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How Safe is Non-Organic Milk?
If just 10 percent of dairy cows in America were injected with a dye that produced blue milk, it would be hard to find products made from white milk.
We would see blue–or at least light blue–milk products in every refrigerator and cupboard in America because it would appear in our infant formulas, cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, butter, medications, crackers, processed foods, and school lunches. If blue milk proved not to be safe for humans, the health of virtually all Americans would be jeopardized.
It isn’t news that cows in America are being injected with a bioengineered growth hormone to boost milk production (known as rbGH, rbST, or BST). This has been going on since the early ‘90s, and then 10 percent of the cow’s were being injected. Just how safe is this?
Undisputed fact: The bovine growth hormone stimulates the cow’s liver to produce another protein hormone–insulin-like growth factor (IGF1). IGF-1 can be greatly increased–up to more than 75 percent–in milk from rbST-treated cows.
Independent Scientists say that if absorbed by humans, increased IGF-1 in milk is of serious health significance because when orally delivered, humans may absorb it and that IGF-1 is a co-factor for human cell devision at one part per billion. A cell division factor like IGF-1 is termed a mitogen. And, IGF-1 in higher amounts is associated with colon tumors and breast tumor tissue.
There is controversy about whether or not humans absorb IGF-1 orally. Why take a chance? Organic milk is easily available in almost all supermarkets.
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add your comment »organic milk, where can we find one? what are the leading brands and what are the benefits of soya milk?
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We drink soy milk and from what it tells me, is that it actually has more then regular milk like 70%B12 and more vitamins
that milk doesn't have.
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That should be Cows WERE NOT MADE TO EAT GRAINS!
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Most soybeans are grown from genectically modified seed which is NOT good. The best milk is from cows or goats raised on grass not grains. They were made to eat grains. The only way to know how your food is grown or raised is to grow and raise it yourself or find a trustworthy farmer. We ended up getting 3 mini-nubian goats for our raw milk consumption as goat milk is easier for the body to process, especially for my autistic child. We also have free range chickens and rabbits and a large garden on our 1 1/2 acre lot. We are freezing and canning as much as we can along with eating fresh. Not if, but When we are able to buy at least 10 acres of land we will be moving and raising our beef, pork, along with a small pond for fish consumption.
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Rice milk also works for me if i have other protein to balance out the sugar, but unfortunately I am allergic to nuts and soy. As a lactating mom, i don't mind expressing milk for my baby or for donation, and i believe a cow treated gently and lovingly is not greatly inconvenienced. Since re-establishing raw milk consumption (I drank it as a child), many of my food sensitivities have actually decreased!
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there's always rice milk, soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk....
the cows thank you
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better yet, how about raw organic from a local small farmer? www.realmilk.org
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But buying organic does not at all ensure that the cow is leading a good life. It just means that the cow is eating food raised organically. It could be crammed in with several thousand other cows in a feedlot, eating organically raised alfalfa and corn and we'd never know the difference!
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Good point Gladys. Is it really worth the extra price though Annie?
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I always drink organic milk, but sometimes that higher price tag hurts!
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