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Pasteurized Milk Increased Risk of Death and Bone Fractures - Probiotic Milk Products Do The Opposite

I found this article on GreenMedinfo by Case Adams, Naturopath about the difference between pasteurized milk and probiotic milk like yogurt and cheese. I thought I'd share some excerpts that I think might be very informative.

The article "Pasteurized Milk Speeds Death, Heart Disease, Cancer, Bone Fractures; Yogurt and Cheese Have Opposite Effect" is based on a large study from City University of New York published in the British Medical Journal. It followed 61,433 women between 39 and 74, and 45,339 men between 45 and 79...

Researchers followed the men for an average 11 years, and the women for and average of 20 years.

Researchers used a frequency questionnaire to correlate the amount of milk consumed by each group for 11 to 20 years.

Deaths rates, bone fractures, inflammation markers PGF2-alpha, and interleukin-6 numbers where collected from the groups.

Here is some of the data as repotted in the article:

Among the women.... three or more glasses of milk per day nearly doubled the incidence of death (by 93 percent) compared to those who drank none or less than one glass of milk per day.

Three or more glasses of milk per day in women also

increased deaths from cardiovascular disease by over 90 percent

and increased incidence of cancer by 44 percent.

... three glasses of milk per day or more increased the risk of

hip fractures by 60 percent and the risk of

bone fractures by 16 percent.

... the men also showed

higher risks of death and cardiovascular disease

from those drinking three or more glasses of milk per day – although only by about 10 percent.

The real story of this study is hidden in the fine print...

... cheese, yogurt and fermented (cultured) milk had the opposite effect.

Women eating 60 grams or more cheese per day (a couple of slices) in particular

reduced the risk of mortality by at least 30 percent –

and up to 49 percent (almost half) – when not cancelling out the effects of some of the nutrients in the cheese.

... adjusted by age only, the effect is 49 percent, but in the model (3) where all the effects of the other nutrients that cheese contains are canceled, the effect is lessened.
When negative effects are measured, it is helpful to eliminate the possible positive effects from the milk in terms of nutrients from its harmful effects. But when the equation is flipped in the case of yogurt and cheese – the effects of the nutrients add to its benefits.

Using this range, incidence of

deaths from cardiovascular disease decreased from 37 percent to 52 percent,

and deaths from cancer decreased from 5 percent to 15 percent among women who ate 60 grams or more of cheese a day.

Both hip fractures and bone fracture incidence decreased among the women eating more than 60 grams of cheese a day – ranging from

50 percent lower (by half) to 36 percent lower for hip fractures.

Among men, even with the reduced follow-up period, mortality incidence among the men was reduced by between 14 and 18 percent –

depending upon the model – while death from cardiovascular disease decreased by between 13 and 22 percent.

Mortality from cancer was insignificant.

Bone fracture incidence was also decreased among the cheesy men, ranging from 25 to 23 percent lower

among men eating more than 60 grams of cheese a day.

Yogurt and Fermented Milk Also Healthier

Eating 400 grams of yogurt or fermented milk per day (less than two cups) was also healthier for both men and women.

Compared to those who ate little or no yogurt or fermented milk, women experienced a reduced morality ranging from 14 percent to 38 percent,

and reduced death from heart disease at between 7 and 32 percent.

Cancer deaths also decreased among yogurt eaters, by between 19 and 25 percent.

Bone fractures also decreased among yogurt-eating women.

Hip fractures decreased by between 30 and 51 percent.

Among men, 400 grams or more of yogurt or fermented milk a day decreased the incidence of death by between 10 and 17 percent,

heart disease deaths by between 10 and 16 percent, and

cancer deaths by between 11 and 17 percent.

Yogurt-eating men also had 25 percent fewer hip fractures than non-yogurt eating men.

.... 99 percent of the milk being consumed is pasteurized,

... probiotics are breaking... sugar into harmless compounds.

Still other research has indicated lactose to be problematic, especially for those with reduced availability of lactase.

... casein and lactose – are also substantially broken down or changed by colonies of the right probiotics, which include species of lactobacilli.

For this reason, many cheeses – especially mature varieties (allowing the probiotic fermentation process to continue) - are naturally low in lactose and galactose, as is most yogurt.

