For some time, I have been instructing my patients NOT to drink cow’s mild. Let me start off by saying that in it’s purest form, cow’s milk is not generally bad. Although, personally, I stick to “nut milk” like almond mild or even rice milk. It doesn’t quite taste the same, but it’s an acquired taste and after a few weeks you won’t miss cow’s milk at all….but I digress….
Again, in it’s pure form, cow’s milk is probably not dangerous. However, cow’s milk as purchases in grocery stores is loaded with antibiotics, hormones a genetically modified substances that are not good for the human body. Some of these constituents are known to be bad. For instance, bovine growth hormone is linked to breast, prostate and colon cancer. This hormone is injected into cows to make them produce more milk
On a more, well, disgusting level….milk contains pus. The national averages show at least 322 million cell-counts of pus per glass of milk.] This is well-above the human limit for pus-intake, and has been directly linked to paratuberculosis bacteria, and Chron’s disease. The pus comes from infected udders on the cows.
There is also concern about cows’ milk triggering diabetes. Research implicates a connection with cow’s insulin and/or a bovine milk protein called glycodelin and type 1 diabetes. Currently, a pilot study is underway sponsored by the National Institute of Health and Welfare in Finland to assess insulin-free cow milk formula in the prevention of type 1 diabetes associated with autoimmune disease. A recent article in the “Journal of Proteome Research” stated that studies show a relationship between cow protein and the risk of onset of type 1 diabetes
Small children are also at risk. Several studies of infant feeding show a causal relationship between time of formula containing cow protein and an increased risk of onset of type 1 diabetes.
So, in closing, my suggestion to you is to stop drinking cow’s milk and stick to nut milk, rice milk or hemp milk. If you insist on drinking milk, stick to the non-genetically modified, range fed, organic raw versions. The same goes with cheese. Choose organic versions. Sure, the organic milks and cheeses are more expensive, but considering the lifetime costs of diseases linked to milk like diabetes, Chron’s, etc., you will be making out in the end.
