Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Raw Food: Why You Should not Drink Cow’s Milk?

By Nicholas Tan

Many people are firm believers that cow’s milk is the “perfect food” and you will never be able to change their minds. But parents need to educate themselves about milk allergies and lactose intolerances with their children in mind to be forewarned. One main reason why cow’s milk isn’t that great for you is that it was made for cows, not humans. Secondly, if you are not consuming magnesium along with cow milk, you are not benefiting from the calcium. Thirdly, if you consume something with iron in it, your body also cannot uptake calcium at all. So, red meat and a glass of milk, is not a great idea.

The reaction of the immune system to milk proteins and milk products is a milk allergy. These are signs and symptoms that will appear while the child is an infant. This affects the digestive system along with skin and airways. Milk allergies can be life threatening to infants if not recognized and something done about it. Infants who develop milk allergies are usually put on soy milk by the family doctor.

Lactose intolerance shows up a couple of years later and is caused by the body not being able to break down the milk sugar lactose. This affects the digestion only, and causes symptoms such as bloating, gas and loose bowels. This occurs only after drinking milk or eating dairy products. This is not a serious intolerance and many people can still drink milk or dairy products in small amounts and not really feel any symptoms.

If a child or adult is found to be milk-allergic, it is best to know that not all “milk-free” labels are misleading, and they still can have milk protein in it. Some of the soy cheeses that are labeled as milk free can still have some milk in it, so read the labels very carefully.

Many nondairy foods can be substituted for milk or milk products. Be aware, however, that just because a food is labeled "nondairy," it does not necessarily mean that it is milk free. Even a "milk-free" label can be misleading. For example, some soy cheeses claim to be milk free but may still contain milk protein. That's why it's always important to read all food labels when you have a milk-allergic child.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/nutrition-articles/raw-food-why-you-should-not-drink-cows-milk-516115.html

MUGGED BY MILK

By William Thomas

Is Milk Too much to swallow?

Once upon a time… opening my first grade reader cast a spell that never went away. Enthralled by the smooth seduction of words, I sat oblivious to a desk-and-chair contraption that confined me like a torture rack, absolutely stunned by the raw power, brazen clarity and heart-stopping eloquence of "See Dick run."

Haltingly, I followed Jane, Dick and Spot "up the hill"... and saw a cow.

I knew what moo meant. "Moo" was the milk in the thermos in my lunchbox next to a cheese and lettuce sandwich. It was the milk in the big glass and the bowl of Cheerios I’d gulped for breakfast, the glass I’d have when I got home, the glass at dinner later, and maybe even a warmed-up cup of milk at bedtime. Best of all was the mid-morning chocolate milk break – which should not be long now. And if I was really lucky, ice cream for desert. If CNN had interviewed me on the spot, I would have blinked and said, "Milk? Everybody drinks milk. It tastes good, and my dad says it makes you healthy."

I drank lots of milk. Maybe you did too. Maybe you still believe all those mass-marketing mantras constantly telling us to drink milk so we "stay healthy" and our bones won’t melt. Or maybe you don’t drink it, but you give it to your own kids and their friends.

I hope not. I pray that you gently take the glass away from every child you see drinking the stuff. Give the little whippersnappers almost anything else. But please… Not Milk!


DOWNERS

Click on notmilk.com and the next time little moonbeam in her highchair makes a face, tips her cereal bowl onto the floor and laughs - you will rush to praise her perspicacity and wit. Because by then you will know (if you’d dared follow the links) that instead of standing around chewing their cud like slow philosophers, almost all of America’s 96 million cattle are transported, penned and persecuted like inmates at Guantánamo.

Swollen by high-protein, soy-based feeds, cows immersed in crowding, confusion, pain and fear have become milk machines. With each nipple grasped by a mechanical tentacle as swollen pituitaries painfully pump three-times more milk than normal, cows produce like Chinese sweatshop girls until they wear out. Just as these young women are discarded as broken hulks - burned out by too many Wal-Mart shipments - broken-down cows are chopped up and fed to other cows. It’s not supposed to happen. But hardly anyone official is checking. So it’s more than very likely that the hamburger you’re chewing came from a cannibal cow fed the brains and other parts of sick cows, sheep and other four-leggeds. Along with their discarded offal.

