Rheumatoid Arthritis & Milk - Public Awareness Announcement #37

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Rheumatoid Arthritis & Milk - Public Awareness

Announcement #37

 

 

Health Freedom Resources -

Public Awareness Announcement # 37

 

 

THE CURE FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

 

I received this letter from a dairy farmer.

 

Should any of your friends or relatives have

this painful condition, please feel free to

print this for them. Please also feel free

to post this on your internet site. I require

no credit or link to my website. Helping

people is my reward. Making a positive

difference in this world is one's highest

pursuit.

 

Dear Mr. Cohen,

 

You and I have stood on different sides

of the fence for a number of years, but

I've got a story to tell you, and an apology to

offer. Catherine (my wife of 21 years) and I

both grew up on dairy farms. We've been

raising Holsteins as long as we can remember.

Cath is just 42 years old, but she is crippled

with rheumatoid arthritis. There is no record

of this disease in her family, but she has been in

pain for the past two years, much of it bedridden.

 

We've tried traditional and alternative therapies

and medicines, but she only got a little short

term relief. We even tried acupuncture. Try

finding an acupuncturist in the rural midwest!

It was expensive, and didn't really work.

Catherine's pain has been unbearable at times.

 

Despite there being no information on the

internet linking dairy consumption to

rheumatoid arthritis, and nothing in

medical journals (I've searched online

medline), we made a resolution together

to discontinue drinking our own milk, and not

eat cheese or any other dairy product for

six months, just to see if there would be

some improvement.

 

Damn. I have to tell you this. Catherine

feels like she's been to Lourdes. She's

cured. There is some pain, but most is

gone. I've had changes too which I'll

discuss some other time. I thank you, and

curse you at the same time. Milking cows

is my livelihood. I've always believed that

what I was doing was the right thing. I'm

not going to sell my cows and sell my farm.

I love the business. I just don't feel that

good about it anymore. You were right

about the arthritis. I don't know about the

cancer and heart attacks, but you have

given us a miracle that doctors were not

able to provide. It did not take us three

to six months to learn the truth. It took

just three weeks. I've ridiculed your work

in the past. Please accept my apology.

 

Your friend,

 

Tom

 

Please do not give out my EMAIL address

or last name. I live in farm country and,

well, you understand. Thank you.

 

Dear Tom,

 

My dear friend, Jane Heimlich (wife of Dr. Henry

Heimlich, the " Heimlich Maneuver " physican),

included this in her book, " What Your Doctor

Won't Tell You. "

 

" Of the nearly 7 million Americans who have

rheumatoid arthritis, most are women. Symptoms

are stiffness, aching muscles, fatigue, pain that

accompanies motion, and tenderness. Nutritional

therapy, not drugs, is the cornerstone of alternative

treatment. A treatment for arthritis that relieves

symptoms in a large percentage of patients is

based on the theory that most arthritic symptoms

are allergic reactions. "

 

I've found many examples of physicians and

scientific studies linking dairy cosumption to

rheumatoid arthritis. I've included a few of the

following citations in my new book, MILK A-Z.

 

" Rheumatoid arthritis is more severe than osteoarthritis,is

most common in the hands and feet, and is characterized

by swelling of joints. Since this type of joint pain can be

a symptom of a food allergy, dietary change sometimes

has a profound effect. Dairy products, the most common

food allergen, are one likely candidate as a contributing

causative factor. "

 

Vegetarian and Vegan Nutrition by

George Eisman, M.A., M.Sc., R.D.

 

" ...43 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, those

assigned to a vegan diet...had improvement in

rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. "

 

British Journal of Rheumatology, 36(1) 1997

 

" In the case of the eight year old female subject,

juvenile rheumatoid arthritis was a milk allergy.

After avoiding dairy products, all pain was gone

in three weeks. "

 

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1985, 78

 

" Controlled trial of fasting and a one-year

vegetarian diet eased symptoms of rheumatoid

arthritis. "

 

The Lancet, 1991, 338

 

" In 1964, I learned of the experiences of Dr.

William Deamer of San Francisco. He had pointed

out the frequency of milk protein's casual

relationship to musculoskeletal pain in children

and especially the so-called 'growing pains.'

Since that time, I have had several children

with what appeared to be early rheumatoid

arthritis relieved and returned to good

health by little more than reassurance

and careful dietary manipulation. "

 

Don't Drink Your Milk, by Frank Oski, M.D.

 

" In systemic arthritis, like Rheumatoid, the

cause is coursing through the blood, and it

got there through the diet. When all of the

joints are involved, the cause is not physical,

but chemical. It's usually casein.(Eighty percent

of milk protein is casein). I once saw a 65 year

old man, Bob, who complained of neck stiffness

and headaches. His hands were so stiff and sore.

Bob lived to play golf. I instructed him to give

up all milk and dairy products. Since giving up

dairy products, he no longer experienced pain

and headaches, and his hands were also pain-free.

Joy, a 42 year old woman noticed that her knees

were pain-free after eliminating dairy products.

Once, after drinking a glass of milk, her knees

swelled within 20 minutes. "

 

No Milk, by Daniel Twogood, D.C.

 

" There is a colossal amount of information linking

the consumption of milk to arthritis... and a multitude

of other problems as documented by Hannah Allen,

Alec Burton, Viktoras Kulvinskas, F. M. Pottenger,

Herbert M. Shelton, and N.L. Walker, among others. "

 

Fit for Life, by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond

 

" Certain foods trigger the symptoms of rheumatoid

arthritis, and eliminating these foods sometimes causes

even long-standing symptoms to improve or even remit

entirely. It is important to avoid the problem foods

completely, as even a small amount can cause symptoms.

All dairy products should be avoided: skim or whole

cow's milk, goat's milk, cheese, yogurt, cream, etc. "

 

Neal Barnard, M.D. www.pcrm.org

 

Robert Cohen

http://www.notmilk.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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