Milk has been considered one of the staples of a healthy diet for so long that many people have a hard time understanding why so many are cutting it from their diets. There are several problems with cow’s milk, though – at least, with commercially-produced cow’s milk.
01. Commercial dairy farmers raise their animals on a steady diet of corn and other grains that have been heavily treated with pesticides and herbicides – toxins that go straight to the cow’s milk and then into your glass.
02. Although it is illegal, some of those cows are also treated with both antibiotics and hormones, which have been shown to correlate with immune issues, early puberty in children, and even elevated estrogen levels in boys. There has been a lot of regulations to remove these from the milk but some farmers do not abide to these rules. They are minimal but still present in some cows milk.
03. Perhaps the most important reason to change your milk source is: Commercial milk is highly-pasteurized, which destroys many of its nutrients.
If you drink cow’s milk, find a local provider of 100% pasture-raised, organic, raw milk and use it as “cheat meals” instead of a staple in the diet.
Stay tuned for the next post ‘The Problem with Wheat’ coming 08.09.15.
Resources:
Carton label grows out of milk hormone debate
http://ecowatch.com/2015/02/05/breyers-artificial-hormone-rbst/
Illegal Antibiotics Could Be in Your Milk, FDA Finds
Illegal Antibiotics Could Be in Your Milk, FDA Finds
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tests-for-antibiotics-in-milk/
Hi,
I am guessing this means cottage cheese and Greek yogurt? I just bought some to try your recipie you sent out the other day. Blueberry pancakes! Shucks! I usually cut out dairy but a dietitian told me to put it back in my diet to see if it would help with an eating issue. So I recently added it back in. Now I want to cut it out again ha!
Hey Amanda. Those two are the “better” cows milk dairy choices because of the protein content. I don’t use cows milk myself but I want to give people options and cottage cheese and greek yogurt is better then the rest. I used to eat both of those from time-to-time and still was able to lose weight. It’s just best kept as minimal. So go ahead and have some, then go without any dairy for a few weeks and see how you feel.
You can always rotate as well. I do have some dairy as a “cheat”meal 🙂
Thank-you Flavia!! Going to take your advice! I love your emails and content! Thanks for sharing this with your fans and readers!
Did you also know the reason why milk is pasteurized and fed huge amount of antibiotics and hormones in the first place.
It’s because cows are only meant to give milk when they are suckling their young. However cows are milked so many times and constantly throughout their lives that their udders become ulcerated and infected and almost as much puss is sucked from the udders as milk hence the need to pasteurized, super heat the milk to kill the bacteria in the puss and milk mix they feed us.
Great post! Short, to the point, and contrary to what most people think about dairy. We’ve all been told it’s good for us for so long it’s hard for some to imagine it’s not!
Milk is also very fattening. For some people, eating just a little could switch their bodies from processing carbs to storing them as fat. I think you’ll enjoy this blog post that describes exactly why this happens http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dairy-insulin/#axzz3hLRztp3G
Thanks for all the great info!
Dan
Here are some of my resources:
http://wivb.com/2014/11/24/bottle-label-grows-out-of-milk-hormone-debate/
http://ecowatch.com/2015/02/05/breyers-artificial-hormone-rbst/
http://time.com/3738069/fda-dairy-farmers-antibiotics-milk/
http://time.com/3738069/fda-dairy-farmers-antibiotics-milk/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-tests-for-antibiotics-in-milk/
Sooooo happy people with your influence are speaking up about this subject!! the BEST dairy comes from goats. Its, in composition, the most similar to human milk. Plus, milk and meat of cows is toxic just ’cause they are changing the nature of this animañs: from vegans to carnivore