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"IGF-1 is the same in humans and cows and is not destroyed by pasteurization. In fact, the pasteurization process actually increases IGF-1 levels in milk. I recommend that you avoid buying milk from cows treated with rBST, if possible. The hormone has become so widely used by dairy farmers that unless the milk label states "from cows not treated with rBST," you should assume that the milk contains the hormone. Most health-food stores sell rBST-free milk. American-made cheeses also contain rBST and excess levels of IGF-1 unless they're labeled "from cows not treated with rBST." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"And in a study published in the July-August 2007 issue of Harvard Magazine, even cows that haven't been fed bovine growth hormones might produce milk that has adverse effects on human health, since the milk-producing cows are kept pregnant and lactating for three hundred days a year. The result: higher than normal estrogen levels in the milk we drink. While we don't yet know the full impact of these exposures, researchers have linked unnatural concentrations of estrogen and other hormones to a number of cancers, including breast, testicular, ovarian, and uterine." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Grazing animals such as cows, sheep, goats, and bison possess a rumen, or second stomach, which is like a fermentation tank. In this rumen, bacteria convert grasses, shrubs, and other plants into protein and fats. When you feed these ruminants grains instead of grass, which is what happens at large factory farms, all sorts of problems occur. In particular, it makes their digestive tracts acidic and they develop subacute acidosis, which means the cows suffer from diarrhea and excessive salivation." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"Other Adrenal Supports Adrenal extracts are actual extracts of adrenal tissue obtained from pigs (porcine extract) or cows (bovine extract—most companies specify New Zealand bovine, since there are no mad cow disease possibilities from these sources). They contain adrenal nutrients as well as adrenal hormones and provide an effective remedy for low energy symptoms. I prescribe them frequently. Unlike horse estrogen (Premarin), the adrenal hormones in pigs and cows have the same structure as the hormones made by our bodies." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"The hormone has become so widely used by dairy farmers that unless the milk label states "from cows not treated with rBST," you should assume that the milk contains the hormone. Most health-food stores sell rBST-free milk. American-made cheeses also contain rBST and excess levels of IGF-1 unless they're labeled "from cows not treated with rBST." Imported European cheeses are safe because Europe has banned rBST. The good news is that dairy products are not your only possible source of necessary calcium. The foods shown in Table 3-3 are good sources of calcium. Table 3-3." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Even if you are buying organic milk and only eating organic dairy products, there is this to consider: milk comes from cows and was created by Mother Nature for baby cows. By drinking their mothers' milk and processing it with their four stomachs, calves double their body weight in only forty-seven days and usually live very short lives. It's no wonder that our bodies treat milk like an alien substance. In most people, dairy intolerance and gluten sensitivity cause mild discomfort. The effects on kids with ADD/ADHD are worse and simply not worth it." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"Oisin never stopped till the steed touched the soil of Erin; and he went on till he came to Knock Patrick in Munster, where he saw a man herding cows. In the field where the cows were grazing there was a broad flat stone. " 'Will you come here,' said Oisin to the herdsman, 'and turn over this stone?' " 'Indeed, then, I will not,' said the herdsman; 'for I could not lift it, nor twenty men more like me.' "Oisin rode up to the stone, and, reaching down, caught it with his hand and turned it over." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell (Get the book.)

"Beyond Pesticides," a 1996 study published in the International Journal of Health Services, reported that milk from cows injected with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), a synthetically produced hormone that makes cows produce more milk, contains increased levels of a growth factor that has been linked to breast and gastrointestinal cancers in humans. Recombinant bovine growth hormone may also increase levels of the bovine IGF-I growth factor. An increase in IGF-I may provoke cancer cells to increase more rapidly and contribute to lung, colon, prostate, and breast cancer." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"One traveler, standing on a farm in Idaho and concentrating on a herd of cows, was distracted by an irrigation ditch several yards down the road. He was sufficiently fascinated by the ditch to photograph it and note it in his description. The remote viewer in New Jersey, flicking up the scene before it had happened, made no mention of cows at all in his description, but he did say that he was getting an image of farm buildings, fields and the irrigation ditch.' Other scientific evidence supported the idea that human beings have the ability to 'see' the future." - Lynne Mctaggart, The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe (Get the book.)