How gross is that?


GERMS

To keep concentration camp cows alive in cramped, feces-filled stalls long enough to produce 155 billion pounds of milk a year in the United States requires constant doses of antibiotics. The consequences of steadily drinking milk - as well as eating farm fish laced with antibiotics - are already showing up in "Superbugs" that have rapidly evolved to thrive on the antibiotics they’ve adapted to. [mercola.com]

In addition, organophosphate pesticides derived from chemical warfare - such as Malathion and Phosmet - are sometimes poured directly over the spines of cows, where these poisons are absorbed into the meat and milk that end up accumulating in your own tissues – particularly in the lymph nodes of female breasts. [Minnesota Statutes 1998]

When it comes to regulations and corporate profits, everything makes a circle. The US government agencies that certify milk and meat "safe" without really looking have long been in violation of World Health Organization standards of beef production. [corpwatch.org; Green Party USA 12/03]


GROW UP

Banned in Canada and Europe, the Bovine Growth Hormone forced into American cows shows up in milk as an insulin growth factor (IGIF-1). Surviving pasteurization and human digestion, IGF-1 is absorbed directly into the human bloodstream – especially in infants, who are not calves meant to suckle udders.

As Dr. Joseph Mercola, author of Total Health Program points out, it is "highly likely" that the same BGH that gives cows breast infections "promotes the transformation of human breast cells to cancerous forms." After all, he adds, IGF-1 is a known accelerator of breast and colon cancer cells, "promoting their progression and invasiveness."

Another big BGH bummer is that it also decreases the body fat in cows. Contaminated with an unappetizing stew of pesticides, dioxins, and antibiotic residues, the poisons accumulated in cow fat are passed into the cows’ milk – and the carton in your fridge. [Green Party USA 12/03]

Why are American and Japanese kids so much taller than their grandparents or parents? Follow the milk. Scientists who did found that "Milk intake was positively associated with IGF-I concentrations and height."

Consumption of milk and dairy products can raise IGF-I levels in children by a factor of 30%. In adolescents creaking from rapid growth, BHG acts like rocket fuel. It has a similar effect on cancer cells. Pointing to voluminous documentation on his Not Milk website, Robert Cohen observes that "IGF-I is also a key factor in the proliferation and growth of every human cancer." [American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Aug/04]


MAKING THINGS WORSE

Forget pasteurization. High heat destroys the lactase, calcium and dozens of other enzymes needed for milk’s digestion and assimilation. A stressed-out pancreas trying to produce these missing enzymes can lead to diabetes – currently at epidemic levels in sugar-and-milk consuming cultures. Milk is also hard on the heart. "Compelling research demonstrating clear associations with this absorbed enzyme and increased risks of heart disease," Dr. Mercola asserts.]

Drinking skim milk is disastrous. Without the missing butterfat, our bodies cannot absorb and use the vitamins and minerals found in watery skim milk. The vitamin D complex lost with the butterfat is replaced in skim milk with synthetic vitamin D known to be toxic to the liver. And according to Dr. Mercola, the cholesterol found in the non-fat dried milk used in 1% and 2% milk "is rancid and promotes heart disease." Like all spray-dried products, skim milk powder is also high in nitrite. [mercola.com]


A REALLY BIG MILK GROSS OUT
Robert Cohen helpfully reminds us that dairy cows filter blood through their udders all day. Dead white blood cells – pus, in other words – help them make all that milk. "Udders bleed discharges, including bacteria and blood drip into the milk," Cohen shares.

It’s still legal to sell if the cup of milk you’re drinking contains less than 50 million pus cells.

If you can stomach the medical evidence, MD Michael Greger cites nine single-spaced pages of medical references to show conclusively that the lifetime scourges of Paratuberculosis and Crohn’s Disease have "got milk." Awarded the equivalent of journalism’s Pulitzer Prize, Greger’s "Project Censored Award" for one of the most suppressed stories of 1999 resulted from his expose showing the connection between Crohn’s disease and the ParaTB gems swimming in your daughter’s glass of milk.

