MILK STILL A NATURAL FOOD???

[maria angelica sassone]

Humans are the only mammal that ingests milk from another animal beyond the period of lactation. And it does so despite knowing that the milk produced by every mammal is specific to their species.

José Ramón Lorenzo, president of the Spanish Society of Orthomolecular Nutrition, explains that animal milk and its derivatives, cream, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, smoothies, etc .- are currently among the most consumed foods in the world.

It praised its nutritional properties, how rich they are and what they are essential for maintaining healthy bones thanks to its richness in proteins, vitamins and minerals, especially calcium.

But is that true, or rather it is not exactly healthy products that cause very different diseases?

Human beings are unique in nature for many reasons, most important being that it is the only mammal that ingests milk from another animal beyond the period of lactation. And it does so despite knowing that the milk produced is specific for each mammal species and that nature has made it ideal for the needs of farming and not for another.

Moreover, Mother Nature predicted that mammals-ie-sucking animals obtain directly from the breast milk of mothers with no contact with any foreign agent because it is a substance that is altered and contaminated with ease . Humans, however, convinced that it is healthy to continue taking it as adults, we have altered to the laws of nature to keep in proper conditions of use. And yet, there are many evidences that indicate how precious water is behind many of the ailments that afflict us today.

Obviously, the composition of milk varies according to each animal, breed, feed it has received, its age, the period of lactation, season and milking system, among other variables. And while its main component is water nourishing his alleged interest is that it also contains fat (saturated fatty acids and cholesterol), proteins (casein, lactalbumin and lactoglobulin), carbohydrates (lactose, basically), vitamins (moderate amounts of A, D and Group B) and minerals (phosphorus, calcium, zinc and magnesium).

The proportions depend on the treatment and has been given to the raw material as it contains no fat "whole milk" that "skim milk." But is this really healthy eating milk and dairy products? Because not only are many investigators who disagree with that view, but more and more studies that question this assertion.

The problem of calcium

The fundamental reason that nutritionists and the Western-not Eastern-recommend taking milk and dairy products because they consider it is very nutritious, especially rich in calcium, adding that regular intake of this mineral is essential for maintaining health, especially the bones. And in that belief many people drink large quantities of it to the point that some-is the case of millions of Americans-almost taken instead of water.

However, it is precisely in the U.S., the world's largest consumer of milk, where there is a higher incidence of osteoporosis among its population .

Can anyone reasonably explain this singular paradox?

Obviously, not surprising that more and more experts speak out openly saying that the milk and dairy foods are not only suitable for humans but not even a good source of calcium because one thing is the amount of this mineral in it and quite another to its bioavailability. It is also to be seen whether his need required by the organism is the dairy companies that advertise.

Are illustrative in this respect the results of the study with 78,000 women aged 34 to 59 years carried out for 12 years, several professors from Harvard University in the United States and was published in the American Journal of Public Health in 1997. Because their findings belie the argument that increased consumption of milk or other food sources of calcium by adult women protects them from fractures typical of osteoporosis such as the hip or forearm.

It is also interesting to recall the Cornell Oxford-China Project on Nutrition, Health and Environment, which began in 1983 with a detailed study of the daily habits of 6,500 people in 65 provinces scattered in rural China as it is one of the more rigorous research and conclusive made in health. And that work showed, among other things, that animal milk demineralized adults .

That is, it was found that women who drank no milk cow and her only food was rice, vegetables, soy and its derivatives did not have osteoporosis. And yet, if they stopped the diet and introducing cow's milk calcium levels down and increase the incidence of this disease.

Thanks to research conducted by Dr. John McDougall, nutritionist St Helena Hospital in Napa (California, United States) - we also know that women of Bantu ethnicity but do not drink milk calcium from plant sources, and without However, despite having an average of 10 children and breastfeed for long periods, do not have osteoporosis.

Another example of the relationship between milk and osteoporosis what is the work of Dr. William Ellis, former president of the American Academy of Applied Osteopathy, who stated that people who take 3 to 5 glasses of milk a day have lower levels of calcium blood . Adding to take a lot of milk involves eating large amounts of milk proteins and they produce an excess of acidity, the body tries to compensate by releasing alkaline minerals.

Along the same lines expressed a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition says that excess protein in milk is one of the most important factors in the progression of osteoporosis. The study, published back in 1983 - revealed that until the age of 65 women who did not drink milk and vegetarians have a 18% loss of bone as omnivores suffer bone loss of 35%.

