Milk Side Effects

Milk side effects are not to be taken lightly

If your health is compromised, you are advised to review this list of the side effects of milk and consider entirely removing cow's milk from your diet. If, after you've read the list, you still want to drink milk, then organic milk is a much better choice than the full-on industrial product sold in supermarkets..

14 Milk Side Effects:

1. Ovarian cancer rates parallel dairy-eating patterns around the world. The culprit seems to be galactose, the simple sugar broken down from the milk sugar lactose.

2. Pesticides concentrate in the milk of both farm animals and humans. A study by the Environmental Defense Fund found widespread pesticide contamination of human breast milk among 1,400 women in forty-six states. The levels of contamination were twice as high among the meat-and-dairy-eating women as among vegetarians.

3. Even “moderate use of antibiotics in animal feed can result in the development of antibiotic resistance in animal bacteria - and the subsequent transfer of that resistance to human bacteria” Joseph Beasley, M.D., and Jerry Swift in The Kellogg Report (The Institute of Health Policy and Practice, 1989)

4. Recently, cows have started to receive growth hormones to increase their milk production, although the long-term effects on humans are unknown.

5. Cow's milk proteins damage the human immune system. Repeated exposure to these proteins disrupts normal immune function and may eventually lead to disease.

6. Removing dairy from the diet has been shown to shrink enlarged tonsils and adenoids, indicating relief for the immune system.

7. Doctors experimenting with dairy-free diets often report a marked reduction in colds, flu, sinusitis and ear infections. In addition, dairy is a tremendous mucus producer and a burden on the respiratory, digestive and immune system, causing milk side effects to be systemic.

8. Colic and ear Infections are common in infants that are fed cow’s milk. You just don't see these condition among infants and children who aren't getting cow's milk into their systems

9. Dairy products are the leading cause of food allergy, often revealed by diarrhea, constipation and fatigue.

10. Many cases of asthma and sinus infections are reported to be relieved and even eliminated by cutting out dairy. The exclusion of dairy, however, must be complete to see any benefit.

11. Antigens in cow's milk may also contribute to rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. The symptoms often fade rapidly after patients eliminate dairy products from their diets.

12. Consumption of cow's milk has been associated with insulin-dependent diabetes. The milk protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) somehow leads to an autoimmune reaction aimed at the pancreas and ultimately to impairment of the pancreas's ability to produce insulin.

13. Cow's milk causes loss of iron and hemoglobin in infants (one reason the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that infants not drink cow's milk) by triggering blood loss from the intestinal tract. Some research also shows that iron absorption is blocked by as much as 60 percent when dairy products are consumed in the same meal.

14. A 1989 study in Nutrition and Cancer linked the risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with the consumption of cow's milk and butter. High levels of the cow's milk protein beta-lactoglobulin have also been found in the blood of lung cancer patients, suggesting a link with this cancer as well.

Bottom line, milk is a great food... if your goal is to turn into a 1,200 pound cow.

Try one of the milk substitutes. Most health stores sell rice milk or oat milk or almond milk . Find one that you like and use - it in moderate amounts. You can find organic versions of these products.

Biblical Footnote:

People sometimes bring up the Bible and its promotion of "milk" as a reason to ignore these milk side effects. And yes, the Bible does indeed promote the use of milk, but there are two significant considerations to bear in mind:

1. the Bible does not refer to homogenized, pasteurized, antibiotic injected, growth hormone "enhanced" cow's milk;

2. more importantly, in biblical times cow's milk was almost never used. The tribes of Israel drank camel's milk (Genesis 32:15), sheep's milk (Deuteronomy 32:14; 1 Corinthians 9:7), and goat's milk (Proverbs 27:27). They kept goats primarily for their milk, Goat’s milk remains a good health choice. It does not have cow's milk side effects.

Milk side effects can be removed using my Four Step Natural Cure Plan Home