So often I hear “but I could never give up cheese!”. Yes you can. Dairy is not only biologically inappropriate, its contaminated, inflammatory, mucous forming and highly allergenic.
Biologically Inappropriate
When you think about it, humans are the ONLY species that keep drinking breast milk. All mammals have their mothers breast milk, which is biologically appropriate for their species and then they are weaned and eat food. But what do humans do? They are weaned off human breast milk and continue to drink breast milk from another species. Why is this considered normal? Would you drink dog breast milk or monkey breast milk? That would be weird! As an adult would you drink human breast milk or eat cheese made from human breast milk? That would be weird too! But cows, a different species breast milk and cheese is not weird? 😐
Contaminants in dairy
Contamination in milk can happen indirectly or directly. Indirect contamination comes from cows consuming toxins like pesticides, metals, or mycotoxins in their feed, water, or forage. Additionally, antibiotics and hormones used for treatment or growth promotion can enter milk. Direct contamination happens during processing, such as milking, handling, storage, or pasteurization, where milk may come into contact with metals, cleaning residues, or mycotoxins. One published study states “Despite pasteurization and related techniques being the most widely applied to date, they have not demonstrated efficacy in eliminating contaminants.”
But dont I need dairy for my bones you say?
Professor Walter Willet from Harvard University has published various papers showing consuming dairy does not reduce your chance of fractures or osteoporosis. Maintaining optimal Vitamin D levels and weight bearing exercise are key, not dairy. In one of his published papers he concludes, “An adequate vitamin D intake is associated with a lower risk of osteoporotic hip fractures in postmenopausal women. Neither milk nor a high-calcium diet appears to reduce risk”.
Is dairy connected to Parkinson’s?
In 2017 a published study concluded “Frequent consumption of dairy products appears to be associated with a modest increased risk of PD in women and men.” Another study in 2005 concluded, “Findings suggest that milk intake is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson disease.”
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