THE CASEIN MENACE:  MILK, MUCOUS, CANCER AND YOUR CHILD

On American television, and in print ads, there is a famous product slogan that reads: Milk Does a Body Good. It is usually accompanied by a photo of an attractive person with a white mustache. The problem is that this slogan is far from the truth -- the milk promoted in these advertisements is loaded with casein… and does no body good.  According to Dr. Colin Campbell, author of The China Study, casein, a protein that is found in large amounts in all dairy products, is directly linked to most cases of cancer.  He suggests that a diet based on the exclusion of casein and the inclusion of plant-based protein could elongate our lives and, potentially, keep us cancer-free.

As for that white mustache, often found right under our nose… it is far from attractive, and is even further from advertising chic … when its cause is better understood.

Such advertisements should serve as reminder of what casein-rich dairy products can cause. Casein is a menace and nasal mucous is only the first of many health problems that casein’s continuous consumption may bring into our lives.

Unfortunately, the problem is not new, and has deep societal roots, thanks to a powerful dairy industry and its propaganda. We live in a culture that champions the importance of drinking milk during infancy, childhood, youth, adulthood and old age… from cradle to grave. No matter our gender or age, there's always an excuse to drink milk and many people seem to think that, without milk, one could not live. How can we easily go from that long-held belief to an understanding that milk actually could cause severe health problems? Such a change in beliefs is difficult in a society that consumes vast quantities of milk for its calcium content, but has no clue about what casein is and how it affects our health.

Milk is a food that God has created to feed the mammals on this planet – but, only until they can feed themselves. After that dependent stage, only our human species stubbornly continues to drink milk. Further, we substitute a mother's healthy milk, which comes loaded with enzymes that help digest human milk successfully, for the milk of an animal that was not created to feed a two-legged mammal with a thinking brain.  Now, to make matters even worse, over the past century, we have tampered even further with nature’s plan: milk pasteurization has removed the digestive enzymes that originally accompanied animal milk in its raw and natural state; those natural enzymes, at least, would give our human tummies some hope that the casein contained in this milk could be successfully digested and rendered harmless. Destroying the natural enzymes in a food that was not created for humans is truly a crime. It leaves us unprotected from a protein that will eventually cause us great bodily harm. Why? Our own enzymes cannot protect us against casein  -- we cannot digest casein successfully.  Casein truly is an invisible menace and we must be aware of it.

How else is casein affecting us and, especially, how is it affecting our children? The lactose and casein proteins that remain in milk after pasteurization are responsible for the millions of cases of allergic reactions and dopamine-like reactions that affect our children every day.  They also are responsible for the digestive intolerance issues that many adults face, these days. Cases of allergies, asthma, attention deficit and lactose intolerance have spread like wildfire in recent decades and have one common denominator: Casein.    

The sad thing is that, for children who are already adversely affected by other environment components, the addition of casein in their diets may actually be the drop that overflows the cup. Pasteurized-milk consumption -- in other words, casein consumption -- is closely linked, not only to respiratory problems, but even to mild and severe behavioral and attention-related problems. While facing this dilemma, many parents research aggressively, hoping to find the source of the problem. Ironically, the silent and despicable assassin is right under our noses, laughing out loud every time we open the refrigerator! The time has come to breathe deeply, look at all sources of casein in the eye and say, with great determination, "to hell with you, invader, now get the heck out of my fridge!