Learn more about probiotics.REFERENCES:
Michaëlsson K, Wolk A, Langenskiöld S, Basu S, Warensjö Lemming E, Melhus H, Byberg L. Milk intake and risk of mortality and fractures in women and men: cohort studies. BMJ. 2014 Oct 28;349:g6015. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g6015.
Fordjour L, D'Souza A, Cai C, Ahmad A, Valencia G, Kumar D, Aranda JV, Beharry KD. Comparative effects of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics on growth factors in the large bowel in a rat model of formula-induced bowel inflammation. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Oct;51(4):507-13. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181df5ff2.
Portnoi PA, MacDonald A. Determination of the lactose and galactose content of cheese for use in the galactosaemia diet. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2009 Oct;22(5):400-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2009.00948.x.
Astrup A. Yogurt and dairy product consumption to prevent cardiometabolic diseases: epidemiologic and experimental studies. Am J ClinNutr. 2014 May;99(5 Suppl):1235S-42S. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.073015.Modler HW, Kalab M. Microstructure of Yogurt Stabilized with Milk Proteins. J Dairy Sci. 1983 Mar; 66(3), 430–437.
Adams C. PROBIOTICS-Protection Against Infection: Using Nature's Tiny Warriors To Stem Infection and Fight Disease. Logical Books, 2012.

So here are my two cents. I do not have a double blind study or a published research paper to sight, but I think you can easily extrapolate from this research that the benefits of fermented and particularly the probiotic milk products like cheese, yogurt and fermented milk, that raw, unpasteurized milk & milk products have similar health advantages. This is particularly true when you take into account the similar probiotic profile that raw milk has when compared to fermented milk products. Raw milk also has all of the healthy natural lactase, enzymes, vitamin D, magnesium and non-denatured fat and protein, which are destroyed during pasteurization, so therefore they no longer exist in regular, pasteurized milk. 99% of milk consumed is pasteurized. The aforementioned properties of raw milk mitigate most (if not all) of the pasteurized milk health problems.

Like I always say, do your research and make up your own mind.

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No More Raw Milk at Whole Foods Market!

I found this article published by Kimberly Hartke, publicist at the Weston A. Price Foundation. It's a conversation with Mark McAfee, the owner of Organic Pastures the largest raw dairy in the US, about how raw milk and how it has been taken out of Whole Food Markets.

Here is it, hopfully it informes.
Enjoy....

In True Form, McAfee Makes lemoneade Out of Lemons
by Kimberly Hartke, Publicist Weston A. Price Foundation

Mark McAfee, owner of the largest raw dairy in the nation, Organic Pastures, dropped me a surprising email last night. Whole Foods Market, with six hours notice, is dropping raw milk products from its dairy case. Not only in Mark’s state of California, but in Washington state, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. They already removed raw milk from Florida stores, where it was labeled and sold as “pet milk.”
Pennsylvania Whole Foods stores had only recently started carrying raw milk.
Apparently it is a national corporate insurance policy issue, which they are committed to working out. Whole Foods does expect to be able to re-stock store shelves with the product once they have resolved the issue with insurers.
The situation has left raw dairymen to scramble and find new points of sale for their product.

Regulatory Climate May Put the Squeeze on the Market
And, after what has been happening in Wisconsin and other states lately, it seems that there may be some FDA involvement in this corporate “decision.” Unlike ground beef, spinach, peanuts, peppers, and the other obvious sources of mass foodborne illness, the FDA singles out raw milk as “inherently dangerous,” in spite of a lack of evidence. This hostile regulatory climate seems to inform corporate decisions, makes insurers leery and also directs the actions the state regulators.
When Florida stores stopped carrying “pet milk” callers to Whole Foods Corporate were told everything from, “it was a profit driven decision” to “call the USDA if you want more information.”
A blog reader wrote me earlier this week that several Washington state dairies, Jackie’s Jersey Milk and Dungeness Creamery are experiencing business disruptions at the hands the state health officials with recall and shutdowns. She sees this as a “pattern of harassment.”
Wisconsin farm share programs are under a state of siege, because of the harsh bureaucratic interpretation of statute that began suddenly last summer.

