HEALTH: New Research on Asthma and Milk

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This came in on NotMilk a couple of days ago and I meant to pass it on to this

group - sorry ;=( Anyway, here you are now!

 

Best, Pat ;=)

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Newly Published Asthma Clue Completes the Puzzle

 

The October issue of the journal Thorax (2004;59:855-861)

contradicts every major conclusion that has been accepted

by government health regulators concerning the etiology

of asthma.

 

USDA and FDA health authorities wrongly assume that

asthma is caused by, and worsened by, dust, mites, rat

urine, mouse feces, and cockroaches. These same milk

industry-influenced bureaucrats will not consider the

dairy link to asthma, despite the enormous evidence

that milk protein (casein) causes histamines to be

produced, with the ensuing bronchiole-clogging mucus.

Asthma sufferers take decongestants and antihistamines

to counter the histamines produced by eating pizza

and ice cream. Got Clues?

 

After finding no link between the levels of allergens

commonly identified by bureaucrats as asthma-causing

in the homes of those suffering allergenic reactions,

the lead scientist of this study, Dr. Paul Cullinan,

commented:

 

" Clinically, there seems little point in reducing

allergen levels in the home as a way of preventing asthma

and allergies; indeed it may even increase the risk.

 

The Study:

 

<http://thorax.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/59/10/855 >

 

Tiny URL: <http://tinyurl.com/4fkd8 >

 

The scientific study followed 625 children from birth to

the age of 5.5 years. Before this research, scientists

assumed that house allergens were the primary cause of

asthma. The doctors performing this study concluded:

 

" These findings suggest that reductions in domestic

allergen exposure alone are unlikely to have a major

impact in decreasing the incidence of these diseases

in childhood. "

 

So what may be the cause of today's rapidly exploding

worldwide asthma epidemic? If it's not house dust,

how can children be cured? Here is the advice given

by Dr. Frank Oski, once Chief of Pediatrics at Johns

Hopkins Medical School:

 

" Many cases of asthma and sinus infections are reported to

be relieved and even eliminated by cutting out dairy. "

 

On 4/19/03, the New York Times reported that one out of four

children living in Harlem has asthma. Scientists tested 2000

children under the age of 13 living in one 24-block New York

City Harlem neighborhood and found that 25.5% of the kids had

asthma. The researchers observed that asthma rates doubled since

1980, yet, they blamed soaring rates on environmental causes

such as house dust.

 

Geoffrey Canada, president of the Harlem Children's Zone,

the study's sponsor, said:

 

" This is a very poor community where a lot of the families

have very troubled lives, with lots of stresses... "

 

For many children, living in Harlem means living below the

poverty level. USDA runs an anti-nutrition program called

WIC (Women/Infants/Children). The foundation of WIC's food

giveaway program is milk and dairy products.

 

Our government also feeds 28 million school kids each day

with their National School Lunch Program and School

Breakfast Program (SBP). Those milk meal giveaways cost U.S.

taxpayers over 6 billion dollars per year, which does not

include the cost of medical treatment for asthma attacks

and asthma medicine.

 

In attempting to explain exploding asthma rates, the New

York Times article reported:

 

" Some of the worst triggers, studies have found, are most

prevalent in poor communities, including the feces of

cockroaches and dust mites, cigarette smoke and mold and

mildew. Harlem, East Harlem and the South Bronx also have a

heavy concentration of diesel bus and truck traffic, and the

tiny particles in diesel exhaust are thought to be another

serious asthma trigger. "

 

Eighty percent of milk and cheese protein is casein. When

casein is isolated from milk, it becomes the glue to adhere

a label to a bottle of beer. Casein is the glue used to hold

together wood in furniture.

 

Herman Mitchell, an asthma researcher and epidemiologist,

had this comment regarding the shocking Harlem asthma data:

 

" This is certainly one of the highest rates attributed in

the United States, if not the highest. "

 

Dairy is a major part of Harlem's in-school food culture.

That same bad habit has become an addiction of the streets.

 

The poorest children in America begin their day at school

with milk and cereal for breakfast. Snack time provides

chocolate milk and cookies. Lunch means macaroni and cheese

or pizza. The casein within the mozzarella cheese and

cheddar insures poor digestion, and sets into motion a

10-12 hour reaction by which the bronchioles of a child's

lungs clog with mucus. Today's slice of pizza may trigger

tomorrow's asthma attack. Who will make the connection?

 

Robert Cohen

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