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More Confusing, Deceptive Milk Marketing

Posted By Dr. Mercola | October 26 2006 | 5,254 views

An increasing number of dairy companies, hoping to cash in on the popularity of natural foods, are selling milk that is not organic, but is free of the genetically engineered growth hormone rBST, also called Posilac.

The hormone-free milk costs more than regular milk, but less than organic milk, which requires greater expense and special feeds for the cows.

rBST increases the amount of milk cows produce, but it can result in cows being treated with extra antibiotics due to udder inflammation, and can produce milk with higher amounts of a different hormone, insulin-like growth factor 1, which has been linked to cancer. Many buy organic milk solely to avoid the hormone.

However, as a result of a lawsuit by Monsanto, the manufacturer of Posilac, the FDA mandates that hormone-free milk carry a label stating that no difference has been found between milk from treated cows and milk from untreated cows.

 

Dr. Mercola's Comments:

Interesting how competition for shelf space at your neighborhood grocery store is changing how dairy producers make and market milk, even though the end results still aren't fit to drink.

Posilac may be quite hazardous to your health, and, incidentally, could also account for some of the rise in the births of fraternal twins in America.

Of course, although hormone-free milk has to carry a disclaimer, cartons of regular, average milk made with these unnatural hormones carry no labels warning you that they contain substances that will increase your risk of cancer.

All this jockeying for shelf space obscures the real fact, however, that no conventionally produced pasteurized milk -- no matter how many chemicals dairy producers remove -- is ideal for you at all, which may explain one of the reasons why raw milk consumption is growing.

Pasteurization destroys part of the vitamin C contained in raw milk and encourages the growth of harmful bacteria. Pasteurization also destroys 20 percent of the iodine present in raw milk, causes constipation and generally takes the most vital qualities away from the milk.

But pasteurization's worst offense is that it makes the major part of the calcium contained in raw milk insoluble. This can leads to rickets, bad teeth and nervous troubles.

So don't waste your money on "hormone-free" or even "organic"  milk anymore.

There are far better ways to nourish yourself and your family. Redirect your energy to find the real deal raw milk sources. Ideally, you can find a local farmer who will be willing to sell this to you. If you find one you will want to encourage him to consider restricting grains from the cow's feed to improve the quality of the milk.

If you are unable to find a local dairy farmer who will cooperate with you please try this link: http://www.realmilk.com/where.html.

If you are a bit skeptical about using raw dairy products please read the review I wrote awhile back.


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