"To talk about MILK is to take your life in your hands"

[JoolsToo]

"So should you aim for the milk moustache or never touch the stuff again? The way to find out is to speak only to those with no direct links with commercial organisations promoting any sort of milk, milk alternatives or therapies. So that's what I've done."

Vivienne Parry in the Times - It's Udder Confusion

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cant be bothered to read

will it make me cross? does it say we all have to give up milk and we are all intolerant?

I could die with frustration

thank the lord

it is sensible

I've never drunk milk, can't stand the stuff, makes me wretch as soon as it goes near my mouth.
Having read about the links with breast cancer, I'm glad I don't drink it, as I'm not sure where I stand with hereditary breast cancer, after my mum died of it very young.
On the other hand, on the last time I visited the dentist he haad quite a go at me for not drinking milk as my teeth are very weak from lack of calcium (I suppose BFeeding 3 babies has robbed them of anything they had in the first place.

"Here?s the advice. If you like milk, drink it, but not too much of it (because too much of anything isn?t good) and choose skimmed or semi-skimmed. Get your kids to drink more. If you prefer the taste of organic, fine. If milk upsets you, avoid it. Simple really."

For the people who don't want to open the link

This is worrying: "Cows given bovine growth hormone (somatotropin) to increase milk yields have more IGF1 in their milk, as does milk from cows that have recently calved."

I hate all the crap in our food that is unavoidable. Are organic cows given growth hormone?

Callisto - the article points out that growth hormones are banned in the EU so we're ok.

(unless you're not in the EU that is)

The use of growth hormones to increase milk yield in cattle that is.

yes Callisto but did you read the rest of the paragraph

"Breast cancer cells contain IGF1, which leads you to conclude that drinking milk containing high IGF1 levels causes cancer. Sounds worrying, but let?s unpick this. First, growth hormone use in dairy cows is banned in Europe. Secondly, the evidence that IGF1 can survive eating and cross into the bloodstream is limited. In any case, even if it could, humans beings produce IGF1, too, with our gut alone churning out industrial quantities. Three pints of milk contain less than 1 per cent of the IGF1 produced by our gut. Finally, humans vary in their level of IGF1 and in levels of a partner protein that mops it up. Some people are naturally always going to have higher levels than others. Since IGF1 has properties that prevent aberrant cells committing suicide, that may be the link, not milk. On the other hand, reviews of more than 5,000 cases of colon cancer suggest that milk drinking is protective"

Gawd, can you tell I was speed reading the article?