The Milkman Cometh
They’re smuggling milk into Manhattan.
That’s right. You can get anything you want in the city that
never sleeps, but you can’t purchase raw milk. Unless you’re
willing to live outside the law.
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Going underground
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A recent issue of The New Yorker magazine carried an
article about a community gardener and herbalist who was in
the process of committing a crime. She had arranged for a
Mennonite farmer in Pennsylvania to ship raw,
unpasteurized, unhomogenized milk and other dairy products
to a basement on Manhattan’s west side. A small group of
raw dairy aficionados were individually contacted and invited
to purchase the illegal goods.
Why illegal? Because only California and Georgia still allow
the sale of raw dairy products in stores. Elsewhere, you can
only purchase these products directly from local dairy
farmers. And while NYC has nearly everything, you won’t
find a working dairy farm in Manhattan. But if you know
someone who knows someone who knows a certain
community gardener, you might be able to pick up a gallon
of raw milk that’s been illegally transported across state
lines.
We can thank the milk industry for turning consumers into
criminals. Over the years, representatives of the industry
convinced the public and federal regulators that
unpasteurized, unhomogenized raw dairy products pose a
serious health risk.
But HSI Panelist Allan Spreen, M.D., has a much different
view of the situation: “The politics of running the certified
raw milk dairies out of business is as sickening as the
‘modern’ milk we’re now forced to drink. It was consistently
shown that there were fewer bacteria in raw milk than the
pasteurized variety! The problem is, it takes far more care
and procedural hassle to pull it off, and the ‘big boys’ weren’t
into that. That’s why the wonderful, certified raw milk from
Alta Dena, Mathis, and other dairies is a thing of the past.”
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Processing, processing, processing
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So what’s the problem with commercial milk? Here’s more
from Dr. Spreen:
“Pasteurized, homogenized milk does not qualify as food in
my opinion. And the homogenization process breaks up an
enzyme (xanthine oxidase), which in its altered (smaller)
state can enter the bloodstream and react against arterial
walls, causing the body to protect the area with a layer of
cholesterol.
“Pasteurization also destroys enzymes through its heating
process. The skimming process makes the remaining
nutrients more difficult to absorb. For one thing, 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).”
Nevertheless, there are at least two baby people who may
have benefited from the nutritious contents of raw milk. One
of the Manhattan customers of the contraband raw milk sale
told The New Yorker that he purchases the milk for his two-
year-old twins. So far, neither one of them has ever been
sick, “Not even a cold.”
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That questionable moustache
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In an e-Alert I sent you some time ago (“Get All the Calcium
You NeedWithout Milk” 8/9/01), Dr. Spreen explained that
cultured products (kefir, yogurt) and enzymatically altered
products (cheese, etc.) are acceptable in moderation. But he
listed several additional reasons why highly processed milk is
unhealthy, including:
* Calcium in milk is not well absorbed (and even less so once
homogenized).
* There isn’t enough magnesium in milk.
* There’s evidence that the antibodies the body makes to
digest milk are closely related to the antibodies that destroy
islet cells (insulin producers) in the pancreas in cases of
juvenile diabetes.
* Milk contains pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and Bovine
Growth Hormone.
But what about the “strong bones” claims you hear from
America’s Dairy Farmers and Milk Processors (the milk
moustache people)?
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, and leukemia. And just last
week, in the e-Alert “Rocket Food” (12/14/04), I told you
about a recent study that found an association between milk
consumption and ovarian cancer.
For more detailed information about the highs and lows of
milk, Dr. Spreen recommends Dr. William Campbell
Douglass’ book “Eat Your Cholesterol!” (previously titled
“The Milk Book”), in which Dr. Douglass (in his typical
lively writing style) explains the many nutritional differences
between pasteurized milk and raw milk.
Like Dr. Spreen, I also highly recommend “Eat Your
Cholesterol!” – available from Rhino Publishing, S.A.
(rhinopublish.com).
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Somewhere in here there’s a joke about a “very shiny nose”
How many times have you been driving on a dark road out in
the country and thought to yourself, “I’d hate to hit a deer
with my car. Too bad they don’t glow in the dark!”
And of course, hitting eight reindeer pulling a sleigh would
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series of lifestyle pets.”
In this case a “lifestyle pet” is a cat that is genetically
modified to be hypoallergenic. The required deposit is $250,
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Meanwhile, GLS scientists aren’t just working the feline
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that causes thousands of injuries and more than 200 deaths
every year. The plan: genetically modify the deer so they’ll
glow in the dark.
No kidding. Glow-in-the-dark deer.
The GLS web site explains: “By implanting the gene of a
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headlights.” That’s a great idea. Unless you happen to be a
NIGHTSAVE deer on the run from hunters.
If the jellyfishing of deer does take off, over the next few
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Call it “lifestyle wildlife.”
To Your Good Health,
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Health Sciences Institute
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Sources:
“Psst! Got Milk?” Frederick Kaufman, The New Yorker,
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“More Doubts Over Plan for Allergen-Free Cats” Jeff Hecht,
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