If milk is so healthy for us, and we couldn't possible live a healthy life without it why on earth do we have to be told to drink it?  Why is it recommended that the average child drink 2 - 3 one cup servings per day?  Why is the average adult told to drink 2 - 4 one cup servings per day?

North American's take the lead in consuming milk as a favored beverage.  We are told this beverage is healthy for us, and we get our necessary amounts of vitamins and minerals from milk.  Yet North Americans have the highest rate of calcium deficiency disease in the world!  That means we have the highest incidences of bone fractures and Osteoporosis in the world!  Wait a minute - I thought we would have the strongest bones because we drink so much milk!  WRONG!

Dispelling the milk myth:

Most individuals in other nations around the world do not consume milk after the first two years of life.  And, most often during the first two years of life the child consumes mothers' breast milk!  Now when I mention these nations, I'm referring to the more primitive nations that have not been dumbed down by the best interests of man and government.

Lets dispel this myth right now:

MYTH:  "Cow's milk is nature's perfect food for humans"

TRUTH:  Cow's milk is not nature's perfect food for humans!  In fact Cow's milk is the perfect food for young calves and only young calves.  That is how nature intended cow's milk be used.  Take a look at the growth of a calf.  In the first year a calf sometimes grows 4 times the size it was at birth.  Now take a look at the growth rate of  a human in the first year.  A baby may double the size it was at birth. That is a big difference in growth rate.  How can anyone suggest that a human baby and calf be fed the same food and need the same amount of nutrients, fats and protein?

A German study in the early 1900's found that of 49,362 children born in Berlin during 1890 12,623 of those children died by the end of that year.  Of those who died, 8,008 were fed on cow's milk. Only 1,588 had been breast fed!!  Further statistics from that study showed of those fed on mother's milk one in thirteen died, while of those brought up bottle fed, one out of every two died.  

Wow!  Those are some astounding facts.  That is from only one study - there are many more reasons not to feed babies cow's milk.

Protein ratio?  Human milk is 1.3% protein whereas cow's milk (and most commercial formulas) is 3.3% protein.  Feeding a baby anything but mother's milk puts that child at an increased risk for obesity for the simple fact of the protein ratio.  Excess protein places a huge load on the kidneys and some children gain weight faster because they retain more fluid.  

If babies are at a greater risk of developing obesity related problems from consuming cow's milk just think what would happen to an adult from consuming cow's milk.

The calcium myth:

Your bones and teeth can be healthy without milk!

Cows' milk is rich in phosphorous which can combine with calcium -- and can prevent you from absorbing the calcium in milk. The milk protein also accelerates calcium excretion from the blood through the kidneys.  This is also true when you eat large amount of meat and poultry products. Vegetarians will need about 50% less calcium than meat eaters because they lose much less calcium in their urine.

It is possible to obtain all your calcium from dark green vegetables (where do you think the cow gets their calcium from?). The darker the better. Cooked collard greens, spinach, broccoli and kale are especially good. If you feel you are not getting enough calcium you can always take a supplement, there are many on the market to choose from!

Toxicity?

Many cancers are of the reproductive organs are linked to too many hormones such as estrogen etc.  Many times estradiol, progesterone and testosterone are added to feed or injected into cattle.  These hormones cause the cow to grow larger faster, therefore yielding more profit to the farmer and big business.  Cows' milk is loaded with more  than 144 chemicals that are pumped into the cow;  antibiotics, growth hormones, drugs,  pesticides of all  kinds, and fattening chemicals to fatten up the beef cows.  YOU  are ingesting all those chemicals too, if you drink the milk or eat the meat;  and  these poisons (without proper detoxing and cleansing) will stay in your cells and tissues forever and will likely cause many health issues down the road.

How about Bovine Growth Hormone?

BGH is used by most dairy farmers to increase milk production in their dairy cows.  This hormone is unsafe for human consumption!

BGH will also decrease the body fat of cows. Unfortunately, the body fat of cows is already contaminated with a wide range of carcinogens, pesticides, dioxin, and antibiotic residues. When the cows have less body fat, these toxic substances are then transported into the cows' milk.

Before  BGH was used, 38%of milk sampled nationally was already contaminated by illegal residues of antibiotics and animal drugs. This will only increase with the use of BGH. One can only wonder what the long term complications will be for drinking milk that has a 50% chance it is contaminated with antibiotics.

Considering that cow's milk is toxic with hormones, antibiotics and other environmental toxins and drugs consumed by the cow.  Why would that milk be recommended for consumption?  Especially children or babies?  Just think of this when a nursing mother cannot take over half of legal pharmaceuticals because it will turn her breast milk toxic and be a danger to the baby.  Should that warning not apply to cow's milk also?

Cow's milk is the number one allergic food in this country. It has been well documented as a cause in diarrhea, cramps, bloating, gas, gastrointestinal bleeding, iron-deficiency anemia, skin rashes, arteriosclerosis, and acne.

It is the primary cause of recurrent ear infections in children. Ear specialists frequently insert tubes into the ear drums of infants to treat recurrent ear infections. It has replaced the previously popular tonsillectomy to become the number one surgery in the country.  Most of these specialists don't realize that over 50% of these children will improve and have no further ear infections if they just stop drinking their milk.  It has also been linked to insulin dependent diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, infertility, and leukemia.

Now after reading this do you still want to feed your kids milk?  Would you drink milk?

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