"Described as a human scourge, over a half million Americans suffer from this devastating, lifelong condition with annual US medical costs in the billions," Doctor Greger says. For Crohn's contemplators, he invites non-sufferers to "think of the worst stomach flu they ever had and then try to imagine living with that every day."

Slurping from a nationwide epidemic of cattle diseases, milk-guzzling Americans are coming down with the highest rate of Crohn’s ever recorded anywhere, after ingesting the Paratuberculosis mycobacterium (MAP) from infected cows.

As you might expect from their living conditions, there are a lot of sick cows staggering from feedlots to dinner tables. Dr. Greger cites the USDA’s latest figures showing three quarters of a million US cattle infected with ParaTB. Up to 40%of US dairy herds are already infected, he says. "The infection rate is expected to reach 100%."

Since MAP bacteria live inside pus cells, in a nation with double the allowed limit of pus cells in milk as anywhere else, American milk drinkers are playing with pathogens. Right now, US federal laws protecting the Dairy Mafia allow Grade A milk to contain more than a drop of pus per glass of milk.


TB MILK

When researchers in Ireland grew live Paratuberculosis bacteria from almost one in five tested cartons of retail pasteurized milk, they blew the whistle so loud, corporate spin specialists lamented "enormous" and "horrific" losses – not in human lives, but in diary profits! Milk Science International, an industry mouthpiece, worried that telling customers they were drinking cow pus and giving it to their children would prove "potentially catastrophic for the dairy industry."

"Despite headlines splashed throughout Europe, not a word crossed the Atlantic," Dr. Greger groans. Just like "the media blackout in the U.S. in the early years of the mad cow disease crisis."

The USDA has rejected a proposal by a Crohn’s patient advocacy group to conduct a similar test for Paratuberculosis in U.S. dairy products. John Hermon-Taylor, chairman of a London medical school surgery, and an internationally recognized expert on Crohn’s and Paratuberculosis, says, "There is overwhelming evidence that we are sitting on a public health disaster of tragic proportions."

Every few seconds, some child or infant is hit with another dose of chemically treated cow’s milk. Every few hours, Dr. Greger points out, "another child in this country is diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and may be condemned to a life of chronic suffering."

As for the milk causing all this mayhem, his prescription is simple: "The consumer movement needs to move it to the front burner and turn up the heat."


JUST SAY YUK

"Don’t drink your milk," urges Dr. Joseph Mercola. "Milk and refined sugar make two of the largest contributions to food- induced ill health in our country." [mercola.com/artcle/milk/no_milk./htm]

Specifically, moo juice has been shown to cause in diarrhea, cramps, bloating, gas, gastrointestinal bleeding, iron-deficiency anemia, skin rashes, arteriosclerosis, and acne. The journal Pediatrics has also found, "Babies who are fed whole cow’s milk during the second six months of life may experience a 30% increase in intestinal blood loss and a significant loss of iron."


HOW DICK AND JANE GOT SICK

In September 2004, DairyMAX hailed GW Bush’s "Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act", which prohibits schools from restricting sales of milk products at any time on school premises or at school-sponsored events.

The National Dairy Council, which is funded by dairy producers, "provided information on milk’s nutritional importance to America’s children and youth," DairyMAX reported. Their lobbying was so powerful, "Congress rejected an aggressive effort by soy interests to make their beverages fully substitutable for milk in school meal programs."

U.S. schools are now required to adopt "wellness policies" – in part by providing flavored milk and cheese through vending machines laden with antibiotics, ParaTB, Bovine Growth Hormone and Crohn’s disease.

Aggressively pushed by the NFL and Wendy’s food chains – and widely promoted by celebrities and "healthy living" websites – milk drinking is also linked to insulin-dependent diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, infertility, and leukemia. [dairymax.org; notmilk.com]

Meanwhile, Dick and Jane have succumbed to the modern plague of asthma. "Cow’s milk is the number one allergic food in this country," Dr. Mercola maintains. "Cow’s milk allergy is one of the most common food allergies in young infants," agrees the September-October 1995 issue of W V Medical Journal.

