You may want to re-think drinking milk...

ever again! You may be thinking.... "well, Jessica how am I going to get my calcium, or I don't want to get osteoporosis" For one, there are plenty of other sources of calcium far superior to milk or dairy and, did you know that the countries with the highest dairy consumption also have the highest rates of osteoporosis. And, yes the U.S. is among them. In the Harvard's Nurses Health Study which is a reputable study, dairy was shown to have an increased risk of bone fractures. What? I grew up thinking that I needed to drink milk to gain healthy strong bones and now I am finding out that I need to avoid milk to prevent fractures. Aaaaaa! While this was tough to swallow at first, I am now used to this fact. Here are some more interesting facts about dairy that will make you think twice before pouring milk over your cereal.
- Too much dairy can cause iron deficiency
- Cow's milk has one of the lowest calcium absorption rates
- Dairy causes an acidic environment in the body which causes calcium to be excreted in the urine
- The milk protein casein in cow’s milk promotes all stages of cancer
- The cows that provide milk are loaded with bovine growth hormone and antibiotics (by the way BGH is banned in most countries)
- A lovely list of diseases linked to dairy consumption (from The China Study and other sources)
   - heart disease
   - diabetes
   - obesity
   - osteoporosis
   - kidney stones
   - cataracts
   - macular degeneration
   - multiple sclerosis
   - Alzheimer’s
   - breast cancer
   - prostate cancer
   - colon cancer
   - rectal cancer
   - type I diabetes
   - Crohn’s disease
   - leukemia
   - infertility
   - ear infections

And one more thing to think about… cow’s milk is for baby cows! Just like human milk is for baby humans. Our bodies are only equipped to metabolize milk when we are babies. We even start to lose the enzyme needed to breakdown milk at 18 mo. to 4 years. Try to stop drinking milk for a while and you will notice a difference. I did, and I have not looked back. (OK, yes I may splurge on some yummy Cold Stone every now and then, but please don’t judge=))


I am reading "Skinny Bitch, Bun in the Oven" so that's where I have gotten a lot of this info., so I recomend reading that book or the original "Skinny Bitch" book for some great nutritional info.