- WASHINGTON -- In a new scientific
review scheduled to appear in the March issue of the peer-reviewed journal,
Pediatrics, Cornell-trained nutritionist Amy Joy Lanou, Ph.D., and co-authors
show that dairy products do not promote bone health in children and young
adults. Physical activity does have a positive impact on bone health, while
evidence linking bone health with dairy product consumption is weak, at
best.
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- "Under scientific scrutiny, the support for the
milk myth crumbles. This analysis of 58 published studies shows that the
evidence on which U.S. dairy intake recommendations are based is scant,"
says Dr. Lanou, lead author of the study. "A clear majority of the
studies we examined for this review found no relationship between dairy
or dietary calcium intake and measures of bone health. In the remaining
reports, the evidence was sketchy. In some, the effects on bone health
were small, and in others, the results were confounded by vitamin D intake
from milk fortified with vitamin D. To build strong bones and healthy bodies,
children need exercise, sunshine, and a diet rich in fruits and vegetables
that helps them maintain a healthy body weight."
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- The level of dairy product consumption in the United
States is among the highest in the world, and yet osteoporosis and fracture
rates are also among the highest. This "calcium paradox" was
an impetus for the current investigation. "We found no evidence to
support the notion that milk is a preferred source of calcium," the
authors conclude. Dr. Lanou is nutrition director for the non-profit Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), and her co-authors are Susan
E. Berkow, Ph.D., C.N.S., and Neal D. Barnard, M.D.
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- - Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible
Medicine is a nonprofit health organization that promotes preventive medicine,
especially good nutrition. PCRM also conducts clinical research studies,
opposes unethical human experimentation, and promotes alternatives to animal
research.
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- Comment
- From Jim Mortellaro
- 3-9-5
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- GET MILK?
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- How many times must a poor cow be milked, before we see
the light? Yes, how many times, must a poor kid drink, before he begins
to die? Yes 'n how many times must a company lie, before we discover why?
The answer my friend, is blowin' in the advertising copy, the answer is
blowin' in the advertising copy.
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- A modern version of "Blowin' in the Wind,"
by the one and only master of poetry, Robert Zimmerman. But ya dasn't hafta
call him, Bobby.
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- So what's up with this milk stuff? I should add, how
many times must we read it on Rense, before we see the light? What do we
believe? Do we believe the masters of gloom and doom or the masters of
ad copy? "Got Milk?" Well, sure. And what about those new TV
ads which say, "Drink 24 ounces of nonfat milk a day and it'll help
you lose weight?" Huh? Well, dying can do that too. And there appears
to be a relationship, eh?
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- There is only one dairy product I use and that is New
Zealand Colostrum. I wrote to Jeff once to say I used the stuff. "It
isn't dairy!" I said. And he said ... "But it IS dairy, Jimmy!"
I just KNOW Jeff wanted to call me by another name.
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- OK, so I was wrong. It looks like dairy. It TASTES like
dairy. It IS dairy. But I can't stop. It helps me. A lot. But we'll get
back to that later. Right now I wish to go on record as being in favor
of consuming large amounts of dairy. Milk, cheese, roast breast of veal,
stuffed the Itralian way and served up steaming with stuffing made with
milk and cheese. And what about being Itralian, as I am, and worse, Southern
Italian ... and even worse than that ... SICILIAN!? How may a wise guy
like me even remotely think about consuming a plate of pasta without grated
Romano Pecorino cheese, Ricotta and Mozzarella? Impossible. No way.
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- And besides, I say milk and dairy are good for us. Yes,
damned good for us. Think about how else we might be able to get our hormone
therapy, our antibiotics, our mad cow thingies? How else may one obtain
these important byproducts of dairy? No other way. But there are quicker
ways to die. This is the slow way.
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- When I was a kid, oh, about 7 or 8 years old, we spent
our summers on a farm. The milk we drank was direct from the cows in the
barn. Clean as a whistle. Cleaner even. No antibiotics. No hormones. No
nothing except the best of feed and tender loving care the owners of Pleasant
View Farm, the Smolengers, gave to their cows. Every morning we'd report
to the dining room for fresh eggs, fresh milk and a most delicious breakfast.
The milk was tested by the local authorities and found to be nearly antiseptic.
The eggs, same thing. Trust me. There is nothing better than fresh eggs
selected that very morning and fresh milk chilled to icy cold and obtained
from contented cows that very morning. Yes, living on that farm was an
experience.
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- But hell, that was 1949. And this is now.
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- Now, you cannot drink milk directly from the cow. It
has to be Pasteurized, homogenized, medicated and fabricated into some
kind of goop the contents of which we have no conception. Add this and
take away that. Make the cow produce more milk than the poor beast should.
Give it hormones. I've always imagined that my breasts were enlarging.
And I thought it was hormones. Uh ... I mean ... well ... maybe it is hormones.
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- Yes, drink milk. Eat cheese. It's like fighting with
a Tasmanian Devil. Violently unhealthy. But then, unhealthful eating is
what this great nation is all about. It's about obesity. It's about not
looking up, or down, or sideways, or about not looking at all. That's the
US of A. The really ugly American. No one knows better than someone who
gives a damn. Too bad I started giving a damned so late in life. It may
be and probably is, too late for me.
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- If you become ill and require antibiotics which won't
work, blame yourselves. You should know better. What better and convenient
place to garner biotic immunity to drugs than in the food we eat and liquids
we drink? None better. Sometimes I wonder if all this is a plan to reduce
the excess population. Of course, not being a corn spiracy freakazoid,
I don't (as yet) believe that. But hey, you never know.
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- Getting back to colostrum. Someone once told me that
he suffered from IBS. In fact, Crohn's Disease. He also told me that he
used colostrum and saw almost immediate results, ending his suffering.
Well, I'd suffered from IBS, irritable bowel syndrome for almost ten years
when I heard this statement. I did not believe it. But I went out and bought
the best colostrum I could find, which it turned out was from New Zealand
(antibiotic free, hormone free and pure sheep colostrum) and took it.
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- No more IBS. And when I for some reason do not take it,
the IBS comes back. The pain comes back. And it hurts like hell. Colostrum
is in the first drop of mother's milk. Any mother. Any mammalian mother,
that is. And in it is the essence of immune system enhancement products.
Now, I am not advocating use of colostrum. I am merely stating that I use
it. If you believe as many do that ANY dairy is bad for you, don't touch
the stuff!
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- Now, back to my pasta. There isn't an Italian, Southern
Italian, alive who cannot not use dairy on his pasta. So what's a goombah
to do? In my case, I buy only imported cheese. I use products which are
certified organic, no nothing added. And it costs a lotta moola. Good thing
I'm connected with the famiglia what raises this stuff. Ever try mozzarella
from buffalo? It's not too bad. And my family raises buffalo in Palermo.
They also raise cattle and produce wonderful cheeses. So, that's one way.
But not everyone has access to such wonder. And if you don't, my personal
recommendation would be to enjoy all the dairy you can get.
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- Especially if you have a large insurance policy. Why
shouldn't your family benefit from your slow death?
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- Smoke if you got 'em. The bar is open. Got milk? Here,
hold this two megaton atomic bomb for a minute. I gotta go potty.
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- Jim
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