And recent studies show that with a daily intake of 75 grams of milk protein will lose more calcium in urine is absorbed through the diet.

To all this must be added that the calcium-phosphorus of cow's milk is not suitable for humans, since their content is too high in phosphorus and therefore their intake acidifies the body. With the numerous negative health implications involved.

THE SESAME

I want to point out that the food has more calcium is sesame . Taking the seeds crushed or cream (tahini), we obtain a calcium tens of times higher than cow's milk.

The opinion of Jean Seignalet

The late Dr. Jean Seignalet-haematologist, an immunologist, biologist, Professor of Medicine at the University of Montpellier for many years and author of over two hundred publications in prestigious medical journals, reported in his work Food, 3 rd medicine that many diseases and the current proliferation of others is largely due to five reasons: cereal consumption household intake of animal milk and its derivatives, food cooking, refining of oil and food contamination with consequent lack of vitamins and minerals. Stating in what refers to milk as follows: "Many people think that milk can do without cause calcium loss and osteoporosis problems such as television, newspapers and most doctors were saying that the strength of bones depends on the amount of calcium and only the daily consumption of dairy products can give them in this precious enough calcium. However, I firmly say NO.


The danger of a lack of calcium is an illusion.
It is true that cow's milk is rich in calcium but once in the human digestive tract the vast majority of it is precipitated as calcium phosphate and expelled through the stool. Only a small part is absorbed. Assimilable calcium is provided in more than enough for the plants: vegetables, pulses, vegetables, raw meats and dried fruits and fresh.

Also calcium is a very abundant mineral in the soil where it is recovered by the plant roots. Ultimately eliminate animal feed milk does not cause calcium deficiency. On the contrary, the regime hipotóxico-free from dairy, along with magnesium and silicon gate 70 times in 100 the development of osteoporosis and even can sometimes recover some lost ground. "

Milk casein

We mentioned when describing the composition of milk that one of its main protein-casein. Well, we know that the child fully assimilated infant milk caseins ... but not cow's milk. Such proteins are digested only partially neutralizing the effect of milk on gastric acidity necessary for their rupture.

What causes such goo effects that animal-casein in our body? Well I must say that some people adhere to the lymphoid follicles of the intestine preventing the absorption of other nutrients (in fact the casein is used as adhesive for paper, wood, etc.). Moreover, its partial hydrolyzing has other consequences. For example, to get rid of metabolic waste products is an additional energy expenditure for the body and can cause immune problems.


Thus, people who are deficient in IgA this protein into the bloodstream and produces a variety of autoimmune reactions (the mention later in speaking of the diseases associated with consumption of milk). And if we consider, as stated in a report of Kettering Memorial Hospital in New York (United States) - antigens that IgA deficiency is one of the most common problems in terms of immune deficiency the problem happens to have dimensions much concern.

Milk fat

Human milk contains 45 grams of fat per liter, of which 55% are polyunsaturated fatty acids and 45% saturated. And it is especially high in linoleic acid, precursor of inflammatory prostaglandins and leukotrienes. Instead of cow's milk-the most consumed, contains 70% saturated fatty acids and 30% polyunsaturated. A structure that favors the formation of inflammatory prostaglandins and leukotrienes. Moreover, that 30% of polyunsaturated loses its properties when the effect of heat-between 40 and 45 C º - are denatured and can no longer be a precursor of anti-inflammatory substances. As-treated milk to be consumed is 100% inflammatory substance!

On the other hand, pasteurization and homogenization that saturated fats cause cross the intestinal wall in the form of small particles not digested, which inevitably increases the levels of cholesterol and saturated fats in the blood. In addition, the cholesterol content of milk is higher than other foods known to be rich in that element. In fact, some countries have already pulled the milk from the list of basic foods to the diet because it has been observed that children tend to drink several glasses of milk a day have their arteries in worse condition than those who are not.

Information which, curiously, seems to have come to the United States because, according to the Department of Agriculture for almost 40% of daily food Americans eat is milk and / or dairy products. This means that the average American takes daily dairy only 161 milligrams of cholesterol . And that is tantamount to eating 53 slices of bacon a day! And then are surprised that a quarter of the U.S. population is obese or suffer from overweight.