Organic Pastures Responds with Optimism and Flexiblity, Offers Customer Hotline

Signs Tell How to Find Milk

As a courtesy to their customers, Whole Foods is placing signs in the dairy case, to let people know where to find their favorite farm fresh dairy brand. The Organic Pastures sign has their 1-877-RAWMILK customer service hotline. The Claravale Farm sign appears to have other health food stores listed. This photo was taken for me by Christine Chessen, founder of CREMA, the California Raw Milk Association, at a Bay area Whole Foods Market location where she shops.
Here is the official statement, released by Organic Pastures late last night:

On Friday, March 12, 2010, with 6 hours notice; Whole Foods corporate offices notified Organic Pastures and all other raw milk producers nationally, that they would not be able to carry any raw dairy products. This decision affected the states of CA, WA, PA, and CT. They told us that they love and support raw milk in California but their insurance company would not insure them until a nation-wide food safety plan was developed for all raw dairy producers. Not a single pathogen, complaint or food safety issue has caused this to occur… this is simply an issue of corporate insurance not allowing a vibrant whole food to be sold.
Organic Pastures already has an active food safety plan and we have submitted it to Whole Foods. This food safety plan has been in affect for over a year and was developed in cooperation with Whole Foods Food Safety Auditors, Dr. Ron Hull, PhD and Dr. Ted Beals, MD (Internationally renowned food safety experts), our extensive experience producing raw milk for over 10 years and industry laboratories. However, our compliance with all State and Federal codes and regulations and our active food safety plan was not enough to prevent Whole Foods from removing all raw dairy products from the shelf… effective 8AM Saturday, March 13, 2010.
Experts Agree, Food Safety is in Everyone’s Best Interest
Christine Chessen, of California Raw Milk Association points to the need for food safety plans for all raw milk producers. She fears that a raw dairy not doing proper testing, can be the downfall of others who are producing safe milk and using food safety measures. She suspects a case in Connecticut which involved a large multi-million dollar lawsuit may be at the root of the insurance carrier’s skittishness.
The Weston A. Price Foundation recommends knowing the source of your milk, if you choose to consume raw dairy, make sure the cows are tested for animal diseases, the milk is tested for pathogens and that the farm is feeding only grass and hay, and that the cows are on pasture, with plenty of sunshine.
Mark McAfee is familiar with challenges, and he rises above them like no one I have ever known. Here is what he has to say:
“This may appear to be a anti-raw milk move by Whole Foods. A deeper look exposes something perhaps very positive. Our best advocates and biggest supporters work for Whole Foods Market. They were the first store to carry OPDC products in CA in 2002. Walter Robb, COO has been a courageous and a steadfast consumer and fighter for raw milk in California with powerful testimony at the state legislature during SB 201 hearings in 2008.”
“In the end, it is hoped that this event will usher in a Whole Foods and OPDC led set of Raw Milk Safety Standards to assist ( not scare or intimidate ) the raw milk producers nationally to rise above liability concerns and have the highest level of confidence in raw milk safety. From all challenges can come very good and welcomed and needed progress. This is one of those times.”
“Every raw milk producer needs a food safety plan. Each one will be different depending on their conditions….but everyone needs to have a RAMP program (Risk Analysis and Management Program, takes into account the human immune system, it doesn’t rely on kill steps like a HACCP program). This is reality and with a RAMP program everyone can sleep better at night including consumers. This takes away just one more thing that the FDA or anyone else can say negative about raw milk. Whole Foods and OPDC in partnership established a RAMP program at OPDC more than a year ago. This program has allowed OPDC to pass the intensive, less than 10 coliform, standards and other measures of cleanliness. We are working around the clock with Whole Foods to set this standard and bring the raw milk back to the shelves quickly. In the books of history this seemingly negative event, should be counted as a bench mark and new day for America and food safety. RAMP to the future. RAMP is a tool, not to be feared, but like a tractor or milking machine… a tool to be used to make our lives better, more secure and healthier.”
In another email, Mark adds enthusiastically,

“We are professional organic lemonade makers. This box of short notice lemons is already making some great juice. When ever there is a shake-up…the changes result in higher sales and more support for raw milk.”
It is the remarkable resilience of men like McAfee, that are ultimately going to win the day for raw milk.

