Milk and milk products

Cow's milk was designed by nature to provide nutrition for a baby cow. A
cow's nutritional needs are very different from those of a human. The fat,
cholesterol, and protein found in cow's milk have extremely adverse effects
on humans health. Here are some of the recent discoveries scientists have
made when they studied the effects of cow's milk on humans.

Dairy products, including milk, cheese, and yogurt, cause illness in
humans in several ways.

• Whole dairy foods are rich in fat and cholesterol and absent of
fiber. Fat and cholesterol contribute to heart disease, certain cancers, and
adult-onset diabetes.
• Studies have shown that all varieties of milk, including whole,
low-fat, and skim, contain proteins that, in sensitive people, stimulate an
immune reaction and trigger the onset of allergies, connective tissue
disorders, and joint pain.
• The sugar in milk, called lactose, is indigestible for many people.
For those who are lactose intolerance, milk sugar gives rise to a variety of
adverse symptoms and allergic reactions.
• Milk's rich supply of protein causes the body to leach calcium and
phosphorous from bones and thus contributes to osteoporosis.

Research has shown that the number one cause of food allergies is the
protein in cow's milk. Scientists have found that cow's milk can cause
asthma, bedwetting, chronic runny nose, ear infections, and eczema.

These proteins also affect our energy levels. Scientists have reported
that dairy proteins are the number one cause of anemia in young children,
which is characterized by chronic fatigue and lethargy. The proteins in
cow's milk block iron absorption in the small intestine, thus robbing the
body of what it needs to produce hemoglobin. Hemoglobin carries oxygen in the blood, which is the basis for all energy in the body. When iron is low,
hemoglobin is also low, and so too are energy-producing oxygen levels.
Childhood Diabetes and Dairy Foods

A landmark study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (July
1992) revealed that cow's milk can trigger the onset of juvenile, or
childhood, diabetes in sensitive children. Researchers found that children
produced antibodies in response to proteins in cow's milk, specifically
bovine albumin peptide. The cow's milk proteins attached themselves to the
surface of the pancreas, the organ that produces insulin. Insulin is the
hormone used by the body to make sugar available to cells. Without insulin, cells die. When the antibodies attacked the proteins, they very likely
destroyed the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas, as well. This,
of course, destroyed the pancreas's ability to produce insulin.

Scientists have known for many years that childhood diabetes was caused
by an immune response that destroyed the insulin producing cells. Animal
studies have shown that cow's milk can trigger that autoimmune reaction and cause diabetes. Moreover, researchers have found that diabetes turns up in wealthy populations that consume large quantities of dairy products.
Conversely, it is rare in populations that do not consume cow's milk, such as Asia and Africa. Researchers have also found that feeding infants only
breast milk not only delays the consumption of milk products, but also
reduces the risk of childhood diabetes.

Other studies have shown that dairy products are linked with an increase
in inflammatory arthritis, which is far more common in the dairy consuming
Western nations, such as the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and New
Zealand.

One of the primary causes of arthritis is an immune reaction caused by
the presence of animal proteins in your blood, especially proteins from dairy
foods. Once animal proteins make their way into the blood of sensitive
people, the immune system produces antibodies whose mission is to attack and destroy these proteins. These proteins combine with the antibodies to form compounds called "immune complexes." The immune complexes take up residence in the joints and act as irritants, much the same way a sliver of wood would irritate your tissues if it were placed in one or more of your joints.

The answer to many of these problems is simply to eliminate the animal
proteins, especially those from dairy foods.