Dairy and Nutrition
Most people are living on a high-carbohydrate diet, dominated by bread, pasta, and processed foods. That is
the current fad about what is healthy. Most meat that is served is processed and full of saturated fat and cholesterol.
If you were to take a look at people on the standard American diet, the first thing you would notice is obesity.
If you were to look closer still, you would see acne and rotting teeth. Ask the average American a few questions about their
medical history, and you will be alarmed at the number of people taking medication for high blood pressure, constipation,
stomach problems, and headaches.
Powerful food and pharmaceutical industries pour billions of dollars into advertising campaigns, and they
also fund research designed to convince you that their products are healthy and efficacious. The result of this advertising
is people who do not associate their poor health, lack of vitality, and many other ailments with the food they eat or the
drugs they take. Obesity and poor health in our society is believed to be inevitable.
The dairy industry tells us that if we do not drink their milk, we will not have strong bones and teeth. Yet
nothing could be further from the truth. Dairy products may actually cause osteoporosis, not prevent it, since their high-protein
content leaches calcium from the body. This idea was backed up and confirmed by a groundbreaking Harvard study of more than
75,000 nurses. The study concluded that drinking milk can actually cause osteoporosis.
The late Dr. Benjamin Spock, America's leading authority on childcare, spoke out against feeding cow's milk to children. Dr. Spock said cow's milk can
cause anemia, allergies, and insulin-dependent diabetes. This will set kids up for obesity and heart disease, America's number
one cause of death.
One of milk's proteins is an enzyme called "xanthine oxidase." The process of homogenization/pasteurization
oxidizes the xanthine enzyme. This is responsible for free radicals, and when arterial plaque is analyzed, bovine (cow) xanthine oxidase is found. These processes make the milk indigestible.
Milk, laden with fat, should be processed by our digestive system, but the fat-eating enzyme (lipase) is destroyed
during the pasteurization process. Without lipase, digestion of dairy is hard on your pancreas and can lead to free radical production. Free radicals
can cause degenerative diseases such as arthritis and heart disease. Not only does pasteurization kill the friendly bacteria,
it also greatly diminishes the nutrient content of the milk. Pasteurized milk has up to a 66 percent loss of vitamins A, D
and E. Vitamin C loss usually exceeds 50 percent. Heat caused by pasteurization affects water-soluble vitamins and can make
them 38 percent to 80 percent less effective. Vitamins B6 and B12 are completely destroyed during pasteurization. (The dairy
industry is aware of the diminished vitamin D content in commercial milk, so they fortify it with a form of this vitamin.)
In addition, the lactose content in milk is as hard on the body as any plain table sugar. Milk can even cause excess gas,
allergies, a stuffy nose and other degenerative diseases.
Homogenization forces milk through tiny canals under extremely high pressure. This coats the milk protein with fat, creating millions of
tiny fat balls with protein trapped inside giving homogenized milk its smooth consistency and preventing separation of the
fat and protein. Therefore, you do not have to bother shaking the milk before pouring, as was once done before homogenization
became a standard practice.
Milk is not made for human beings. Cows, like all mammals, produce milk to feed their young. Yet even baby
cows do not do well on homogenized, pasteurized milk, because this process destroys most of its nutritional value.
Lack of education about food production and processing can be as big a threat to our health as any disease.
