Two things: First, I've been wondering how to get this picture on my blog in a relevant way, and second, I guarantee Rebecca doesn't drink pasteurized milk or she would look more like a cow than the beautiful model she is.
I was reading a blog today from the author of my diet program about this very topic - how milk - particularly pasteurized milk - is negatively affecting people who drink it, particularly in the US because Americans drink the most milk of any other country.
What do we have to show for it?
1. One of the fattest populations in the world - two thirds of the population is overweight or obese, with obesity in children approaching 40% (44.4% in Mississippi).
2. The highest rate of osteoporosis in the world.
How can that be if milk is so rich in calcium? What about "you never outgrow your need for milk"?
There are two culprits here (three if you count the Food and Drug Administration).
The first is a combination of two things: the fact that milk sugar (lactose) easily converts to sugar in your body which has a roller coaster effect to your blood sugar levels; and second, the addition of Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone, a genetically engineered hormone produced by Monsanto and called POSILAC. Sounds like a baby formula!
The FDA approves it although it's banned in Europe and Canada. It is like "crack for cows" in that it revs up their system and forces them to produce 10-15% more milk, but it also makes them sick by producing udder infections, reproductive problems, digestive disorders, foot and leg ailments, and persistent sores and lacerations.
But just having rBGH in your milk (also contaminated by pus from the infection) isn't the only problem. Drugs to the rescue. Antibiotics are used on the sick cows, so now the milk they produce has antibiotics in it as well. Sounds delicious!
rBGH milk is supercharged with high levels of a natural growth factor (IGF-1), excess levels of which have been incriminated as major causes of breast, colon, and prostate cancer.
So on top of messing with your blood sugar levels; introducing growth hormone into your system that actually does make you grow - women's breasts actually do get larger, but so do men's; providing you with an antibiotic dose whether you want it or not; milk also makes you more vulnerable to several cancers. Oh, by the way, about 40% of the beef used to make hamburgers comes from "old" dairy cows. It just gets better.
The second is pasteurization. By pasteurizing milk you kill off all the necessary digestive enzymes that product lactose intolerance in humans. It also makes about 50% of the calcium in milk insoluble, so people who drink milk as their main source of calcium are only get about half of what they expect, leading to osteoporosis.
Here a few solutions....
If you must drink milk (I gave it up 7 years ago when I did my first research on the topic) you need to:
1. Be sure the cows have not received rBGH or any antibiotics and are preferably grass fed.
2. Try to find raw (unpasteurized) milk. www.realmilk.com is a great resource.
3. If you can't find raw milk in your area at least drink organic milk which will be drug free.
3. To get more calcium you can eat more green leafy vegetables, broccoli and salmon and take a highly absorbable calcium supplement everyday. A company I work with has the best on the market - just email me and I'll get it for you.
4. For osteoporosis prevention commit to a strength training program to not only build your muscles but also your bones.
5. Send an email to the FDA and tell them to start doing their job - protecting the public.
The milk mustache is great as long as you don't drink the milk.
Have a great day and please leave your comments below or email or call.
Bill Ehmann
billehmann@boomer-solutions.com
330-858-1906
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