Milk and dairy; is it good for you?
The answer is NO! My
view is that no adult human should drink milk.
Further, I don’t believe it is healthy to consume more than a small
amount of any dairy products. We are raised with the idea that milk is
important in our diet because it contains calcium and we need calcium to strengthen
our bones. The dairy industry has been
the main proponent of this view, even if there is little scientific evidence
that consuming dairy will lead to higher calcium content in our bones. Milk is often promoted as a key way to fight
osteoporosis but Americans have the highest rate of osteoporosis in the world
despite also consuming the most dairy of any country. All of this is a big lie, designed by the
dairy industry to promote the interests of the dairy industry to grow their
business and maximize profits.
The industry talks about the benefit of getting calcium
through the milk (which is debatable) but neglects tell to us about how harmful
it can be for our health.
Humans are the only mammals that consume milk after the age
of 2. Mother's milk is the only milk
that humans need and only in the beginning
of our lives. Mother’s milk helps
to build a strong immune system and is an excellent source of nourishment.
But what happens when humans drink the milk of another animal? What happens when that milk is pasteurized?
Fresh raw milk from cows, goats, and sheep may have a number of nourishing
qualities and nutrients but it has a completely different chemical composition
than human milk. Further it lacks the
human energy field, the human vitality, the human quality. When this milk is
pasteurized, homogenized, and even worse when synthetic vitamins are added to
it, we can be certain that it is a totally different substance from the one
that goes directly from the human mother's nipple to her child's mouth.
Milk sold in stores is a pasteurized product, it is
processed. What does this mean? Well it means that to kill all bacteria that
milk has, it is heated at high temperatures.
This process does kill bacteria, some of which can cause illness, but it
is also kills all the enzymes and good bacteria, so you are not putting the
nutrients unprocessed milk contains into your body. By consuming milk you are actually causing your
body to waste your enzymes while digesting it.
This can weaken your body and interrupt vitality.
We can't go against nature, if we continue consuming dairy
we will suffer the consequences. To understand it better, examine the
composition of a cow’s milk, you will see cow’s milk has a very different
composition from human milk. Casein is an awful protein contained in milk that
coagulates in our stomach and makes it difficult to break it down, wasting our
energy and enzymes. Also dairy creates
mucus, clogging our body. It's an acid
forming food and continuing to consume it won't help to lose weight. Also the consumption of dairy products,
including milk, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream, appears to be strongly linked to various disorders of the
female reproductive system, including ovarian tumors and cysts, vaginal
discharges and infections. For you guys
out there, in 2001 The University of Harvard released a research study that
found men with a high intake of dairy products had approximately double the
risk of prostate cancer.The American practice of homogenizing milk, and then fortifying it with synthetic vitamin D, which encourages calcium deposits, may be among the reasons why very young children in this country already have hardening of the arteries.
For those who love cheese like me it can be hard to avoid.
The best choices are raw cheeses because they contain enzymes and
beneficial bacteria (probiotics). Raw goat milk cheeses contain 13 percent more
calcium, 134 percent more potassium and 47 percent more vitamin A than cow's
milk. Raw Organic Sheep Milk is my other healthier option. Sheep
milk and its products are widely consumed in other parts of the world,
especially in the Mediterranean. This milk is richer in protein than cow or
goat's milk. Greek Feta cheese and Italian ricotta traditionally are made
from sheep's milk.
Of course eat those animal products in
"Moderation". Happiness through well-being.
The good news is that there are plenty of alternatives to milk
products. My preferred way to get my
calcium is leafy greens ( broccoli, collards, kale, parsley, watercress); I
especially like to make a green juice to take first thing in the morning. Other sources include grains, beans and
nuts, sesame seeds and sea vegetables
(agar, dulse, hiziki, kelp, kombu, wakame), soups made with fish bone like
sardines.