"Even if you are buying organic milk and only eating organic dairy products, there is this to consider: milk comes from cows and was created by Mother Nature for baby cows. By drinking their mothers' milk and processing it with their four stomachs, calves double their body weight in only forty-seven days and usually live very short lives. It's no wonder that our bodies treat milk like an alien substance. In most people, dairy intolerance and gluten sensitivity cause mild discomfort. The effects on kids with ADD/ADHD are worse and simply not worth it." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"After living on a farm for a year, I became allergic to most grass and tree pollens, dust, dogs, cats, horses, and cows, as well as eggs and bee pollen. When my doctor put me on prednisone, I began reading about the dangers of this strong form of cortisone, and I weaned myself off it with great difficulty. For most of my adult life, until I began to change my lifestyle, I suffered with all these afflictions, plus indigestion and chronic diarrhea. In later years, food allergies began to be more of a problem as well." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "Circulating concentrations of isofiavones in infants fed soy-based formula were 13,000 to 22,000 times higher than plasma estradiol concentrations in infants on cows milk formula. ... Fitzpatrick estimated that an infant exclusively fed soy formula receives the estrogenic equivalent (based on body weight) of at least five birth control pills per day. By contrast, almost no phytoestrogens have been detected in dairy-based infant formula or in human milk, even when the mother consumes soy products." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Department of Health and Human Services (expressing his own views) pointed out that the authors had "neglected to discuss these findings," but once the cows are out of the barn such a letter has very little effect in correcting the misperception created by the original article. The article got even stranger when it argued that its data supported the use of statins to prevent strokes in patients with low HDL cholesterol levels. Statins raise HDL cholesterol only half as much as the article found would be necessary to significantly reduce the risk of stroke." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"For a delicious alternative full of omega-3 fatty acids, use only butter from grass-grazed cows. In addition to Irish and French butter, some American brands, such as PastureLand and Straus Family Creamery, are good choices. COOKEDVEGETABLES I've tried to include as many raw or lightly stir-fried vegetables and greens as possible in other dishes, but there are also a few additional cooked vegetable dishes you must try. Sag Paneer PHASES 1-3,SERVES 2 I love Indian cooking, but so many of the dishes are unhealthy messes. Here's one of my favorites-without the high fat content." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"When not devouring entire cows, piranhas like guavas, berries and the fruits of the Piranhea trifoliata tree. There are even tiny fruits dispersed by ants and other minuscule insects. Some plants are so cunning that they developed fruits that resemble insects—in order to be eaten by that insect's predators. The fruits of Scor-piurus subvillosa look like centipedes. Other fruits imitate worms, spiders and even horned beetles. Birds carry them off, thinking they've snatched a squirmalicious snack. All species coevolve with other species." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Yogurt Use only unsweetened, unflavored yogurt, preferably organic and from grass-fed cows. Straus Family Creamery, Natural by Nature, and Organic Valley are good organic choices, as is Greek yogurt such as Fage. TOOLS FOR SUCCESS The chances are that you already have everything you need in your kitchen to get cooking the healthy Diet Evolution way. Here is the checklist of the tools you'll need: Blender or food processor One or both will help you make smoothies, soups, and a host of other goodies." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.) "All cows' milk contains BGH (another name for IGF) to make calves grow, regardless of whether or not the mothers were injected with that hormone. What else does IGF do? It acts just like insulin in your liver and turns on the "Store Fat for Winter" program. And guess what, skim milk has even more sugar than whole milk, and that sugar promotes the release of even more insulin, which-as you now know-commands your liver to make fat. The exception to dairy products is cheese, particularly fresh cheeses." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Animal-sourced enzymes (trypsin, chy-motrypsin, and pancreatin) come from the stomach, small intestine, and pancreas of animals, primarily cows and pigs. Since these enzymes are made from animal protein and become active in an alkaline pH, they are particularly sensitive to acid. This type of enzyme can be destroyed in stomach acid. But they can also be protected in order to survive the environment. All reputable manufacturers who sell this form of supplement enteric coat the enzymes." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"American-made cheeses also contain rBST and excess levels of IGF-1 unless they're labeled "from cows not treated with rBST." Imported European cheeses are safe because Europe has banned rBST. The good news is that dairy products are not your only possible source of necessary calcium. The foods shown in Table 3-3 are good sources of calcium. Table 3-3." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"These fish obtain their omega-3s from eating algae, so they act as a middleman between you and the algae, much as cows do between the micronutrients in grass and you. Grains and some seeds contain large amounts of omega-6 fats: feed a cow—oryou-grain, and the result is more omega-6s in its-or your-fat." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Even adult cows don't drink it. While most people cannot digest milk, they can digest other dairy products. This is because the milk has been partially digested by certain bacteria during their conversion to other products such as buttermilk, yogurt, and cottage cheese." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Chondroitin, a product derived from the cartilage of sharks and cows, is promoted for the prevention of arthritis and the treatment of joint pain. Chondroitin stimulates the production of proteoglycans and hyaluronic acid and inhibits proteolytic enzymes, which destroy cartilage. Glucosamine and chondroitin are often combined and sold in health-food stores. One placebo-controlled study in older males with osteoarthritis of the knee showed no difference in pain ratings between patients treated with glucosamine and those treated with placebo." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "Chondroitin is a product derived from the cartilage of sharks and cows that is promoted for use in the prevention of arthritis and the treatment of joint pain. Often combined with glucosamine, it is sold in health-food stores. Chondroitin stimulates the production of proteoglycans and hyaluronic acid and inhibits proteolytic enzymes, which destroy cartilage. Chondroitin and glucosamine are often given in combination for osteoarthritis. Most of the earlier studies of glucosamine and chondroitin were performed by manufacturers and were not well controlled." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"However, research has indicated that eating dairy foods from cows tends to lead to over-production of mucus in the respiratory passages of some people, which obstructs their breathing. Children with constantly blocked or running noses often significantly improve when they stop drinking cow's milk. This does not mean milk and related products should be eliminated entirely from an asthmatic child's diet, as soy, goat's or sheep's milk can be substituted and sheep's or goat's yoghurt and cheese used. Tofu ice cream is a readily available alternative to the dairy product." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"But they all had an abundance of other organic minerals and nutrients which the animals craved. Why cows are Given Large Amounts of Salt A man who puts his investment in a dairy farm is in it to make all the profit he can. Dairy farmers have found that by giving cows salt blocks to lick, they drink more water. The more water they drink, the more milk they produce. Most cows are sick, mass fed and drugged. But the result is that the average quart of milk contains the extremely high content of IV2 grams (1,500 mgs) of salt per quart! Go past any American school and look at the children." - Patricia Bragg and Paul C. Bragg, The Miracle of Fasting: Proven Throughout History for Physical, Mental & Spiritual Rejuvenation (Get the book.)

