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Lil’ E has never had a cup of milk. I used to worry, but now I am beginning to think he knows something most American’s don’t.

Here’s the suggestions for diary intake at roughly his age:

Suggested intake - children 2 to 5 years of age:

• cow’s milk
• 6 servings/day
• one servings equals:
• 1/2 cup milk, yogurt, pudding
• 3/4 oz. cheese
• 1 cup cottage cheese

I fed my son yogurt, cheese, and cottage cheese as often as I could, thinking that it was the only way to get the great source of calcium, proteins, and select vitamins that he was lacking by refusing milk. Yogurt, after all, is a great source of pro-biotics, living enzymes that aid in digestion.

Then I learned about Casein. This stuff is poision, its like glue in your system. Milk is 80% casein, and even wiki’s article on casein states its been linked to tumor growth, that it binds on to molecules in tea (when adding milk to tea) thus blocking the positive effects of tea, AND that a casein-free diet is used sometimes for parent’s of autistic children and significant improvements to their behavior follow. (Which makes me really wonder about other behavior “disorders” that our nation’s children suffer from, such as ADD and hyperactivity, ever since the refined sugar and dairy industries have fed us their lies!) 

Being lactose intolerant myself, I also sort of figured humans were never meant to consume the amount of cow’s milk we currently do in western culture. Its been linked to so many symptoms and illnesses, yet there on my TV this morning is another “MILK WILL MAKE YOU SLIM” US propaganda. I know, I know, I sound like an anti-milk fanatic using words like “lies” and “propaganda”- but seriously, what else should I call it?

This week I decided to try something new. Though goat’s milk is similar to cow’s milk, (and I don’t know the exact molecular make up in comparison, or the casein differences), it can be a viable alternative from what I have been learning. Wild Oats grocery store has goat’s milk, yogurt, cheese (obviously), and even ice cream. Just looking on the nutrition facts, goat’s milk does have the 30% daily recommended intake of calcium like an 8 oz cup of whole cow’s milk.

But considering how some studies have linked animal protein as the CAUSE of bone loss (hip fractures, osteoporosis, so on), and milk is full of this animal protein, why are we still told over and over again by the dairy industry that this LEADING source of calcium will PREVENT bone loss?

The best alternative is to find these vitamins and minerals in your food. I will be collecting the nutrition facts on fresh fruits and vegetables and showing you how much calcium, vit A & D, protein, and so forth is in these foods that the USDA should be pushing and marketing much more than milk.

Moooooove our dairy industry! Look into this for yourselves, don’t just believe everything the milk campaigns tell you.

And don’t forget, you need to drink 8, 8 oz. of water a day. Your body and skin will THANK you for the cleanse!

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 18th, 2007 at 4:19 pm and is filed under Motherhood