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THE HEALTH DANGERS DAIRY PRODUCTS The dairy industry and food authorities know that cow's milk products cause a range of health problems, but continue to promote them as being essential to our diets. e've been concerned for some time about the health dangers from consum - ing milk and dairy products. Last issue we ran an item in Global News on the cancer risks from BST-treated milk, and also reviewed Robert Cohen's book, Milk: The Deadly Poison. For this issue, we've edited a selection of questions and comments from Robert "NOTMILKMAN" Cohen's Q&A website. But be warned: after reading this, you may never drink milk again! — Editor Letter 85: David Weber, Oklahoma I became diabetic at age twenty-five. The diabetes literature makes some references to ssible link between cow's milk and diabetes. But, of course, doctors are into treating ses and are not interested in food. If you would do clinical testing to prove that cow's milk is the cause of diabetes, and stop the spread of diabetes, you would receive the Nobel prize... The NOTMILKMAN's comments: A study at the University of Helsinki (Virtanen and Aro, "Dietary factors in the aetiolo- gy of diabetes", Ann. Med. 26(6):469-478, Dec. 1994) revealed that early introduction of cow's milk in babies three months of age or younger often resulted in complete insulin deficiency. This pathology occurred because naturally occurring beta cells were destroyed by the infant's allergic reaction created in response to the presence of cow's milk proteins. Scientists in Italy noted similar effects after analysing data from diabetic children. Their conclusion indicated an absolute cause and effect relationship between milk con- sumption and diabetes (Fava, et al., "Relationship between dairy product consumption and the incidence of IDDM in childhood in Italy", Diabetes Care 17(12):1488-90, Dec. 1994). Researchers at the University of Colorado published a paper in the Journal of Endocrinological Investigations which identified a bovine albumin peptide as a trigger of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (Norris and Pietropaolo, J. Endocrin. Invest. 17(7):1488-1490, July-Aug. 1994). Early exposure to cow's milk was linked to the development of diabetes in a carefully controlled rat experiment by scientists in Canada. They linked early exposure to bovine proteins in both rodents and humans as the cause of diabetes mellitus. Their work was published in the February 1994 issue of the Journal of Immunology. These above studies are examples of research that the dairy industry prefers you not read. The more knowledge you gain, the less ignorant you become. Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance can be damned unhealthy! Armed with such facts, would you expose your infant to cow's milk? After recognising the fact that bovine proteins cause the body to react by producing antibodies which destroy insulin-producing beta cells, do you think that it is wise to drink body fluids containing hormones from another species of creature? The hormones work. If you choose to believe FDA (the US Food and Drug Administration), who assures us that the hormones in milk do not work, you play with a powerful, loaded gun. If you elect to review the scientific evidence, then you arm your- self with ammunition which will protect you. Regards, the NOTMILKMAN Edited from the Internet home page of Robert "NOTMILKMAN" Cohen 325 Sylvan Avenue Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632, USA Telephone: (201) 599 0325 Toll-free in USA: 1888-NOT-MILK Fax: (201) 599 0338 Website: http://www.notmilk.com Edited from the Internet home page of Robert "NOTMILKMAN" Cohen 325 Sylvan Avenue Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632, USA Telephone: (201) 599 0325 Toll-free in USA: 1888-NOT-MILK Fax: (201) 599 0338 Website: http://www.notmilk.com Letter 115: Roy CEstensen, Norway, 16 January 1998 I was quite impressed with this page, and although I've heard some of the arguments before, and therefore been sceptical of milk for many years, many were new to me. The NEXUS - 27 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1998