Anemia is another legacy of milk. Robert Cohen reports that after more than 150,000 Vietnamese relocated in Australia, for the first time in their lives nearly every child became afflicted with asthma, diabetes, earaches and iron-deficient anemia. Though sugar and beef were strongly implicated, the primary assailant was cow’s milk. Daily drinking 650 milliliters of milk is a "risk factor for iron deficiency," according to another pediatric journal. [Pediatrics 1982, 1989; Journal of Pediatric Child Health Aug/04]


STOP EAR INFECTIONS NOW

Dr. Mercola adds that milk is "the primary cause of recurrent ear infections in children." The $3,000 surgery that inserts tubes into the eardrums of infants to treat recurrent ear infections is now the leading surgical procedure in the USA. "Most children who have this procedure will suffer long term hearing losses," Dr. Mercola says. "Over 50% of these children will improve and have no further ear infections if they just stop drinking their milk."

Like Big Tobacco, the Big Dairy Board spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year convincing Americans we will drop dead if we do not keep suckling like calves on a manufactured product our bodies cannot digest that makes many of us so chronically ill we think our constant aches and exhaustion are normal. The propaganda has worked so well, many adults believe they need to consume daily hits of milk to "stay healthy" and keep their bones from snapping like dried pretzels.

"NOTHING could be further from the truth!" Cohen shouts. He’s right. If your fondest desire is to remove lots of calcium from your body, drink lots of milk. The high levels of phosphorous in each glass prevent your body from absorbing the calcium in the milk. And since milk does not contains comparable amounts of magnesium needed to utilize calcium, milk drinkers are twice out of luck.

Even worse, the unfamiliar protein in cow’s milk leaches calcium from the bones you thought you were protecting by drinking all that milk. All that unusable cow calcium builds up on arterial walls, choking the blood supply to your heart and brain. It also contributes to arthritis, and can even be converted into kidney stones.

So if you are a post-menopausal woman determined to experience Osteoporosis, drink milk. Its unusable protein will draw the calcium right out of your bones. We’re talking amounts massive enough "to trigger a 50% loss of calcium in the urine," Cohen has found.

One option is to take properly balanced, high-quality calcium-magnesium supplements. And eat your veggies. "It is possible to obtain all your calcium from dark green vegetables," says Dr. Mercola. "Where do you think the cows get their’s from?"

The darker the veg, the better.


MAD COWBOY AT THE OPRAH

Oprah Winfrey will no longer touch burgers or beef. Not after interviewing ex-cattle rancher Howard Lyman "live" on one of the most popular shows in the galaxy.

"Being from Montana, I would have rather been caught riding a stolen horse than be called a vegetarian," Lyman told Oprah’s audience. Instead of selling hamburgers, Lyman talked about E. coli, salmonella and mad cow disease. As Ellen White explains in Ministry of Healing, "People are continually eating flesh that is filled with tuberculosis and cancerous germs."

And as Ans Gail Eisnitz elaborates in Slaughterhouse: "Federal records show that major meat packers smoked rancid meat to cover foul odor, or marinated it to disguise slime and smell...hams were soaked in chlorine baths to remove slime and odor, and red dye was added to beef to make it appear fresh. Plant managers repeatedly fought to allow ‘some contamination’ such as feces, grease, hydraulic oil, maggots, metal, floor residue and rancid meat..."

After hearing Lyman lasso facts like these, Oprah stunned tens of millions of viewers by declaring, "I’ve eaten my last hamburger."

As that magic moment, cow futures – even the future of cows – plopped. Moments later, the panicked purveyors of mountains of rotten meat, along with their milk-mustachioed cohorts, sued the famous TV host and her ex-steak eating guest for damages exceeding the budgets of entire nations as viewers recoiled in horror and revulsion from Lyman’s revelations and Oprah’s advice.

As Cohn comments: "You consume those diseased animals that no longer produce enough milk to guarantee a profit to the dairy farmer. Every cow milked in America ends her life in a slaughterhouse, her broken and diseased body contaminated with virus and bacteria. Such is the nature of the stressed life she lives. When cows are diseased with cancer or Paratuberculosis, leukemia or other sicknesses, that’s when they are sent to their final fate. Your dinner plate. The living tumors are cut from the dying animal and reserved for food which you feed your cats and dogs."

