"Drink, children, milk – you will be healthy – this truth we have taken for granted for many years. It was believed that cow's milk strengthens bones and overall health due to its high content of protein and calcium. It turns out that everything is exactly the opposite – cow's milk not only does not "enrich" bones with calcium, but also deprives them of this mineral. What causes the harm of milk to health and why calcium from cow's milk does not strengthen bones, read the article prepared for you by estet-portal.com.
Why doesn't milk protect against bone fractures?
Milk contains animal proteins that change the body's pH balance to the "acid side", resulting in biological correction taking effect. To neutralize the oxidizing effect of milk, our body uses calcium. And it comes from our bones. This is why cow's milk can lead to calcium deficiency. Perhaps that is why in countries that lead in the incidence of osteoporosis, people drink the most milk. The link between calcium intake and bone health is very weak, and there is almost no link between cow's milk intake and bone health.
Even though cow's milk contains three times more protein than human milk, it leads to a metabolic disorder that negatively affects our bones. The composition of mother's breast milk and cow's milk differ significantly.
There are many studies that disprove the theory that cow's milk is good for health. A 22-year study of 96,000 people found that:
- drinking milk during childhood and puberty promotes peak bone mass and therefore protects against osteoporosis and bone fracture later in life;
- drinking milk during adolescence (up to 20 years) does not reduce the risk of fractures in the future, but increases it.
The Harvard Nurses’ Health Study, which included more than 77,000 women aged 34 & ndash; 59 years showed that people who consumed more milk were more likely to break bones.
What else causes the harm of milk to human health?
Bone fractures and osteoporosis – these are not all the dangers of cow's milk for human health. The fact is that most cows are given antibiotics and injections bovine growth hormone (rBGH). Such synthetic hormones are used to artificially increase the milk yield of cows.
In humans, bovine growth hormone leads to increased levels insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), which is associated with the development of several types of cancer. Cancer Prevention Coalition Chairman Dr. Samuel Epstein stated: "Milk containing rBGH leads to an increase in blood levels of IGF-1 and, consequently, the risk of developing breast cancer."
In addition, cow's milk has been cited as one of the causes of type 1 diabetes because it contains the protein casein, which the human body cannot break down. The immune system perceives it as a foreign body and tries to neutralize it. And pancreatic beta cells, whose amino acid sequence resembles casein, get caught in the crossfire. As a result, insulin synthesis is disrupted – hence type 1 diabetes. What's more, more and more people around the world are lactose intolerant.
Alternative sources of calcium include sesame seeds, poppy seeds, soybeans, nuts, parsley, kale, spinach and wheat.
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