Yoghurt and certain cheeses pose less of a problem for those with lactose intolerance. This is due to the higher concentration of 'good bacteria' that consumes the lactose in place of the missing enzyme. 

The White Lie #1
What the milk industry doesn't want you to know about is the long list of problems related to milk. Here is a short list:

· milk encourages mucus and catarrh

(it doesn't produce it)
· pasteurised milk can aggravate candidiasis if you have it (many people do but do not know it)
· the process of pasteurising milk destroys 50% of Vitamin C
· juvenile insulin dependent diabetes is higher in high milk consumption cultures
· it is the main cause of infant colic and of allergies in infants to adults
· higher incidences of ovarian cancer as well other cancers (such as lymphatic and lung cancers)
· excessive dairy consumption can cause you to loose calcium through the urine and hence actually cause osteoporosis
· Because of the high protein found in dairy products, excessive consumption can actually interfere with calcium absorption. This excess protein is a major cause of the osteoporosis riddle.
· osteoporosis is not caused by lack of calcium but by LOSS of calcium
· a 30 year Scandinavian study showed an indisputable link between milk and arthritis

Milk contributes to poor liver function

And the list goes on. Excessive milk product consumption contributes to a sluggish liver which, amongst a plethora of problems such as inability to loose weight, build up of toxins in the body, will interfere with the conversion of Vitamin D. 

This vitamin is found in sunlight or a balanced diet. Vitamin D is vital for the body to absorb calcium. Lack of it or not enough of it means that you can consume all the calcium supplements and milk products you wish, you will still have a calcium deficiency. This alone is ONE of the reasons why excess milk consumption is a major factor in the osteoporosis riddle - the liver cannot convert the vital Vitamin D. 

Excess protein in the diet is the primary cause of osteoporosis next to malabsorption of calcium. We really only need about 45 g. for a 60 kilo adult and can get by quite well with 28 to 30 g. daily, yet the meat industry will have you believe something else. 

Most of humanity's health problems are due to an overworked, sluggish liver caused by poor nutrition and excesses. The liver and the kidneys are the most important filtering systems in the body. 

High milk and protein consumption are one of the dominos in a long row. Think of a sluggish liver as the first domino. Push the liver too far and you can imagine the effect. The Domino Effect. But the liver is a subject for another article. 

The White Lie #2
'Contented cows. Cows milk is pure'. 

I assure you, they are not contented and the milk is far from pure. Here a few facts: In the early 50's cows produced an average of 2,000 pounds of milk yearly compared to top producers today giving 50,000 pounds. Is this because the cows are contented? Hardly - drugs, antibiotics, hormones, forced feeding and selective breeding is the industry norm.

Milk is so full of pus from infected utters that antibiotics and medicinal ointments are necessary, which is passed on to you. Certainly, the milk is pasteurized, 'sterilized', homogenized etc. etc., but the pus cells are still in it and we drink it - along with chemicals from feed and hormones cows are injected with to produce even more milk. 

Cows lead a miserable life with restricted movement all their lives. Some are so weak they collapse. The average cow rarely lives to 4-5 years compared to an average life span in the pre-50's boom of 12 to 15 years.

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By the way, is mother's milk pure? A study involving 14,000 mothers showed that all of them had milk contaminated with pesticides. 

Major sources of these types of pesticides are meat and dairy milk. Lactating vegetarian mothers, on the other hand had half the levels. 

Women who nourish themselves solely on commercial products had, of course far higher levels of other toxins due to artificial foods, flavourings, preservatives, colouring agents and the added lactose found in most  commercial products. 

Women who avoided such foods and consumed only foods they prepared themselves from a close to natural state, had far lower levels. Their livers where healthier and vitamin deficiencies were almost non-existent. 

How YOU fuel your body directly affects your health

You alone are responsible for your food choices.  Clearly, there is a direct connection between how we nourish ourselves and illnesses caused through toxic build-up and excesses.

Shocking, all this - I know. Personally, I feel substantiated in my natural disinterest in drinking milk as an adult and am less concerned than before about osteoporosis and my relatively low dairy product consumption.

Will I give up the occasional yoghurt or crème fraîche because of the horror stories? No.  But I will enjoy and use my almond or oat milk more and no longer worry about my low consumption of dairy products.

What I sincerely hope to achieve with this article is not so much 'industry bashing' as to enlighten about the White Lie and to encourage readers to be more aware and less trusting of mega-industries. Clearly, they are interested solely in making money and abuse consumer's trust. Governments receive tremendous sums from these industries and neither is interested in your well-being. Don't listen to the hype. Suspect it. 

Traditional thinking

But why then, do so many doctors and 'experts' insist on drinking milk?  Traditional thinking, stubbornness perhaps.  Being a doctor does not necessarily make one a nutrition expert and so too often doctors as well fall for the industry supported hype (medical schooling barely covers the subject of nutrition).  

Independent researchers and doctors who are against excessive dairy use have little to gain by cautioning against milk.  However, the milk industry has much to loose and so spends millions convincing the public with half truths, misinformation and blatant lies.

In my opinion, any substance that has become an 'institution' or is madly hyped, should be suspect - be it a 'wonder pill', yet another artificial food or food substance hype such as high consumption of animal protein. Question 'reports' and who they are funded by. Obviously, 'reports' funded by any industry will only serve their own purposes. Question why. 

As for what to do about getting the bone building calcium we need? It may surprise you that there are organic sources that give more calcium than milk per calorie. Get it where the cows get it. From plants. Get at least 15 minutes daily of sunshine to produce Vitamin D to metabolize calcium, lower your protein intake, get off the junk food and artificial consumer foods, eat real foods and learn about better calcium sources. 

Take care of your liver so it can do its job, walk or do other low to medium impact exercise. And above all - wipe off the milk moustache!

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