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Organic milk / hormone free milk
On Dec 13, 9:40�am, (Beth Kevles) wrote:
regarding whole milk... It turns out that the fat is where the hormones hang out. �I read an interesting article - I wish I could remember where - that compared hormone levels in children who drink milk from "traditional" cows (my terminology) with those who drink milk from "modern" cows. �Traditional cows are defined to be those who are milked only after producing a calf, and then stop being milked when their calf weans, and then are milked again when they have another calf. �Modern cows are those who have one calf and then are milked continuously thereafter, and are the norm on modern American "factory" farms. Anyway, the kids who drank whole milk from modern cows had much higher hormone levels (I think they were measuring estrogen) than kids in other groups. �The study was a preliminary one and was conducted on children in, perhaps Tibet? �The researcher involved was very eager to return to conduct further studies to get at what was really going on, since many variables were NOT controlled for in the preliminary one. If you want to look the article up, I'd guess I read it in either The New Yorker or else the New York Times Sunday magazine. �It was interesting. --Beth Kevles � -THE-COM-HERE �http://web.mit.edu/kevles/www/nomilk.html-- a page for the milk-allergic � Disclaimer: �Nothing in this message should be construed as medical � advice. �Please consult with your own medical practicioner. NOTE: �No email is read at my MIT address. �Use the GMAIL one if you would like me to reply. I saw a TV show on that subject one day. They were offering some children treatments to counterbalance the effects the excessive hormone-intake they got from the foods they consumed. Disturbing really IMO. |
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