The British medical journal Lancet - Dairy-rich Diet linked to MS

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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. This also includes 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.

 

This 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 protein is unique in one respect: in

industrialized countries they are the first foreign proteins

entering the infant, since most formulations for babies are cowmilk-

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 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;11:304Â & shy;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*!

 

 

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Robert Cohen, author of: MILK A-Z

(201-871-5871)

Executive Director (notmi-)

Dairy Education Board

http://www.notmilk.com

 

 

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