The Dangers of Pasteurized, Homogenized Milk

I grew up in the country with a cow farm just down the street so we always had farm fresh milk, straight from the cow. I was a healthy child and have never had a broken bone in my life. Yet, a 12-year Harvard study of 80,000 nurses showed that a high intake of commercial milk appeared to actually increase the risk of bone fractures.

Other studies have shown mounting evidence that milk may play a role in a variety of health problems, including prostate cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, anemia, MS, leukemia and ovarian cancer.

This stuff the dairy industry is passing off as milk, claiming it gives you strong bones, is not good for you. According to Dr. Spreen of the Health Science Institute, in his opinion, pasteurized, homogenized milk does not even qualify as food.

Dr. Spreen claims the homogenization process breaks up and destroys enzymes through its heating process. He says the enzyme xanthine oxidase, in it's altered state, can enter the bloodstream and react against arterial walls, causing the body to protect the area with a layer of cholesterol. This is serious! What is the milk industry trying to do to us?

According to Dr. Spreen the skimming process makes the remaining nutrients more difficult to absorb. He adds, "The calcium is better absorbed in the presence of milk fat (though the high amount of fat in whole milk is for very-fast-growing baby cows, not baby people)."

This is not the first time I have heard that. Some professionals have gone so far as to say only babies need milk and once adulthood is achieved you no longer need milk, but in any case, it is raw milk that offers the nutritional qualities needed.

Cultured products (kefir, yogurt) and enzymatically-altered products (cheese, etc.) are acceptable in moderation. Several reasons why highly processed milk is unhealthy include: