*More on the milk wars…
Okay, this isn’t the first time you’ve seen me post on milk, but this stuff makes me crazy. My family (minus my husband) is a dairy loving family. We go through 2 gallons of milk/week. Aftering switching to organic milk we saw a big improvement in our son’s eczema & asthma and have stuck to organic ever since. This alone is creepy to me. What is going on in the milk that is causing such an inflammatory reaction in a 2yr old? It’s obviously not a milk allergy, he does wonderful with organic. Well, it seems we’re continuing to see the effects of chemical additives and genetic modifications. I thought this article was interesting…
In the early 1990s, one of the world’s largest chemical companies, in conjunction with a global pharmaceutical corporation, invented a vaccine that could be injected into cows to increase their milk production.
This vaccine contained a new protein that was designed to manipulate the hormones of cows in order to force them to produce more milk. More milk out of cows meant more money for the corporations, so their concept was a hit.
The only snag was that the vaccine that they were injecting into the cows contained a manipulated protein engineered to be a growth hormone. Because of the hormonal disruption that this protein created, increasing evidence showed that this manipulated protein was proving to cause breast, colon and prostate cancer . Mounting evidence also showed that cows injected with this protein showed increases in infertility, birth defects and fetal loss.
Because of these health consequences, government agencies around the world decided NOT to allow this manipulated protein and growth hormone into their milk and beef supplies. In the US, however, it was a different story.
Read the rest here, at AllergyKids.
More reason to look for chemical free and non-genetically modified foods and natural supplements whenever possible.
Lisa and Dave Tambellini
Independent Shaklee Distributors
815-477-1218
