“The path that transforms healthy milk products into allergens and carcinogens begins with modern feeding methods that substitute high-protein, soy-based feeds for fresh green grass and breeding methods to produce cows with abnormally large pituitary glands so that they produce three times more milk than the old fashioned scrub cow. These cows need antibiotics to keep them well.”
“Their milk is then pasteurized so that all valuable enzymes are destroyed (lactase for the assimilation of lactose; galactase for the assimilation of galactose; phosphatase for the assimilation of calcium). Literally dozens of other precious enzymes are destroyed in the pasteurization process. Without them, milk is very difficult to digest. The human pancreas is not always able to produce these enzymes; over-stress of the pancreas can lead to diabetes and other diseases.”
I am extremely tall. At 6’4", I am the tallest in the family. I attribute this tallness to the hormones in the milk I drink. I still drink it at age 42.
I’d like some evidence that these enzymes are in milk in the first place. Lactase is produced in the intestines of mammals; it does not need to be in the milk. Milk does not even contain galactose - it is a byproduct of lactose digestion, which, again, takes place in the intestines where the galactase is manufactured.
This claim about pasteurization destroying enzymes in milk appears in many of the anti-milk sites. I’ve traced it back to an article by Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, “Soy Products for Dairy Products—Not so Fast” in Health Freedom News, September 1995. (Reprinted here.) Oddly, though, this particular claim is not footnoted.
I don’t understand it, and I know of no evidence to support it.
Yes, you can spend your days and nights reading anti-milk propaganda. My question is, how much of it is accurate and how much is just repeating questionable calims from questionable sources? You also have to read very closely to understand exactly what the objections are: is all milk bad, or is it just pasteurized milk that is bad and raw milk good, or is it organic milk that is good, and if it is bad, just exactly what about milk is bad and how do we know this?
Milk is currently an extremely contentious issue. It’s hard to look past the propaganda (from both sides) to see what the truth might be. But when I see people spreading what I know to be nonsense I have to call it.
BTW, welcome to the SDMB. I’m impressed that you’re supplying links right off the bat. That’s a great start.
