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| Hpathy Ezine - Aug., 2004 | ||||
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Raw Milk -- Thomas Cowan, M.D. |
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All of these qualities are lost in the heating of milk. It then becomes rotten, with precipitated minerals which can't be absorbed (hence osteoporosis), with sugars that can't be digested and with fats which are toxic. With this in mind, we can quickly see what has happened in the past sixty years. Raw milk has been used in therapy, in folk medicine and even in the Mayo Clinic for centuries. It has been used in the pre-insulin days to treat diabetes (I've tried it_it works), eczema, intestinal worms, allergies, arthritis, and other afflictions, all for reasons which can be understood when we examine just what is in milk (e.g., the cortisone-like factor for allergies and eczema). Rarely is anyone truly allergic to grass-fed cows' milk (feeding high protein feeds to the cows changes the milk, making it more allergenic). Yet apart from all these explanations is perhaps the real key: fresh raw milk is a living, unprocessed, whole food. Compare this to the supposedly "healthy" soy milk which has been washed in acids, alkali, ultrapasteurized, then allowed to sit in a box for some months. The lessons of studying milk and Pottenger's cats are profound for the American health scene. One of them is also simple: processed, dead foods don't support life or a happy, well-functioning society. This can only happen if people return to eating pure, wholesome, unprocessed foods. In my practice I always start there. I encourage, insist and even beg people to eat real foods, no matter what the problem. Often with just this intervention the results are gratifying. So, find a cow, find a farmer, make sure the cow (goat, llama, or whichever other milk source) is healthy and start your return to good health. References: 1. Don't Drink Your Milk, Frank Oski, M.D., Park City Press (published date not supplied). 2. Dr. Frances Pottenger was a pathologist working in the 40's who tested the theories of Dr. Price on cats_ that is that fresh raw foods are the healthiest for animal growth and development. His book is Pottenger's Cats, A Case Study in Nutrition by Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., M.D., 1983. Available from Price-Pottenger Foundation or Gerson Institute (phone 1-888-4-Gerson). -------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Cowan, M.D., graduated from Michigan State Medical School in 1984. He is now a family practitioner with special interests in nutritional and Anthroposophical medicine. His office, Noone Falls Health Care, is located at 50 Jaffrey Rd., Suite 125, Peterborough, NH 03458, (603) 924-3644. Reprinted with permission from Lilipoh magazine www.lilipoh.com |
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