Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

*Also, a study in the Wall Street Journal reported that 38% of milk samples in 10
different U.S. cities were contaminated with sulfa drugs or other antibiotics. In addition,
the USDA allows milk to contain from one to one & a half million white blood cells
(that’s pus, to you & me) per milliliter. Bovine Growth Hormone is also present in most
cow’s milk produced in the U.S., and there have been no long-term studies on this
hormone’s effect on human health.
* Finally, the EPA is aware of unsafe levels of dioxin in dairy products, but is sitting on
the report (dioxin is the deadliest substance man has ever created).
*The cover-up: So if this danger is common knowledge among thousands of health care
professionals, how can our politicians, who are hypothetically elected to protect our best
interests, continue to support the consumption of such a dangerous substance? Well, not
surprisingly, it seems that American politicians are in bed with the American dairy
industry. In fact, from 1995 to 2005, 74% of all governmental food subsidies went to the
dairy & meat industries – 74%! In contrast, during that same period of time, vegetable
and fruit growers received less than 1% of those monies.
DAIRY PRODUCTION HARMS MILLIONS OF ANIMALS
*After years of living in filthy conditions, kept constantly pregnant, and being forced to
produce ten times more milk than they naturally would, dairy cows are cruelly
slaughtered once their milk production tapers off.
*Unbeknownst to many, the milk industry is also the veal industry, where male calves,
considered byproducts of the “machine”, are forcibly removed from their mother’s after
birth to live out very short lives in veal crates before being slaughtered.
“BUT WHAT ABOUT MY CALCIUM NEEDS?”
The National Dairy Council advertises that milk is “natural”, and that -- if you don’t
drink milk -- your bones will become brittle and your strength will fade due to a lack of
calcium. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.
Milk does indeed contain a fairly high dose of calcium: 300 milligrams in an eight-ounce
glass. Of course, a much less well-known fact is that dairy products cause calcium to be
LOST through the kidneys into the urine, making it essentially useless to the body. In
fact, Neal Barnard, head of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, made
the powerful statement that, “It would be hard to imagine a worse vehicle for delivering
calcium to the human body [than cow’s milk]”. I mean, think about it: not even adult
cows drink cow’s milk!
Fortunately for humans, calcium is found in many other foods (including tofu, broccoli,
turnip greens, black-eyed peas, Brussel-sprouts, many beans and bok-choy) and a diet
rich in vegetables and fruits help the body to RETAIN calcium, which is what really
counts.
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