Quotes about Milk Industry from the world's top natural health / natural living authors
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 "The documentary Eating points out that there has not been a single case of calcium deficiency of dietary origin in the entire history of the human race. The milk industry created this myth. Osteoporosis is caused largely by lack of weight-bearing exercise, insufficient Vitamin D and bone demineralization due to excessive consumption of acidic ash foods: meats, milk products, refined sugar and wheat, along with all the thousands of supermarket foods made from these four foods, including all junk foods."- Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) |
 "Market intervention has gradually fallen out of favor, and the last 20 years have seen an increasing concentration in the milk industry (as elsewhere in food) in favor of larger producers. Small dairy farmers have struggled to survive by forming cooperatives and producing value-added commodities like cheese, yogurt, and ice cream; others have simply shut down.
The other major controversy in the milk industry is the use of rBST or rBGH (recombinant bovine somatotropin or bovine growth hormone), a hormone that increases milk production up to 15 percent."- The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.) |
 "This special strain of Bifidobacteria was originally isolated from the intestinal tract of a healthy infant and developed in Japan by the Morinaga milk industry Company. Detailed studies have shown it to colonize the human gas-
Rotavirus—a Major Cause of GI Infection rvotavirus infection accounts for about 45 percent of severe diarrheal diseases in infants and young children in both developed and developing nations. In the United States, rotavirus causes approximately 20 to 40 deaths, 55,000 hospitalizations, and 500,000 physician visits that cost in excess of $ 1 billion annually."- Michael T. Murray, Beat Diabetes Naturally: The Best Foods, Herbs, Supplements, and Lifestyle Strategies to Optimize Your Diabetes Care (Get the book.) |
 "In 1995, two major milk industry groups put a new face on their old establishment, renaming it Dairy Management, Inc. The purpose of this new group was "to do one thing: increase demand for U.S.-produced dairy products," to cite their Web site.3 They had a 2003 marketing budget of more than $165 million to do it.4 In comparison, the National Watermelon Promotion Board has a budget of $1.6 million.5 A Dairy Management, Inc., press release includes the following items4:
Rosemont, Illinois—National, state and regional dairy producer directors have approved a budget of $165."- T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.) |
 "One of the items not mentioned in the impeachment charges and never televised in the Senate hearings was the way the government cooperated with the milk industry. In early 1971 the Secretary of Agriculture announced the government would not increase its price supports for milk—the regular subsidy to the big milk producers. Then the Associated Milk Producers began giving money to the Nixon campaign, met in the White House with Nixon and the Secretary of Agriculture, gave more money, and the secretary announced that "new analysis" made it necessary to raise milk price supports from $4.66 to $4."- Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (Get the book.) |
| "The other major controversy in the milk industry is the use of rBST or rBGH (recombinant bovine somatotropin or bovine growth hormone), a hormone that increases milk production up to 15 percent. Many in the industry embrace the increased yields; in fact, as many as 30 percent of U.S. dairy cattle receive the injections. But public advocates contend that rBST is dangerous and cruel for animals, which suffer reduced life expectancy, lameness, mastitis, and other health problems." - The New York Times, The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind (Get the book.) |
 "Traditionally the federal government and the milk industry have worked together in promoting the sale of milk. A typical example of this cooperation is a pamphlet entitled, "Milk in Family Meals," published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This guide for homemakers starts off with the statement, "Milk is a basic food that everyone in the family needs every day." No wonder the milk industry was shocked by the complaint lodged by the Federal Trade Commission!
By the way, the pamphlet "Milk in Family Meals" was published by the U.S."- Frank A. Oski, M.D., Don't Drink Your Milk (Get the book.) |
 "The soy milk industry puts vitamin D2 in soymilk, even though the dairy industry quietly stopped adding this form of the vitamin years ago. While any form of vitamin D helps people meet their RDAs (Recommended Daily Allowances), D2 has been linked to hyperactivity, coronary heart disease and allergic reactions.27
Low fat—or "lite" soymilks—are made with soy protein isolate (SPI), not the full-fat soybean. To improve both color and texture, manufacturers work with a whole palette of additives. Several years ago, titanium oxide, a form of white paint, was popular."- Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN, The Whole Soy Story: The dark side of America's favorite health food (Get the book.) |
| "The government already subsidizes the milk industry by buying approximately $2 billion of milk surpluses each year. Furthermore, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment predicted in 1995 that widespread use of rBGH could put 30 percent of all dairy farmers out of business. It is clear that we do not need more milk production. Greater milk production will only suppress the price of milk enough to make dairy farming unprofitable for most small dairy farmers.
Organic milk, on the other hand, is rBGH-free, as required by organic standards." - Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Get the book.) |
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