks, and lunch. Their little

bodies become large bodies after consuming

a combination of high caloric, high fat food with

growth hormones.

The lies from America's dairy industry marketing

people are more than just deceptive. They are

criminal and they do harm to our children.

Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com

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