When my close friend, Richard Grubman, died from Crohn's
disease, and left behind two sons, Michael and Ethan, it was too late to
ask "What went wrong?"
http://www.notmilk.com/c.html
When my friend, Spiro Nickles, suffered a heart attack
in front of his children, and died in his living room, it was too late
to ask "What went wrong?"
http://www.notmilk.com/h.html
When my college housemate, Didi Fuller, died from breast
cancer, it was too late to ask "What went wrong?"
http://www.notmilk.com/b.html
When my friend and neighbor and mother of four children
was diagnosed with leukemia, it was too late to ask "What went wrong?"
http://www.notmilk.com/leukemia.html
When my father had a stroke, it was not too late to ask
"What went wrong?"
http://notmilk.com/forum/1012.html
When my mother was diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes, it
was not too late to ask "What went wrong?"
http://www.notmilk.com/d.html
When mom was later diagnosed with anemia, it was again
not too late to ask "What went wrong?"
http://www.notmilk.com/i.html
Mom and Dad have recovered, dairy-free. A lifetime of
dairy use contributed to their conditions, but both of my parents are
now in their mid-eighties, and are remarkably healthy. I have no doubt
that their dietary choices have contributed to their current state of
good health. Mom and Dad live in the same town as I do. I visit often,
and each time I do, I am impressed by the large bowls of fresh fruit
that I see on the kitchen counter. There is no longer ice cream in the
freezer. Neither is there yogurt in the fridge. Mom now drinks soymilk.
Health and disease are most certainly linked to diet.
There are good and bad foods, just as there are good and bad fuels. Burn
gas in your furnace, and few residues are left. Burn marshmallows, and
it will become an internal mess. Burn high octane gas in your car's
engine, and it runs smoothly. Burn kerosene, and you'll soon need an
overhaul.
No additive known to humankind will negate the effects
of a poor fuel. No vitamins or supplements will negate the effects of
bad food.
Prevention is surely the best medicine.
In the case of disease, it's not necessarily what you
eat that prevents illness. It's what you should not eat that causes or
prevents disease.
Compassion to animals means not abusing them. Compassion
to animals means not eating them, nor drinking their body fluids.
Compassion to animals ultimately results in compassion to one's own
body, for their flesh and milk are filthy, inefficient fuels that were
not designed for human consumption.
Saturated animal fats, cholesterol, and sulphur-based
amino acids in animal proteins challenge our digestive and
cardiovascular systems. Concentrated dioxins, pesticides, and
antibiotics in the bodies of cows, pigs, and chickens make those of us
at the top of the food chain depositories for dangerous chemical
residues.
Humankind's biggest curse: milk and dairy products.
These are the dirtiest burning fuels with which the adult body contends.
Milk and dairy products represent forty percent of the average American
diet. Residues from milk, cheese, and other dairy products include
intact allergenic proteins and powerful bovine growth hormones that have
been identified as key factors in the progression of a vast array of
human diseases.
My dear friend and webmaster, Dave Rietz has died from
prostate cancer, and it is too late to ask "What went wrong?"
http://notmilk.com/wm.html
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