Finally add an important fact which provides the aforementioned Dr. John McDougall: in the quest to increase sales related dairy fat content of milk ... with weight. What I can say that the cow has "only" 2% fat per 100 grams. And, of course, that it seems we're talking about a product low in fat. However, we must understand that the 87% of milk is water so if you discard this actual percentage of fat on the solid is much higher. And say nothing of condensed milk!

Hormonal load

Should also know that milk contains about 59 different types of hormones, pituitary, steroid, adrenal, sex, etc .- the most important growth hormones whose action, coupled with protein rich cow's milk, make it possible rapid growth of calves so that in the short term up to twice their weight. And it is clear that humans do not have precisely this need. In addition,Elevated levels of this hormone, together with other toxins, are today because of the onset of various degenerative diseases.

It should be added in this connection that Kafka is having to outline that in 1994 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-ie, the American drug agency, agreed that the company will use Monsanto's Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) - also known as bovine somatotropin or rbST-to increase milk production in cows between 10 and 25%.


Because as published in The Ecologist in 1998 "the use of rBGH increases the levels of another protein hormone, growth factor type 1 (IGF-1) - in the milk of cows. And since the IGF-1 is active in humans, causing the cells to divide, some scientists think that an intake of milk treated with high levels of rBGH could give way to division and uncontrolled growth of cells in humans. In other words, cancer. " In fact, so many potential hazards that hormone use is currently banned in Canada and the European Union and other countries.

Professor Jane Plant, author of "Your life in your hands (your life in your hands), he explained that the IGF-1 is also particularly active during puberty and pregnancy. For pubescent girls, he explains this hormone stimulates the breast tissue to grow. And during pregnancy enlarged breast tissue and breast milk ducts to promote breastfeeding. Adding emphatically: "High levels of this hormone increased to three times the risk of breast cancer or prostate cancer from those who consume both milk and meat from dairy cows.


And against the claim that pasteurization destroys the casein understand prevent this from happening and that homogenization facilitates the IGF-1 reaches the bloodstream. Also, estrogens themselves added to bovine milk are another factor that stimulates the expression of this hormone harmful and, indirectly, ultimately lead to the appearance of tumors. "


I recommend the book by David Román, "Milk drinking has not" a complete study of the effects of human milk.




Toxic milk

We should add that milk may also be contaminated by chemicals, hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, pus from mastitis-so common in the cows milked continuously-viruses, bacteria, prions ... Not to mention that today is "enriched" Milk, milk products with additives, synthetic vitamins and minerals, seeds, plants, fruits, proteins, fatty acids ... In some cases, by the way, with different animal fats. With what you may be ingesting cow's milk enriched with pork fat ... without knowing it.

And what are the toxic substances that most often one can find in a glass of cow's milk, the most consumed?
They are these:

Metals and plastics . The equipment used on the farm for, conducting or storage may contaminate milk. In fact it has been detected in it iron, copper, lead, cadmium, zinc, etc., Or their alloys. What may cause harmful catalytic activity on oxidation reactions that occur in it.

Detergents and disinfectants . We speak of formaldehyde, boric acid, benzoic acid, alkali metal salts, potassium dichromate, etc.., Substances used in cleaning and disinfecting of equipment that comes into contact with milk. Its use is justified because water alone is unable to wash away organic matter and kill bacteria that contaminate the plants and may pass into breast milk.

Pesticides and fertilizers . In the food given to cows can be found chemical compounds that have been tried both increased yields and better conservation. This group includes acaricides, nematicides, fungicides, rodenticides and herbicides. Chemicals-DDT, dieldrin, lindane, methoxychlor, malathion, aldrin, etc. .- that can cause cancer.

Mycotoxins . From feed given to the cows when it is contaminated by molds, particularly by Aspergillus flavus.

Milking machines cause wounds on the teats of the cow to bleed and this blood goes to the milk.




Antibiotics and other drugs . Currently routinely used in the treatment and prevention of infectious and parasitic diseases of cows but may jump to the tainted milk. A problem compounded by knowing that overuse of these drugs and continued in animals has finished causing certain strains of pathogens have become resistant and pass to humans they encounter difficulties to overcome the disease with antibiotics. So it is dangerous breast milk consumption and treated cows.