"They needed cows fed on a standard diet, so they went to a government farm near by, and learned how to get the cows to relieve themselves in a large Waring blender which was then rushed back to the lab. The blended cowpat was then gently heated, the volatile fraction collected and put through a gas chromatograph. It turned out to contain fifty-two different molecules! Undaunted, Meloan and his group proceeded to split this fraction in half, checking which half was attractive to face flies by using a Y-shaped glass tube with a blotter of the stuff in each arm of the Y." - Luca Turin, The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Get the book.)

"In fact, colostrum from cows has become a beneficial supplement of many all-purpose antibodies. While it is not as targeted to the individual human as a mother's breast milk is, cows are still subject to many of the same invading germs that humans are. So when humans use colostrum from cows, they can receive a very welcome boost to their immune systems. "Transfer factor" is the name given to molecules that transfer from the mother and establish the immune system in a newborn." - Pat Sullivan, Wellness Piece by Piece: How a Successful Entrepreneur Discovered the Pieces to His Chronic Health Puzzle (Get the book.)

"Cow milk is for baby cows and human milk is for baby humans. Take a 2:1 ratio of calcium to magnesium. Typical daily dosage would be 800 to 1200 mgs of calcium and 400 to 600 mgs of magnesium. It is best to split this into two or three doses throughout the day. Calcium citrate or hydroxyapatite is a better form of calcium for bone building. Enzymes for Lactose Digestion Enzymatic lactase supplementation may help those with lactose intolerance. It replaces the enzyme that is lacking. Take a pill right when you sit down to eat a meal that contains dairy products." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

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