Fantastic post as always! I agree that dairy is no good…for all these reasons and more. First of all, it is highly inflammatory; a you mentioned, it’s one of the most common food allergies. Plus, it’s high saturated fat increases cholesterol, and the artificial hormones worsen estrogen dominance in women.

It also contributes to weight gain. Which makes sense if you think about it. The truth is, cow’s milk is really the breast milk of another mammal and is intended to grow a calf into a 300 to 400 pound animal. Think what it’s doing to you!

Also, dairy is highly addictive…and not just because of the salt and mouth-feel. It has opioid properties. The enzymes that produce opiates are not confined to poppies; they also hide inside cows’ livers. So traces of morphine can pass into the animal’s bloodstream and end up in milk and milk products. These opiates hide inside casein, the main dairy protein. As casein molecules are digested, they break apart to release tiny opiate molecules, called casomorphins. One of these compounds has about one-tenth the opiate strength of morphine.

When you take all this into consideration, it makes sense that breaking free of dairy can be very difficult for many people. But the health benefits are so worth it!

thanks for writing this one as well.

In all of my food experiences as a massage therapist and bodyworker for the past 15 years, as a mother, and as someone working to heal herself, I have yet to meet anyone who has improved their health through dairy. Not a one. On the other hand, i cannot even begin to count the number of people who have gone off dairy and commented to me how much better they feel. From weight loss, to no under eye circles, to less sinus issues, cutting dairy makes people look and feel better, end of story.

I also must admit that I find it amazing that people are willing to drink bovine lactation. Every study done on human lactation shows that it is ASTOUNDING in every area of health: preventatively and curatively and for growth and intelligence. It is such an amazing healing agent and health promoter, that the more it is studied, the better it looks. Right now the longest studies that I am aware of are on nursing for 1 year, and the conclusion is “DO IT!” If they studied it for the effects on nursing for 2 years or 3 years, I have no doubt they would conclude the same. I nursed my children for 2 years, and I was considered “radical” for doing so. I will also tell you that not one person I met was willing to drink any human lactation (hey I am talking from a bottle here … lol). I find it amazing that people won’t drink a lactation designed for them and their optimal health (by the universe/God/plenum/zero point field/what have you), but they will willingly sit there and eat and drink bovine lactation that makes them feel and perform at low levels for no apparent reason.

I have been dairy free for years at a time. I know it is an easy habit to slip into because of our culture, so I get it from both points of view. In the land of daily lattes, dairy free is certainly not encouraged. Too, I know how hard it is to have kids and try to avoid dairy and be involved in mainstream culture to any degree. Heavens…we raise kids on dairy here (mac and cheese, butter and noodles, grilled cheese, and cheese pizza are on every kids menu in any given restaurant in our country) so it is a tough habit to break. I get it, I get it. Again, it goes back to conscious eating, and checking in with our bodies, and trusting our own knowing about how we feel better.

To your health!

much love,
Laura
http://www.LaughingDivas.com

Cow’s milk for CALF to drink, NOT designed by nature for human consumption.

Anthony: Superb summary on diary products esp. cow’s milk. Congrats!

I heard from a pastor that cow milk is not mentioned in Bible (but goal milk apparently is).

I love cheese – like have-8-kinds-in-my-refrigerator-right-now love cheese. But I stick to goat cheese. It seems (totally anecdotal) to have fewer of the issue that cow’s milk has. I haven’t looked into yet, but you’ve inspired me to do just that.

Compositionally what is the difference between human milk and cow milk?

Did we start drinking cow milk thinking it would be like drinking mother’s milk?

Great article Anthony.

Cleanse from the inside out, Katie

Send her on over, the more the merrier. I love connecting with new people. Especially, those who and learn from or help in any way!

As far as whey protein goes, pre-digested ion exchange whey protein is great for your situation. It is very easy on the body unless you are allergic or sensitive to casein.

I have a lady who is in THIS round of Kevin’s class whom I am going to send over to your blog.

1. a little blog discussion (back and forth blog posting) might be interesting on this topic. Personally I am VERY interested because Whey Protein is a significant staple in my diet post Bariatric surgery.

2. Internet success long term online, like offline, is all about Relationships. And I think you two would be good for each other in business and health. Her name is Kate/Katie.

Take care, man,

April Braswell