Organic Pastures has a Costumer Service line to help Californians to find raw milk: 1-877-RAW-MILK.

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Dr. Mercola Talks About Raw Milk With Mark McAfee

I love raw milk and I think Dr. Mercola is doing some great things. Here is an interview he did with Mark McAfee, the head of Organic Pastures a raw dairy.

If you drink or eat any pasteurized dairy now, you may reconsider after you watch this:

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An Excerpt From Katie Strand World: Dr. Mercola recommends raw milk!

I love Katie Strand World, and not only because she is the love of my life. Take look at her post on raw milk and Dr. Merola:

While I don't know enough about Dr. Mercola to agree with everything he says, I do appreciate that he recommends raw milk. He was also recently on Dr. Oz, and while he was cut off prematurely (in my opinion due to the his being mostly anti-business-as-medicine and anti-pharmaceutical), I'm glad he got a little bit of air time. I am thrilled that there's an M.D. with a national following recommending raw milk. Fantastic! He also seems to be fighting the good fight as an M.D., as he's very into nutrition and lifestyle solutions to the most pervasive and chronic diseases we're seeing in the U.S. and increasingly worldwide (as a more processed, fast-food diet invades the rest of the world). Also, he seems very into natural foods - so no artificial sugars or crazy processing in our food. All things I really appreciate.

So, I'm including his recent write-up on raw milk, different kinds of cows, and important nutritional information that, frankly, I could never write myself with another 4 years of school (and those who know me know I'm already over-schooled!).

Enjoy and please leave comments.

Link to the article on Dr. Mercola's website here here and at the end.

First of all, please understand that do not recommend drinking pasteurized milk – ever. Because once milk has been pasteurized it’s more or less “dead,” and offers little in terms of real nutritional value to anyone, whether you show signs of intolerance to the milk or not.

Valuable enzymes are destroyed, vitamins (such as A, C, B6 and B12) are diminished, fragile milk proteins are radically transformed from health nurturing to unnatural amino acid configurations that can actually worsen your health. Finally the eradication of beneficial bacteria through the pasteurization process actually ends up promoting pathogens.

The healthy alternative to pasteurized milk is raw milk, which is an outstanding source of nutrients including beneficial bacteria such as lactobacillus acidophilus, vitamins and enzymes, and it is, in my estimation, one of the finest sources of calcium available.

Raw milk is generally not associated with the health problems linked to pasteurized milk, and even people who have been allergic to pasteurized milk for many years can typically tolerate and even thrive on raw milk.

However, some people may still experience problems, such as upper respiratory congestion, when drinking raw milk, and the difference between the breeds of cows the milk comes from appears to hold the answer.

Different Cows = Different Milk

This is an issue you may never have heard of unless you’re familiar with the bovine industry, or have done a fair amount of research on milk. But there are actually distinct differences in the milk produced by various breeds of dairy cows.

So-called A1 cows are “newer” breeds that experienced a mutation of a particular amino acid some 5,000 years ago, whereas A2 cows are the older breeds that do not have this mutation.

As Thomas Cowan, MD, a founding board member of the Weston A. Price Foundation explains in his article Devil in the Milk, milk consists of three parts:

Butterfat,

Whey and

Milk solids

The milk solids consist of a variety of proteins, lactose and other sugars. One of these proteins is called beta-casein, and this is the protein of interest when comparing A1 and A2 milk.

All proteins are long chains of amino acids. Beta casein is a chain of 229 amino acids. A2 cows produce this protein with a proline at number 67, whereas A1 cows have a mutated proline amino acid, which converts it to histidine.

The proline in A2 milk has a strong bond to another small protein called BCM 7, which helps keep it from being released.

Histidine (the mutated protein), on the other hand, only weakly holds on to BCM 7, so it is liberated in the GI tract of animals and humans who drink A1 cow milk. Now, BCM7 is a powerful opiate that can have a very detrimental impact on your body.

As discussed in the article above, it is likely the cause of increased phlegm production in your digestive- and respiratory tract, which can worsen upper respiratory problems.

This confirms previous findings, discussed in Keith Woodford’s book Devil in the Milk: Illness, Health and the Politics of A1 and A2 Milk.

In it he writes that BCM 7 selectively binds to the epithelial cells in mucus membranes and stimulates mucus secretion.