Already in 1976 the Daily Herd Management published "Most of the factories [milk] use about 60 kinds of chemical treatments [antibiotic] to treat the swelling of the nipple after each milking and reduce the spread of mastitis (inflammation udder) in their herds. There is evidence that some of those dives leave chemical residues in milk can be dangerous to humans. "


Ten years later everything was the same and the prestigious The New York Times stated that "the antibiotic residues in milk are causing allergic reactions in some people due to routine treatments to prevent swelling of the teats of the cows and the infusion programs dairy factories. "

Radioactive contamination . Is another issue of concern at present and although the waste produced by the specific use of nuclear energy do not cause problems on rare occasions it is necessary to pay attention.

Dioxins . These chlorine derivatives deserve special attention. Besides being related to lung cancer and lymphoma exposure to dioxins has been associated with diabetes, the problems of child development and various derangements of the immune system.

Illnesses associated with consumption of milk


Given all the above are becoming more and more voices warn of the potential relationship more or less directly between milk consumption and the ailments listed below:

Iron deficiency anemia . Dr. Frank Oski, director of the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University (USA) - says in his book Do not Drink Your Milk! (Do not drink your milk!) In his country between 15 and 20% of children under 2 years old suffer from iron deficiency anemia and half the rest of anemia that occur in the United States are related to consumption of milk and milk products by small milk gastrointestinal bleeding can result.

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis . It is found that the antigen-antibody complex generated by the milk is sometimes deposited in the joints causing inflammation and stiffness. Studies at the University of Florida (USA) confirmed that the symptoms are worse in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who consume milk.

On the other hand, in an article published in Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology stated that persons suffering from this disease who stopped eating dairy and took only water, green tea, fruit and vegetable juices between 7 and 10 days, the inflammation and pain decreased significantly. Adding that when one became a lacto-ovo-vegetarian the symptoms returned.

For its part, a group of Israeli researchers showed in 1985-for the first time that milk can also induce juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The association of milk with adult rheumatoid arthritis had been established previously but had not found any association with the youth until the discovery of these scientists.

Asthma . It is known that milk may stimulate excessive production of mucus in the airways and that milk allergy is the cause of asthma. It is fully demonstrated that children with excess mucus and difficulty breathing to remove them cow's milk improves markedly.

Autism . Italian researchers found that neurological symptoms in autistic patients worsen when consuming milk and wheat. It is believed that milk peptides may have a toxic effect on the central nervous system by interfering with neurotransmitters.

In their research, doctors at the University of Rome noted a marked improvement in the behavior of these patients stop eating it after eight weeks. In his blood had high levels of antibodies against casein, lactalbumin and betalactoglobulina.

Stomach cancer . Researchers at the National Public Health Institute of Morelos (Mexico) found a significantly increased risk of stomach cancer in patients who consumed dairy products. In the meat eaters also tripled the risk.

Breast cancer . Milk is considered by many experts direct cause of this "type" of cancer. If we add the influence of the hormone insulin increases the chances of suffering considerably in the major consumers of milk (DSALUD Discovery next month published an article on this important issue that concerns both women).

Ovarian cancer . Galactose, one of the sugars in milk, is also associated with ovarian cancer. Some researchers believe that women who drink more than one glass of whole milk a day are three times more likely to develop ovarian cancer than those who do not eat.

Pancreatic cancer . Researchers from Harvard University (United States) assert that there is a "strong positive" between pancreatic cancer and consumption of milk, eggs and meat.

Prostate cancer . A study presented more than twenty years ago at a meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research in San Francisco and published in Oncology News and revealed, according to Dr. Chan, an epidemiologist at Harvard University, "that drinking lots of milk and derivatives is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer in men.

Explaining that this may be due to the high calcium content of milk decreases the amount of vitamin D in the body, which protects prostate cancer even though the milk itself contains it. Epidemiologists Italian Aviano Cancer Center measured the increased risk and established that is 1.2 times higher among drinkers of 1 to 2 glasses of milk per day than among those who do not consume. However, if you take two or more glasses of milk per day level that cancer risk increases to 5.




Another study, conducted by the same team of researchers at Harvard University found that men who consume large quantities of milk and / or dairy products have a 70% risk of prostate cancer. This opinion is shared by a group of Norwegian scientists University of Oslo who claim that drinking milk is a risk for prostate cancer. Adding that, surprisingly, skimmed milk consumption is associated with a greater increase than whole milk.

