Last Wednesday I wrote about the dangers of dairy products-
-how they're acid-producing and mucus creating; that they
can't be digested by our bodies and why we can't even use
the calcium in them.
We got a LOT of feedback from that letter from people who
felt I was generalizing by calling all milk bad. They
believe raw dairy products are OK--it's just pasteurized
dairy that's bad.
Not quite.
Here's what I mean.
It is a true statement that raw dairy products are
superior to pasteurized, but they're both detrimental to
your health.
Let's first take a look at pasteurization.
Pasteurization came about in the late 1800's when the milk
supply was dirty and people were getting sick and dying
from it. There was a definite need to clean up the milk,
so it was thought that heating the milk to 170 degrees
would take care of the problem.
Not true.
Pasteurized milk can still be filthy. It can have hair,
soot, dust, dirt, feces, perspiration or insects in it--
pasteurization does nothing to remove any of those.
Pasteurization isn't even a guarantee that your milk won't
have salmonella in it.
What pasteurization does do is kill the milk. That's
right--enzymes and nutrients are completely destroyed when
the milk is heated. In studies where calves were fed
nothing but pasteurized milk, they died! And they're the
animal the milk is designed for!
Another thing pasteurization does is give milk a longer
shelf life--very attractive to milk producers who want to
mass produce and ship it. But instead of souring like raw
milk does (where you know with one sniff it's bad),
pasteurized milk just rots and putrefies and you can't
necessarily tell by its smell or taste.
Pasteurized milk is rancid long before it smells bad, so
the chances of your drinking rotten milk are extremely
good. Yum yum.
Now for the issue of raw versus pasteurized: Raw milk is
superior to pasteurized milk. At least with raw milk,
you're getting it in its original state (not killed from
pasteurization) with the naturally occurring enzymes and
nutrients. Plus there's no question when it's gone bad
because the smell will knock you over.
But raw or pasteurized, milk is still an acid-forming
food, it's high in cholesterol and fat and has absolutely
no fiber--a horrible combination according to any
recognized authority on nutrition.
Raw or pasteurized, milk is still mucus creating in the
body. And by age 3 or 4, our digestive tracts lack the
enzymes (rennin and lactase) that are necessary to digest
it. So the stomach goes into overdrive, secreting acid
over and over trying to digest something it can't digest.
"Milk--it does a body good." HA!
And last but not least, no dairy products--raw or
pasteurized--are necessary for calcium. Every type of
plant that grows in the ground gets calcium from the soil.
You eat the plant, you get the calcium. Simple.
And you get it in a form that can be used by the body--in
an alkaline food--not in an acid-forming food like milk
where your body needs to use that calcium and more from
your bones and organs to neutralize the acid.
That's how cows do it! They eat grass, they're enormous
and have all the calcium they need.
Think about this: If milk were the best source of
calcium, then why is it that the US, a country that
consumes over 300 pounds of dairy products per person each
year, has the highest rate of osteoporosis in the world?
And in other countries where milk consumption is extremely
low or none, osteoporosis is practically non-existent.
Don't be fooled by the lies of the Dairy Council any
longer. Milk--raw or pasteurized--is not a health food.
It causes sickness and disease. And it's not a good source
of calcium.
Ignore the ads with the celebrities and their painted-on
milk moustaches. They get paid to say they drink milk, you
know.
Instead, "moooove" on over to Great Taste No Pain and
learn about healthy milk alternatives and eat delicious
meals featuring alkaline, calcium-rich foods.
And even if you're a die-hard dairy lover that won't give
it up, you'll learn how to eat it to minimize its harmful
effects.
PS: Great Taste No Pain is saving Judi's life and sanity:
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Sherry:
I have been on your Great Taste No Pain program for 8
wonderful and blissful weeks now. There is no going back
for me!!
After years of doctors, diagnoses, and more pills than I
care to mention, I am free of bloating, stomach and
abdominal pain, gas emissions, headaches, and fear of
putting food in my mouth.
In fact, for the first time in YEARS, I am eating lettuce
again! It's unbelievable to me, and yet, true.
A secondary effect is that I have lost almost 30 of the 60
pounds I gained while taking steroids for an adrenal
disease, and I am still losing weight.
This is all a result of complete frustration after another
diagnosis one morning nine weeks ago. The doctor told me I
would need another medication for acid reflux, and I said,
"No more!"
That is when I went searching on the internet and found
your website. Thank you for setting me straight.
This program is so simple, and yet it is saving my life
(and sanity). God bless you!
