Milk

[Tomissan]

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[quote name=sierra01' date='2005-12

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but I thought it was common knowledge, at least in the UK, that cows milk is bad for a baby? Naturally (no pun intended) Mother's milk is best but formula milk is an excellent substitute. I'm not sure but I think goats milk is also ok for babies? (end quote)

Cow's milk is meant for calves, and babies are meant to drink mother's milk until weaned from it. Nature has designed both types of milk and digestive systems accordingly. It is a scientifically documented fact that calves fed on pasteurized milk from their own mother cows usually die within six weeks, so it stands to reason that pasteurized cow's milk is not a wholesome, life-sustaining food for calves, much less for humans. Yet not only do adult humans feed this denatured animal secretion to their own infants, they also consume it themselves.

Cow's milk has four times the protein and only half the carbohydrate content of human milk, pasteurization destroys the natural enzyme in cow's milk required to digest its heavy protein content. This excess milk protein therefore putrefies in the human digestive tract, clogging, the intestines with sticky sludge, some of which seeps into the bloodstream. As this putrid sludge accumulates from daily consumption of dairy products, the body forces some of it out through the skin (acne, blemishes) and lungs (catarrh), while the rest of it festers inside, forms mucus that breeds infections, causes allergic reactions, and stiffens joints with calcium deposits. Many cases of chronic asthma, allergies, ear infections, and acne have been totally cured simply by eliminating all dairy products from the diet.

Many women, as well as men, consume dairy products because their doctors tell them it's a good source of calcium. This is fallacious advice. True, cow's milk contains 118 mg of calcium in every 100 grams, compared to 33 mg/100 grams in human milk. But cow's milk also contains 97 mg phosphorus/100 grams, compared to 18 mg in human milk. Phosphorus combines with calcium in the digestive tract and actually blocks it assimilation. Dr. Frank Oski, chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the State University of New York's Medical Center, states: "Only foods with a calcium-to-phosphorus-ratio of two-to-one or better should be used as a primary source of calcium. The ratio in human milk is 2.35 to one, in cow's milk only 1.27 to one. Cow's milk also contains 50 mg sodium/100 grams, compared with only 16 mg in human milk, so dairy products are probably one of the most common sources of excess sodium in the modern Western diet.

Besides, cow's milk is not nearly as good a source of calcium as other far more digestible and wholesome foods. Compare the 118 mg. calcium/100 grams cow's milk with 100 grams of the following foods: almonds (254 mg) and sardines (400 mg).

If you insist on consuming dairy products, your best bet is goat's milk, which approximates the nutritional composition and balance of human milk. The only safe products made from cow's milk are fresh butter, which is a digestible fat and fresh live-cultured yoghurt, which is predigested for you by lacto bacteria, but even these should be consumed in moderation and preferably prepared from raw unpasteurized milk

Most baby milk formulas are made from cows milk and devoid of the enzymes necessary for proper digestion and assimilation, etc., etc. In addition, most formulas also have msg and other non-essential debiliating ingredients...

Edited December 12, 2005 by Tomissan

[chownah]

I didn't read every word of the op...I don't have to decide what any baby will be raised on at this stage of my life....but I would like to point out that as a baby, child, and adolescent the only milk I ever consumed was pasteurized cows milk. This is also true for most Americans who grew up at the same time as I did. It seemed to work ok. I'm not saying that is is the best since I have heard from many sources that mother's milk is best and I believe it....but....the cows milk subsitute has worked for countless millions of babies throughout the world with no appreciable negative effects. So...it might not be the best...but...it seems to have worked ok in many cases.

[britmaveric]

I didn't read every word of the op...I don't have to decide what any baby will be raised on at this stage of my life....but I would like to point out that as a baby, child, and adolescent the only milk I ever consumed was pasteurized cows milk.  This is also true for most Americans who grew up at the same time as I did.  It seemed to work ok.  I'm not saying that is is the best since I have heard from many sources that mother's milk is best and I believe it....but....the cows milk subsitute has worked for countless millions of babies throughout the world with no appreciable negative effects.  So...it might not be the best...but...it seems to have worked ok in many cases.

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[Tomissan]

I didn't read every word of the op...I don't have to decide what any baby will be raised on at this stage of my life....but I would like to point out that as a baby, child, and adolescent the only milk I ever consumed was pasteurized cows milk.  This is also true for most Americans who grew up at the same time as I did.  It seemed to work ok.  I'm not saying that is is the best since I have heard from many sources that mother's milk is best and I believe it....but....the cows milk subsitute has worked for countless millions of babies throughout the world with no appreciable negative effects.  So...it might not be the best...but...it seems to have worked ok in many cases.

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I'm also an American who grew up on cow's milk because I didn't know any better. But now I know better and I can assure you my health has improved over the years by eliminating milk from my diet. Of course we can all argue the good and bad of just about everything but the truth is "in the pudding" and how it affects you on a personal and physiological level. There's much on the internet so there's no need for me to waste a lot of space here talking about the health benefits of not consuming cow's milk. All I can say is from my own pesonal experience and that of my wife and close friends who don't use dairy products.

For most of them, they are free from most physical problems that are associated with years of consuming dairy products and understand through self discovery and research the benefits of a proper diet. I'm not here to argue the facts. Life is self-discovery, so if you enjoy drinking milk, by all means drink and enjoy....bottoms up...