The Got Milk campaign, aimed to get people to drink more milk and it was first launched in 1993 when milk sales were dropping. You have probably seen the milk mustache on athletes and celebrities, promising that it great for strong bones and teeth. Milk is necessary have item on every grocery list around the world, so what is it really doing to the bone?
The cow’s milk sitting on the refrigerator shelves at the grocery store is pasteurized. Pasteurization is a process that applies heat to destroy pathogens in food, with the goals of killing disease-carrying germs and preventing milk from going sour too early. During this process, every particle of the fluid is heated to a required temperature then rapidly cooled. Here’s the problem: pasteurization also kills off the beneficial bacteria (probiotics), and even destroys some of the nutritious content in milk, like vitamin C and iodine. It also destroys the enzymes in milk.
These lost enzymes make it harder on your body to get calcium and phosphorus out of the cow’s milk. Countries with the highest rate of dairy consumption, (the U.S. and countries in the European Union) also have the highest rate of osteoporosis. We’ve been told for years that drinking plenty of milk will ensure that our bones stay strong and healthy, but these recent studies show the exact opposite to be true.
Raw milk is not much better!
It doesn’t matter if you drink 1%5,2% or skim milk these all go through the same type of pasteurization before even getting to the grocery stores. If you think that your getting milk from a healthy and clean cow to have for your daily cup of milk your completely wrong and reading further will definitely burst your bubble.
The cows that are used to give you these gallons of milk from the grocery store are natural cows. They are being injected with a genetically engineered hormone or a growth hormone called rBGH. This is injected in them so they can produce more milk so the consumer can make more money. This hormone is already banned in Australia, Japan, Canada and the European union because of human and animal concerns, but it’s used all over the U.S. to boost milk production to 10 to 15 percent.
The milk produced from these cows can contain as many as 20 painkillers, antibiotics and growth hormones in a single glass of milk, which some studies have linked to excessive tumor growth and cancer. The cows are typically fragile and prone to disease, and their milk contains large amounts of pus. This is where the pasteurization process comes in. The milk goes through a quick heating process that produces no guarantee of cleanliness. In fact, multiple salmonella outbreaks in recent years have occurred from pasteurized milk — milk that’s supposed to be clean.
When milk goes through the pasteurization process it also gets rid of any healthy electrons that the body could benefit from. The body needs a balance pH level so it can maintain homeostasis. The more processed and refined foods you consume daily, the more acidic the body becomes, which creates the body to find new ways to keep the pH levels balanced. The body does this by take calcium and magnesium from other part of your bone, one being your bones. After a while, you bones will get weak from this process and can cause osteoporosis. Tumors also love this acidic environment. The milk you consume the more you’re destroying your bones.
Next time you are planning a trip to the grocery store, you may want to consider researching a few healthier alternatives and leave pasteurized milk out of your cart. Got Milk?
