Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Got Milk?...What Kind?

Most North Americans and Europeans grow up with the idea that milk is a healthful beverage, and the dairy industry has certainly done its best to promote that idea. However, researchers seeking to understand why people following Western diets tend to have high cancer rates have begun to point the finger of blame not only at meat and other fatty food, but also at diary products.
Processed cow's milk is bad for your health and bad for the cows who give it. It's great for corporate profits, however, and that's why milk continues to be so heavily marketed as a nutritional beverage. They've even managed to so strongly influence the USDA that the latest dietary recommendations by this government agency essentially recommend that everyone should drink more milk.  The pasteurization kills all the beneficial microorganisms, and homogenization artificially modifies dairy fats in a way that ultimately harms the human cardiovascular system when consumed.  Processed "mainstream" milk is also taken from dairy cows pumped up with antibiotics, rBGH (Bovine Growth Hormone) and usually treated very poorly in terms of ethics. Even the popular brands showing happy cows and claiming to be organic are under intense fire by the Organic Consumers Association (www.OrganicConsumers.org) for exploiting certain loopholes that allow non-organic cows to be suddenly considered "organic" on the day they're giving milk. Milk drinkers have more IGF-I in their bloodstreams. IGF-I is a powerful stimulus for cancer cell growth.
Healthier beverages to replace cow's milk include:
Soymilk~ contains only vegetable proteins, no hormones, no lactose, reduces cholesterol, does not cause insulin dependent diabetes and is rich in isoflavoines.
Rice Milk~ made from brown rice, no lactose, higher in carbohydrates and fortified with calcium and other vitamins, low in fat and contains less proteins and fat than soymilk(better for people with cardiovascular disease or diabetics)
Almond Milk~ tastes great! Great source of magnesium, potassium and Vitamin E, no lactose, low in calories, does not have to be refrigerated.
Oat Milk~ high in fiber, cholesterol and lactose free, contains Vitamin E, folic acid and other minerals, rich in phytochemicals(naturally occurring chemicals in plants that help fight disease such as cancer, heart disease and stroke),
Goat Milk~ Goat milk is as close to a perfect food as possible in nature. Its chemical structure is amazingly similar to mother's milk. It is a complete protein containing all the essential amino acids without the heavy fat content and inflaming producing materials of cow's milk(and is especially beneficial to infants when mother's milk isn't available). The proteins in the goat's milk are, no doubt, easier for humans to digest. Goat milk neutralizes acids and toxins. Goat milk is high in healing enzymes and has a superior form of calcium than cow milk.

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