True Health Project

Do you know that conventional milk are not as good as you think they are?

Milk is one of those drinks promoted to contain lots of healthy properties. Developing bones? Drink milk for its calcium. Want to prevent osteoporosis? Drink milk. Heck, they even have vitamin D fortified milk! The sun causes cancer, they say. Drink milk for vitamin D instead.

The truth is conventional milk and soy are one of the unhealthiest drink you could ever consume. If I were to rank it, it would rank down there with McDonald’s and KFC. Here’s why:

1. Did you know that cows injected with bovine growth hormones (BGH), the hormones used to force cows to produce more milk, produces milk with elevated natural growth factor, IGF-1 that could be a cause of breast, colon, and prostate cancers.
2. Using BGH on cows also increases incidence of udder infection called Mastitis. If you don’t care about the suffering suffering animals, then consider the antibiotic residue that ends up in the milk that’s used the treat the infection. Sure there are reports that studies have been done that showed no antibiotics residue in milk but did you know that only 4 out of 8 commercially used antibiotics are commonly tested for?
3. Consumption of milk in children has been shown the increase the risk of Type 1 diabetes by threefold.
4. Numerous studies have found milk to contribute to obesity.
5. While vitamin D is crucial for optimum health, orally consuming comes with a risk of overdosing. A study showed that vitamin D in milk are often far more than what it says on the label and can thus cause vitamin D toxicity.
6. Pasteurization kills don’t just kill the dangerous germs that normally infects cows treated with hormones and antibiotics, the process also kills good germs and destroys the milk’s vitamins and minerals.

I could go on and on about why you shouldn’t drink conventional milk. But you get my point. But does that means you shouldn’t drink milk AT ALL? Not necessarily.

Raw organic milk are not treated with BGH, antibiotics and are not fortified with any synthetic vitamins. But make sure they are RAW – meaning they are not pasteurized. To read more about the benefits of raw milk, check out the last link in the “more resources” section of this post.

Last but not least, watch this short clip about how Monsanto tried to cover up the health risks of BGH. It just shows you can’t trust the media about the safety of your food.

As for soy, unfermented soy to be specific, did you know that:

1. It contains goitrogens, a substance that depressed thyroid function – causing you to feel tired all day long, among many other symptoms?
2. There’s a link between soy consumption and brain damage?
3. Soy has also been linked with reduced male fertility?
4. Soy isoflavone genistein may inhibit intestinal cell growth in babies?
5. The Chinese did not consume soy until they found a way to ferment it? Fermenting soy destroys the substances that makes soy unhealthy. Some examples of fermented soy include miso and tempeh.

Check out these great resources if you want to read more about the issue of milk and soy.

1. “Got Milk?” By Jon Barron
2. “Worrying About Milk” – Mercola
3. Pasteurized Milk VS Raw Milk
4. The Harmful Effects of Consuming Soy
5. The Whole Soy Story

Photo by stevoarnold/ Steve Arnold