Lung cancer. Dutch researchers concluded in 1989 that people who drink three or more glasses of milk daily are twice as likely to develop lung cancer than those who are not. And yet, "against what they claim their Norwegian colleagues, people who take the same amount of skim milk but seem to be more protected.

Also especially concluded at the Roswell Park Memorial Institute in New York that among people who drink three or more glasses of whole milk a day increases the risk of developing lung cancer by 200% (compared with those who never take). It has also been documented that there is direct relationship between the hormone somatotropin and lung cancer, and between the dioxins that contaminate the milk.

Testicular cancer. British researchers also found no relationship between testicular cancer and milk consumption. Found the risk was 7.19 times higher than in the general population increased by 1.39 per each additional quart of milk consumed.

Falls. There is growing evidence of the relationship between milk consumption and cataracts. According to scientific studies of human populations that consume large amounts of dairy products have higher incidence of cataracts than those who avoid them. This defect has been associated with lactose and galactose. Being the most obvious relationship between the women than among men. The most frequent is the cortical cataract.

Ulcerative colitis . Also milk consumption has been associated with this disease.

Irritable colon . There are also studies linking milk intake with the development of this disease.

Type I Diabetes Mellitus . Different studies show that infants fed with cow's milk are at increased risk for insulin-dependent diabetes, known as type I diabetes, and since childhood. A study published in the Journal of Medicine in New England milk identified as "element factor responsible or trigger in some genetically susceptible people. "

The doctors who conducted the investigation found that diabetics were analyzed antibody levels higher than normal that reacted with a milk protein called bovine serum albumin as an invader and destroy attacking.

But it turns out - fatal coincidence - a section of the protein is nearly identical to a protein on the surface of insulin-producing cells which, say, the defenses of people sensitive to it end up attacking their own cells causing its destruction. Therefore follows that eliminating milk and dairy products in infant diet could reduce drastically the incidence of this type of diabetes.

Abdominal pain without lactose intolerance . There is a close correlation, not discussed, among indigestion that causes lactose intolerance lactose intolerance and milk.

Crohn's disease . Dr. John Hermon-Taylor, director of the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, St. George Hospital (UK) - said after studying Crohn's disease for 20 years, a subspecies paratuberculosis avium-delMycobacterium is undoubtedly associated with this pathology. And that this organism is transmitted mainly through milk because pasteurization does not destroy it. In a study conducted between 1990 and 1994 on milk containers found that 7% were contaminated with Paratuberculosis.

Coronary heart disease . Many researchers relate some components of the milk-cholesterol, fat, high calcium content, the presence of xanthine oxidase, etc .- with such ailments. In the case of the bovine enzyme xanthine oxidase is known to cause problems only when milk is homogenized and that the damage is focused on vessels blood. A possible explanation is that this enzyme would cross the intestinal wall intact, would move through the blood and destroy the masmógeno, a component of cell membranes that form the heart tissue. One of those researchers is Dr. Kurt Oster, Chief of Cardiology at Park City Hospital in Bridgeport (United States).

Over a period of almost four years Oster studied 75 patients suffering from angina pectoris and arteriosclerosis. However, milk was eliminated from their diets and were given folic acid and vitamin C-both combat and xanthine oxidase in all cases the pain subsided. Moreover, in this regard Dr. Kurt Esselbach-member of the School of Medicine at Harvard University says bluntly: "homogenized milk, because of the content of xanthine oxidase, is a major cause of coronary heart disease in the united. "

There are also studies in Russia according to which those who drink three or more glasses of milk a day were 1.7 times more likely to have ischemic heart disease than those who do not consume. Also it is known that regular consumption of dairy products increases bad cholesterol (LDL) without affecting the good (HDL) as themselves and are a risk factor. And we must add that the consumption of milk proteins seems to be directly related to coronary mortality as has been shown that antibodies created against casein activate the system by stimulating platelet thrombogenesis. In addition they are related to inflammation of the walls of arteries and promoting the atherosclerotic process.

As for the calcium in milk can say that seems to be no relationship between the hardening of the arteries and excessive mineral content of the blood.

Add the skimmed milk has been associated with non-ischemic heart disease in men over 45 and women over 75. It is believed that milk proteins contribute to the formation of homocysteine. For many the combination of this type of milk, lactose, calcium and homocysteine may be responsible for calcification of the arteries.

MS . Scientists at the University of Michigan (United States) are underway at present extensive studies on factors associated with multiple sclerosis but so far have had only partial conclusions have been able to establish a link between MS and excessive consumption milk.

