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Exactamundo! These corporations put their profits above all else, including concern for the cruelty to animals involved in milk production, and sensitivity to racial justice. peacefully yours, Nancy Hey Richard Roper wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > Nancy is right on this one. > > It's a classic of corporate power, advertising and > racism. > > --- Nancy Hey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > > --------------------------- > > > > Well, for one thing, it shows the racist bias of the > > people in our government, > > and the dairy interests who support them, who make > > recommendations that children > > drink milk, because they don't take into account > > that many non-whites have > > lactose intolerance. This is one more form of > > racism that needs to be > > countered, as we honor King's legacy of opposing > > racism and discrimination. > > > > mart wrote: > > > > > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > > > --------------------------- > > > > > > Milk? Poison??? Ok...maybe, maybe not, but unless > > NATO is planning on > > > building a "milk bomb", what the heck does this > > possibly have with this > > > group??? > > > mart > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Nancy Hey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 9:34 PM > > > Subject: White Poison: The Horrors of Milk > > [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] > > > > > > > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > > > > --------------------------- > > > > > > > > > White Poison: The Horrors of Milk > > > > > Shanti Rangwani, ColorLines > > > > > December 3, 2001 > > > > > > > > > > Got milk? If not, then > > thank your lucky stars. > > > Because > > > > > if you do, medical research shows that you are > > likely to be plagued by > > > > > anemia, migraine, bloating, gas, indigestion, > > asthma, prostate cancer, > > > and a > > > > > host of potentially fatal allergies -- > > especially if you are a person of > > > > > color. > > > > > > > > > > Ignoring this, the > > government declares that milk is > > > > > essential to good health, subsidizes the milk > > industry to the tune of > > > > > billions of dollars, and requires milk in its > > public school lunch > > > programs. > > > > > And celebrity shills sporting milk mustaches > > tell us that milk is rich > > > in > > > > > proteins, calcium, and vitamins -- and very > > > > > cool to boot. > > > > > > > > > > They forget to tell you > > about the dangers lurking > > > in > > > > > that innocuous-looking glass of white. Once > > criticized only by > > > naturopaths > > > > > and vegans, now the health effects of milk are > > being decried by many > > > > > mainstream doctors. The supposedly hip milk > > mustache is actually a > > > creamy > > > > > layer of mucus, live bacteria, and pus. > > > > > > > > > > Former Chairman of > > Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins > > > > > University, Frank Oski, M.D. even has a book > > called Don't Drink Your > > > Milk > > > > > which blames every second health problem kids > > suffer on hormone-ridden > > > > > commercial milk. Sixty percent of ear > > infections in kids under six years > > > of > > > > > age are milk-induced, and milk consumption is > > the number one cause of > > > > > iron-deficiency anemia in infants today > > according to the American > > > > > Association of Pediatrics. > > > > > > > > > > But milk is also a racial > > issue. Almost 90 percent > > > of > > > > > African Americans and most Latinos, Asians, > > and Southern Europeans lack > > > the > > > > > genes necessary to digest lactose, the primary > > sugar in milk. The milk > > > > > industry's response is classic: they have > > launched new campaigns arguing > > > > > that non-whites can digest > > > > > milk if they take in small sips during the > > day. There is a burgeoning > > > > > industry worth $450 million a year churning > > out products designed to > > > > > minimize lactose intolerance. > > > > > > > > > > Lactose intolerance is > > the most common "food > > > allergy," > > > > > but to call it an allergy is to take a > > white-centric view that > > > trivializes > > > > > the fact that most of the world's people are > > not biologically designed > > > to > > > > > digest milk. > > > > > > > > > > Milk does no body good, > > but for the vast majority > > > of > > > > > the world's people -- people of color -- it > > is a public health > > > disaster. > > > > > > > > > > No other animal drinks > > cow's milk, not even calves > > > once > > > > > they are weaned. The late Dr. Benjamin Spock, > > the U.S.'s leading > > > authority > > > > > on child care, spoke out against feeding > > "cow's glue" to children, > > > saying it > > > > > can cause anemia, allergies, and diabetes and > > in the long term, will set > > > > > kids up for obesity and heart disease, the > > number one cause of death in > > > this > > > > > country. > > > > > > > > > > Most of milk's > > much-vaunted protein is contained in > > > > > casein -- which is also a raw material for > > commercial glue. Undigested, > > > it > > > > > simply sticks to the intestinal walls and > > blocks nutrient absorption. > > > > > > > > > > The mainstream media and > > the government ignore the > > > > > medical studies showing that milk is a serious > > health threat, in part > > > > > because people of color are the main victims. > > The institutionalization > > > of > > > > > racism is highlighted by U.S. Department of > > Agriculture spokesperson > > > Eilene > > > > > Kennedy's statement on milk, > > > > > that the government's recommended food pyramid > > is intended for "the > > > > > majority of Americans. It doesn't communicate > > to all Americans." > > > > > > > > > > The USDA continues to > > require that school lunch > > > > > programs include milk with every meal, and > > recommend that we glug milk > > > for > > > > > calcium, even though Harvard studies show an > > increase in osteoporosis > > > and > > > > > bone-breakage in people who consume milk. It > > says we should drink milk > > > to > > > > > prevent heart disease (and is echoed by Larry > > King) even though > > > saturated > > > > > fat constitutes 55 percent of milk solids. > > > > > > > > > > The dairy lobby > > perpetrates lies to ensure its > > > profits. > > > > > It benefits directly from the exaggerated > > support prices the government > > > > > shells out for this "health food." The > > government pays over a billion > > > > > dollars a year for surplus butter. A General > > Accounting Office (GAO) > > > study > > > > > concluded that a reduction in the government > > price support system would > > > have > > > > > netted consumers savings of $10.4 billion from > > 1986 to 2001. And the > > > USDA > > > === message truncated === > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! 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