It is still illegal in 13 states to criticize an agricultural product.


HURRICANE WINDS OF CHANGE

Can we afford to keep swallowing such lethal lies as factory meat eating and milk drinking? Look around. See how fast climate change is drying up and washing away the croplands that manage to survive new pests bulking up on genetically-modified plants hit with ever-stronger applications of pesticides.

Now do the math: It takes 70 calories of energy to produce one calorie of meat. It also takes 16 pounds of grain – enough to feed 32 people – to produce one pound of meat. Since there are currently more cows on Earth than people, it stands to reason that if there were no cows, everyone could eat well. I’m not suggesting an immediate cull of what Ed abbey termed, "slow elk." I am proposing we stop eating cows. And cellblock chickens.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/nutrition-articles/mugged-by-milk-828240.html

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Reasons Why Cow'S Milk Is Bad For You

By Jude Simons

Many people are firm believers that cow's milk is the "perfect food" and you will never be able to change their minds. But parents need to educate themselves about milk allergies and lactose intolerances with their children in mind to be forewarned. One main reason why cow's milk isn't that great for you is that it was made for cows, not humans. Secondly, if you are not consuming magnesium along with cow milk, you are not benefiting from the calcium. Thirdly, if you consume something with iron in it, your body also cannot uptake calcium at all. So, red meat and a glass of milk, is not a great idea.

The reaction of the immune system to milk proteins and milk products is a milk allergy. These are signs and symptoms that will appear while the child is an infant. This affects the digestive system along with skin and airways. Milk allergies can be life threatening to infants if not recognized and something done about it. Infants who develop milk allergies are usually put on soy milk by the family doctor.

Lactose intolerance shows up a couple of years later and is caused by the body not being able to break down the milk sugar lactose. This affects the digestion only, and causes symptoms such as bloating, gas and loose bowels. This occurs only after drinking milk or eating dairy products. This is not a serious intolerance and many people can still drink milk or dairy products in small amounts and not really feel any symptoms.

If a child or adult is found to be milk-allergic, it is best to know that not all "milk-free" labels are misleading, and they still can have milk protein in it. Some of the soy cheeses that are labeled as milk free can still have some milk in it, so read the labels very carefully.

Many nondairy foods can be substituted for milk or milk products. Be aware, however, that just because a food is labeled "nondairy," it does not necessarily mean that it is milk free. Even a "milk-free" label can be misleading. For example, some soy cheeses claim to be milk free but may still contain milk protein. That's why it's always important to read all food labels when you have a milk-allergic child.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/food-and-beverage-articles/reasons-why-cows-milk-is-bad-for-you--781506.html

Lactose Intolerant? Try A Lactase Enzymes Or Soy, Rice, And Almond Milk Instead

By Darrell Miller

First of all, milk intolerance is not the same as a milk allergy or lactose intolerance. A milk allergy involves the immune system reacting to proteins in milk, while in milk intolerance there is no immune reaction. Additionally, milk contains a lot more than just lactose, and lactose intolerance is an intolerance to only the lactose in the milk.

True intolerance to milk is much more common than an allergy to milk proteins, and it comes in many guises. First, let's be clear that milk intolerance generally refers to intolerance of cow's milk, not mother's milk, and often shows itself shortly after changing from breast milk to cow's milk. This is in itself should provide a clue as to the cause of the child's condition. However, it does not only occur in children, even adults display signs of milk intolerance.

The symptoms can appear anywhere in the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus. From mouth ulcers to anal itching. Babies can reject formula milk by vomiting or diarrhea, and the cause will be unlikely to be associated with drinking milk. Other symptoms of milk intolerance that can appear at any time are fatty and smelly stools, occult bleeding (internal bleeding in the gut) and sometimes constipation. In infants, the child could fail to grow and thrive due to an inability to digest and absorb the milk, they may cry a lot as if they have colic, and pass bloody stools. Although the symptoms appear obvious as described, they are also those of more common infant diseases and conditions and very many cases of milk intolerance in infants are misdiagnosed.

