Consequences of Hidden Milk in Groceries
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From Robert Cohen, NotMilk.com

Eighty percent of milk protein is casein. When casein is extracted from milk, it is used as a glue to hold together processed foods. When you eat casein, histamines are produced, then mucus.

Casein is also used as the tenacious glue which holds together wood in furniture. Casein is also used as the glue which adheres a label to a bottle of beer.

"Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences." Robert Louis Stevenson

Eighty percent of milk protein is casein. When casein is extracted from milk, it is used as a glue to hold together processed foods. When you eat casein, histamines are produced, then mucus.

Casein is also used as the tenacious glue which holds together wood in furniture. Casein is also used as the glue which adheres a label to a bottle of beer.

A few months ago I ate pizza at a vegetarian friend's house. I was assured that the cheese used was vegan. The next morning, my body assured me that it was not. I became fully congested. Such coincidences do not happen. My body is so finely tuned, that it exists as a barometer to my own internal atmosphere.

I do not eat meat, but I learned long ago that if one orders baloney or salami or pepperoni from the deli counter, one is also ordering milk. You see, milk protein holds together together the finished product. Casein binds ground sausage and hot dogs like a powerful binding agent. Eat hidden casein in meat products and you will need to cleanse yourself many hours later. Usually, that is an overnight experience. As one sleeps, the histamines clog internal organs, blood, intestines, and lungs. Upon waking, one's first response is to spit up phlegm. The next few waking hours are spent expelling phlegm and mucus. Those companies marketing Kleenex and Charmin become the beneficiaries.

Ten to fifteen hours after ingesting casein, you are guaranteed to know the congesting effects. You'll spit the results of your dairy meal, and your morning (or next) bowel movement will consist of sludge. I do not have to get too descriptive. You've experienced this same effect too.

Be aware that "non-dairy" products may contain casein.

A list of label ingredients containing milk protein might surprise you. Some of the ingredients surprised me, and I thought that I knew almost everything there was to know about milk ingredients in food. Clearly, I did not.

Read ingredient labels. If foods contain the following, they are not vegan. They are dairy:

butter, butter solids/fat, caramel color, caramel flavoring, casein, caseinate, ammonium caseinate, calcium caseinate, hydrolyzed casein, iron caseinate, magnesium caseinate, potassium caseinate, rennet casein, sodium caseinate, sodium caseinate solids, zinc caseinate, cheese, cream, curds, flavoring, high protein flour, lactate, lactic acid, lactalbumin, lactalbumin phosphate, lactoferrin, lactaglobulin, lactose, magnesium, margarine, milk, buttermilk, milk derivative, milk fat, milk protein, milk solids, skim milk, powdered milk, dried milk, dry milk solids, sour milk solids, hydrolyzed milk protein, natural flavoring, sour cream solids, whey, delactosed whey, demineralized whey, whey protein concentrate, whey powder, and yogurt.

Those "natural flavorings" will get you every time. When contacting manufacturers, you will usually be told that the "natural flavorings" are "proprietary." That means, secret. The same individual will not know whether or not they are "dairy." Often times, neither will the food scientists, since natural flavorings are manufactured for food processors by third parties. In other words, avoid those foods with natural flavorings. These chemicals do not do the body any good.

Take responsibility for your actions. If you do the dirty edde the night before, expect to face the consequences the morning after.


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