Thursday, September 22, 2005
Is Dairy Milk a Healthy Choice?
I found a quote a little while ago from a Dr. Mercola (see mercola.com) who states, "Pasteurization is a destructive process that changes the physical structure of the fragile proteins in milk (especially casein) and converts them into proteins your body was never designed to handle - and that can actually harm you. Additionally, the pasteurization process virtually eliminates the good bacteria normally present in the milk and radically reduces the micronutrient and vitamin content of this healthy food."
Dairy milk is not as nutritious as we may have been taught. It is really not meant for human consumption. It is meant for baby calves. The pasteurization process, as mentioned above, makes it unusable to the body, and is actually a poor source of usuable calcium.
Our best sources of calcium come from leafy greens. If you don't believe me, look at a cow out to pasture all day long. Grains, beans, sprouts, raw nuts and seeds are also excellent sources of good usable calcium for the body. We need to eat these healthy foods. Not only are they high in calcium, but also in iron and other vitamins and minerals, fiber and are over all great sources of nutrition.
So do you want milk? Go for the soy milk, rice milk, or almond milk! Just think about it! Would you rather get your milk by nursing from a cow, or from a bean, grain or nut? The latter makes much more sense!
Dairy milk is not as nutritious as we may have been taught. It is really not meant for human consumption. It is meant for baby calves. The pasteurization process, as mentioned above, makes it unusable to the body, and is actually a poor source of usuable calcium.
Our best sources of calcium come from leafy greens. If you don't believe me, look at a cow out to pasture all day long. Grains, beans, sprouts, raw nuts and seeds are also excellent sources of good usable calcium for the body. We need to eat these healthy foods. Not only are they high in calcium, but also in iron and other vitamins and minerals, fiber and are over all great sources of nutrition.
So do you want milk? Go for the soy milk, rice milk, or almond milk! Just think about it! Would you rather get your milk by nursing from a cow, or from a bean, grain or nut? The latter makes much more sense!