Why does this happen? Why do some people become intolerant to cow's milk (or any other animal's) while others do not. A common cause of food intolerances of any type is a deficiency in the enzyme that is responsible for the digestion, or chemical breaking down, of the type of food concerned. In milk it is a deficiency in lactase that causes this. This is one of the main reasons for milk intolerance in adults. Lactase breaks down milk sugars, and the body naturally drops its production of lactase from ages of 2 onwards since after that age the energy available from milk is negligible and we are not supposed to continue drinking it.

Keep in mind that the only natural source of milk is the breast, and breast feeding stops under 2 (unless you want serious biting problems!). Nature never intended us to drink the milk of other animals, and our digestion is not geared up for it. Undigested lactose passes into the colon and causes a reaction to it. Hence, milk intolerance is not as unnatural as you might believe. Lactose ingestion decreases from the age of 2 and we therefore become less able to digest it. This results in intolerance in many people. Around 30 million adult Americans have a milk intolerance to some extent by the age of 21.

The intolerance could be due not only to the lactose, but also to the animal milk protein. If this is the case, it is frequently possible for the child to keep taking milk products, but with the protein content reduced or eliminated. However, diagnosis of milk intolerance in babies is so poor that they are likely to have outgrown the condition before it is diagnosed properly.

Milk intolerance in infants in not uncommon, but recovery is common for no reason in half of all cases within a year, and by 90% within three years. However, avoidance of cow's milk can frequently resolve this problem since different milk sources have different lactose and protein content. Many infants tolerate their mother's milk but not that of another animal, and why should they? Why should it be assumed that a human baby should be able to survive on milk based upon another animal?

If you suffer from milk intolerance, but still need the proteins that milk can supply, why not try some other form of milk. If you need milk with cereals or in your cooking try some other source of white protein dispersed in a liquid. Soy milk is a common alternative used by vegans. However, soy milk based on soy protein isolates should not be given to infants under six months old, and especially not if they have been found to have a milk allergy. Infants fed on soy-based formulas can suffer from infertility and premature puberty, so best leave the soy milk to the adults where they do no harm.

Almond milk is a better tasting alternative to soy milk, and much safer for children than cow's milk. It is delicious and you can make your own with a cup of almonds that have been steeped in water for 4 - 8 hours, and 4 cups of water. Use a pinch of salt and then liquidize till smooth, then strain. You can add half a vanilla pod if you want and some honey and it tastes absolutely fabulous. Your kids will love it. Who needs cow's milk! You can also feed your children on rice milk made in the same way, but keep in mind that rice contains carbohydrate rather than protein and your children will need a protein supplement.

Also remember that milk is high in calcium, and neither almond nor rice contain much of that mineral that is so essential for strong bones and teeth. You will have to find a good calcium supplement suitable for children. The beauty of milk is that calcium is provided in a form that is readily absorbed by the body, while most calcium supplements are not. They need the presence of other vitamins to enable the calcium to be effectively absorbed by the body.

A milk intolerant child needs his or her condition diagnosed quickly, and milk intolerance should not be confused with milk allergy. They are different conditions and require different treatments. Intolerance is a natural reaction to drinking the milk that nature intended to nurture another animal's child, so we should not be surprised by it, and be prepared with alternatives to mother's milk should it occur. Another option is to consume a lactase enzyme which would supply the needed enzyme for digesting cow's milk.

Rice and almond milk are suitable alternatives if their limitations are understood, and suitable supplementation is provided to render them suitable substitutes for milk intolerant children.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/lactose-intolerant-try-a-lactase-enzymes-or-soy-rice-and-almond-milk-instead-255915.html

A Guide to Overcome and Recover From Food Allergy

By Jack Sands

Selective eating... you are to undergo such a phase when you are allergic to some kinds of food and beverages. A food allergy is the body's immunologic reaction due to the presence of food protein.

Nowadays, there are several reading materials to help you understand the things you need to know about food allergy. One such example is the book called "5 Years without Food: The Food Allergy Survival Guide: How to Overcome Your Food Allergies and Recover Good Healthy." The book discusses overview of food allergy as well as the foods which you can and cannot eat and its alternatives. Additionally, you will also learn some necessary food allergy treatment from the book. Furthermore, "a personal testimonial" from the author makes the book credible as reviewed by readers.