But that’s not all. BCM7 has also been implicated in other far more serious health problems, such as:

Type 1 diabetes

Neurological impairment, including autism and schizophrenia

Impaired immune function

Autoimmune disease

Heart disease

For those of you who want to investigate this at greater depth, betacasein.net offers a comprehensive list of published scientific studies of the differences between A1 and A2 milk and their health ramifications.

You can also pick up a copy of Keith Woodford’s informative book,Devil in the Milk: Illness, Health and the Politics of A1 and A2 Milk.

The US Raises Mainly the “Wrong” Cows…

A1 cows include the black and white breeds like Holsteins and Friesians. Unfortunately, Holsteins are one of the most popular breeds in North America.

The older breeds, such as Jersey’s, Guernsey, Asian and African are primarily A2’s. Goats and sheep also produce the healthier A2 type milk.

“Our issue in America is that we have the wrong cows,” Dr. Cowan writes.

“When you take A1 cow milk away, and stimulate our own endorphins instead of the toxic opiate of BCM 7, some amazing health benefits ensue.

One saving grace, as expressed in The Devil in the Milk, is that the absorption of BCM 7 is much less in people with a healthy GI tract... BCM 7 is also not found in goat’s or sheep’s milk, so these types of milk might be better tolerated.

… We now have one more thing to put on our activism to-do list. Dr. Woodford explains that it is fairly straightforward to switch a herd to become an all A2 herd. No genetic engineering is needed, no fancy tests, just one simple test of the beta-casein and it can be done.

Hopefully, when this becomes widespread we will end up with a truly safe and healthy milk supply.”

Naturally, getting America’s dairy farmers to start switching breeds would require a massive campaign, but in the meantime, just being aware of this inherent difference between A1 and A2 milk can prove to be invaluable for many, especially if you have tried switching to raw milk and still experience problems with it.

You may simply be drinking milk from an A1 breed… Switching to milk from an A2 breed could make a significant difference.

This is also an important point for dairy farmers everywhere to at least consider, as A1 cattle may still not be producing the healthiest milk for human consumption, even when grass-fed.

How to Find Truly Healthy Milk

Depending on where you live, A2 milk may not be that hard to find. In fact, herds in much of Asia, Africa, and parts of Southern Europe still produce primarily A2 milk.

If you live in the United States, New Zealand, Australia or other areas of Europe, however, you’ll need to look a bit harder since the majority of cattle in these areas are A1 breeds.

As you know, I advocate getting your raw milk from a local dairy farmer that raises cattle organically, letting his livestock graze on fresh grasses. So to ensure the milk you’re getting is A2 milk -- the type that has not been associated with illness and instead appears to have numerous health benefits – you’d just have to ask what kind of breed he raises. (Remember, A2 breeds include Jersey, Guernsey, Asian and African cows.)

Buying retail (in those states where raw milk sale is legal) would require just a little more work, since you’d have to get the contact information of the milk supplier and then call or write them to find out what breeds are used.

Fortunately, grass-fed, raw milk almost always comes from small dairy farms that do not co-mingle their milk with milk from other farms, so this makes ensuring you’re buying A2 milk quite a bit easier.

You can start you search for raw milk retailers in the US by going to the RealMilk web site.

www.OrganicPastures.com also has a store locator for California.

(You can use the following hyperlinks to find out the legal status of raw milk in the U.S. state or country where you live.)

Yet another option is raw goat- and sheep’s milk, as neither of them contains the harmful BCM-7.

Link to article & Dr. Mercola's website.

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Pasteurized Milk Increased Risk of Death and Bone Fractures - Probiotic Milk Products Do The Opposite

No More Raw Milk at Whole Foods Market!

Regulatory Climate May Put the Squeeze on the Market

Organic Pastures Responds with Optimism and Flexiblity, Offers Customer Hotline

Experts Agree, Food Safety is in Everyone’s Best Interest

“We are professional organic lemonade makers. This box of short notice lemons is already making some great juice. When ever there is a shake-up…the changes result in higher sales and more support for raw milk.”

Dr. Mercola Talks About Raw Milk With Mark McAfee

An Excerpt From Katie Strand World: Dr. Mercola recommends raw milk!

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