From Robert Cohen
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9-8-2
After fat and casein are removed from milk, dairy processors are left
with whey protein. Whey is composed of bovine blood proteins. Serum
albumen. Lactalbumen. Dead white blood cells. Hormonal residues
including estrogen and progesterone.
The body's reaction to a foreign protein is to destroy that
antigen-like invader with an antibody. For those individuals unfortunate
enough to possess a genetic pre-disposition to such an event, the
antibody then turns upon one's own cells. That is what is known as an
auto-immune response.
In the case of diabetes and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), the body's
response to whey proteins is to attack the outer membrane protecting
nerve cells, or the myelin sheath.
It has long been established that early exposure to bovine proteins
is a trigger for insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Researchers have
made that same milk consumption connection to MS. The July 30, 1992
issue of the New England Journal of Medicine first reported the diabetes
autoimmune response milk connection:
"Patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus produce antibodies
to cow milk proteins that participate in the development of islet
dysfunction... Taken as a whole, our findings suggest that an active
response in patients with IDDM (to the bovine protein) is a feature of
the auto-immune response."
On December 14, 1996, The Lancet revealed:
"Cow's milk proteins are unique in one respect: in industrialized
countries they are the first foreign proteins entering the infant gut,
since most formulations for babies are cow milk-based. The first pilot
stage of our IDD prevention study found that oral exposure to dairy milk
proteins in infancy resulted in both cellular and immune response...this
suggests the possible importance of the gut immune system to the
pathogenesis of IDD."
THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS/MILK CONNECTION
The April 1, 2001 issue of the Journal of Immunology contained a
study linking MS to milk consumption.
Michael Dosch, M.D., and his team of researchers determined that
multiple sclerosis and type I (juvenile) diabetes mellitus are far more
closely linked than previously thought. Dosch attributes exposure to cow
milk protein as a risk factor in the development of both diseases for
people who are genetically susceptible. According to Dosch:
"We found that immunologically, type I diabetes and multiple
sclerosis are almost the same - in a test tube you can barely tell the
two diseases apart. We found that the autoimmunity was not specific to
the organ system affected by the disease. Previously it was thought that
in MS autoimmunity would develop in the central nervous system, and in
diabetes it would only be found in the pancreas. We found that both
tissues are targeted in each disease."
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Multiple sclerosis affects approximately 300,000 Americans.
Two-thirds of those diagnosed with MS are women. Most researchers
believe that MS is an autoimmune disease. Auto means "self."
WHO DOES NOT GET MS?
It is interesting to note that Eskimos and Bantus (50 million
individuals living in East Africa) rarely get MS. Neither do those
native North and South American Indian or Asian populations who consume
no cow's milk or dairy products.
WHO GETS MS?
The British medical journal Lancet reported that dairy-rich diets
filled have been closely linked to the development of MS. (The Lancet
1974;2:1061)
A study published in the journal Neuroepidemiology revealed an
association between eating dairy foods and an increased prevalence of
MS. (Neuroepidemiology 1992;11:304�-12.)
MS researcher, Luther Lindner, M.D., a pathologist at Texas A & M
University College of Medicine, wrote:
"It might be prudent to limit the intake of milk and milk products."
Women are targeted by dairy industry scare tactics that offer
misinformation regarding osteoporosis. Two-thirds of MS victims are
women. As milk and cheese consumption increase along population lines,
so too does an epidemic number of MS cases. The numbers add up. The
clues add up. The science supports epidemiological studies. Got
diabetes? Got MS? The milk connection has been established.
Whey protein? Say no way!
Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk.com
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