Constipation . Milk is known to cause constipation in children and the elderly. Their elimination from the diet and increased consumption of vegetables and fiber usually solves that problem. Moreover, both chronic constipation and anal lesions are associated with a clear intolerance to cow's milk.

Chronic fatigue . According to a study of children in Rochester (New York) in 1991 to drink more milk to 44.3 times the risk for this disease.

Fistula and anal fissures . Apparently could be due to allergy to a protein in goat milk.

Urinary incontinence . Many children who wet the sheets grown and they stop in their diet removed from milk, and products containing milk derivatives.

Lactose intolerance . To be used by our body the milk sugar, must first be hydrolyzed and this is achieved by an enzyme called lactase which is slowly disappearing as they begin to get out the teeth. It appears that the lactase remains white longer than blacks. Something that could be due to the relationship between melanin and lactase. People living in cold areas should therefore whiter skin in order to maximize the solar radiation and vitamin D synthesis to determine calcium.

It was also observed that most people do not produce lactase or do at very low levels of lactose hydrolyzed in the intestine where it is attacked by bacteria and the consequences are fermentation, bloating, cramping, diarrhea, etc.. All of which causes irritation of the bowel wall and even microheridas with blood loss. And if these small hemorrhages occur continuously ultimately lead to iron deficiency.

Besides lactose can cause other problems no less serious because it is responsible for the uptake of heavy metals like cadmium, mercury and iron and other toxic substances.

Lymphomas . A study at the University of Bergen (Norway) for a year and a half with almost 16,000 patients found that people who consume two glasses of milk per day have a 3.4 times greater risk of developing lymphoma than those who drank less. The mechanism by which this occurs is still unclear although it is known that cow's milk can transmit bovine leukemia virus. This same study found an association, albeit weak, between milk consumption and cancer of the kidneys and female reproductive organs.

Another mechanism by which lymphomas can be contracted through the milk is contaminated with dioxins. In an article published in the American newspaper The Washington Post stated that people who consume large amounts of fat, meat and dairy products are 10 times more likely to get cancer, especially lung cancer.

Migraine . It has been shown experimentally that when milk is removed from the diet of patients with migraine were significantly reduced their symptoms.

Ear, throat and sinusitis . In 1994 the Natural Health magazine published a series of findings that relate to milk increased ear infections and throat. Studies have shown that the tonsils and adenoids reduced their size when limited milk consumption.



Allergic reactions. The protein allergy cow's milk has been defined as "any adverse reaction mediated by immunological mechanisms to one or more of the milk proteins (casein, alpha-lacto-albumin, betalactoglobulina)." Today many medical studies have acknowledged the relationship between milk and allergic reactions to establish their prevalence between 2 and 5% of the population. The allergic reaction can be immediate, ie within 45 minutes-or late-appearing hours or days later.

Gastrointestinal bleeding. The gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to intolerance to the proteins in cow's milk in children has been well documented. So serious is the bleeding that is placed as one of the most common causes of anemia in children.

Malabsorption syndrome. Researchers at the University of Helsinki (Finland) have established a relationship between milk proteins and damage to the intestinal mucosa. This damage is responsible for the malabsorption syndrome characterized by chronic diarrhea, vomiting, and growth retardation.

Sleep disorders . Studies at the Free University of Brussels between 1986 and 1988 confirmed the link between milk consumption and sleep disorders in children. This and other studies have found relationship between milk allergy and sleep problems. All symptoms improved when milk was excluded from the diet and worsened when it was reintroduced. The average time to notice the improvement was five weeks. Agitation expressing these children also improved.

Peptic ulcers. In the past, advised to drink milk to people suffering from stomach problems, especially in case of ulcers. Today this practice is discouraged because it was considered dangerous and is known to milk and dairy products aggravate all the symptoms. Temporary relief felt by these patients could be due simply to the fact that milk is usually cold and was taking the temperature of the liquid which did improve the situation temporarily.

Other reactions to milk . In addition to those discussed other situations and conditions that are related to milk intake. For example, severe lactic acidosis associated with allergy to cow's milk, increasing risk of preeclampsia in women sensitive, learning difficulties in children and some cases of female infertility. Finally, it is important to note that mothers who drink cow's milk during lactation period expose their children to the risks associated with this food.


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