SubscribeI stopped regularly drinking milk years ago for health reasons, and- based on the sheer volume of milk propaganda going around- have always felt the dairy industry has had an unnatural grip on American dietary habits.
From the site www.milksucks.com:
Dairy products are a health hazard. They contain no fiber or complex carbohydrates and are laden with saturated fat and cholesterol. They are contaminated with cow’s blood and pus and are frequently contaminated with pesticides, hormones, and antibiotics. Dairy products are linked to allergies, constipation, obesity, heart disease, cancer, and other diseases.
The late Dr. Benjamin Spock, America’s leading authority on child care, spoke out against feeding cow’s milk to children, saying it can cause anemia, allergies, and insulin-dependent diabetes and in the long term, will set kids up for obesity and heart disease, America’s number one cause of death.
And dairy products may actually cause osteoporosis, not prevent it, since their high-protein content leaches calcium from the body. Population studies, backed up by a groundbreaking Harvard study of more than 75,000 nurses, suggest that drinking milk can actually cause osteoporosis
Came across a very recent study showing that the more milk you drink each day, the more likely you are to get Parkinson’s disease- a horrible degenerative disease of the brain that is surprisingly common in the elderly.
Men who consumed more than 16oz of milk a day were 2.3 times more likely to develop Parkinson’s than those who drank no milk at all.
The study, conducted by researchers at Korea University, was published in the journal Neurology.
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When you mention an article, such as the one by the Korean researchers that was published in Neurology, can you give the article citation as well? It would be helpful. In this case, the article is:
Consumption of milk and calcium in midlife and the future risk of Parkinson disease. NEUROLOGY 2005 Mar 22;64(6):1047-51.
The abstract is at:
http://www.neurology.org/cgi/c...../64/6/1047
Not a bad idea Al, will try to do. Thanks for the feedback
i know this is a bit of an old article but i was browsing the site and came across this. i got to say it concerns me a bit being a mother of a 2 year old. my son is over the hundred percentile for height and weight. hes not a fat kid by any means but He is the size of a four year old at least. so he eats and drinks a bit more than your average two year old. my son goes through roughly a half gallon of milk a day maybe a lil more on some days. is this article suggesting that this is unhealthy and if so what would be better to give my kid all day rather than. and how much milk is suggested to be ok???
Hi Charity- our kids hardly drink any milk. When they’re thirsty, they drink water, sometimes with a little juice mixed in for flavor. The only time they really consume dairy is via ice cream and cheese.