Aside from the information which can be derived from the book, here are some helpful additional ideas you might want to add in your collection of thoughts.

Commonly, adults are allergic to foods such as eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, shellfish and fish. Kids, on the other hand, are inflicted with allergies to peanuts, milk and eggs. If you are aware that you have food allergy, what you need to undertake is to be well-informed about the allergy you have. By doing so, you will be able to overcome and recover from such allergy.

Some types of food allergies will be discussed for further reference:

Egg Allergy

An individual afflicted with the said allergy is hypersensitive to foods containing substance from eggs - the white or the yolk.

For some time, you are restricted to consume foods containing eggs. These days, there are egg substitutes which you can use such as tapioca and starch from potatoes. Apple sauce can also be an alternative.

Nut Allergy

People who are oversensitive to tree nuts end up experiencing allergic attacks. Nut allergy should not be interchanged with peanut allergy. It is different from the latter since tree nuts are considered fruits that are dry. Types of food prepared from soy nuts are considered to be a good alternative in the absence of tree nuts in your diet. A soy nut is not necessarily a nut; it is a soybean which undergoes the process of soaking and baking to achieve its crisp end result.

Milk Allergy

There are individuals who upon ingestion of proteins from a cow's milk develop an allergic reaction. When this happens, such individuals are considered to be allergic in milk.

To obtain optimum result from milk allergy treatment, you need to completely avoid milk allergens. In order for you to fill in nutritional gap from milk, you can choose to include soy milk or rice milk in your diet.

Seafood Allergy

If you are hypersensitive to foods such as shellfish or flaky fishes then you are most likely allergic to seafood.

The only way to avoid allergic attacks is prevention from eating shellfish and fishes which you are allergic into. Moreover, you also need to be careful on selecting pre-packaged foods for its labeling may not declare that it contains seafood ingredients such as shellfish or fish.

There is a reason for you to undergo selective eating. It will make you overcome the allergic reaction which is happening into your system. Moreover, it will help you recover and survive. To some extent, it will help you cease your food allergy. Selective eating may vary. Some food allergies are treated on a short-term; others are not treated in their lifetime.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/diseases-and-conditions-articles/a-guide-to-overcome-and-recover-from-food-allergy-467959.html

Common Milk Allergy Symptoms

By John Hilaire

Allergies are the reaction caused by our own immune system in order to protect us when from what it believes can harm the body. Millions of people around the world suffer from different types of allergies, from airborne types to food and substances that come directly in contact with our skin.

The Contents Of Milk

Milk contains water, carbohydrates, protein, minerals and fats; our body usually will react to the protein found in the milk, casein and whey producing milk allergies because it does not recognize them and feels it will harm the system. Milk allergies occur at all ages and sometimes it can even in those who have been drinking milk for a while but it is commonly found in children especially infants. Milk allergies can disappear as well at any time in one's life just as they appeared.

Common Milk Allergy Symptoms

There are three main common milk allergy symptoms that have been observed over the years and they are: the first milk allergy symptom is instant appearance of eczema and hives after consumption of cow's milk; the second common milk allergy symptom occurs in several hours after consumption of cow's milk and will manifest through diarrhea and vomiting and last but not least the third most common milk allergy symptom can occur in 24 hour hours from consumption and is mainly in the form of diarrhea.

Milk affects directly the digestive tract and the skin so if you suffer from milk allergies you will also encounter rashes on the skin, runny nose, asthma, bloating watery eyes and/or allergic shiners.

Preventing Milk Allergies

Many products on the market today contain milk extract in one form or the other and those of you who are suffering from milk allergies should take every step possible in order to prevent it; here are some easy steps. Read every label carefully for anything that says a form of milk or the other also stay away from cheese, yogurt, sherbets, milkshakes, some breads that contain milk, baked products, malts, pancakes and mashed potatoes.

These are just a few common items that contain milk, which you should watch but mostly read the label of all food products and when eating out ensure you carefully specify that you are allergic to milk in order to get food items that do not contain it. Milk allergy symptoms can leave one feeling exhausted, dehydrated and unable to perform simple daily activities due to which you should do everything possible to refrain from triggering it.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/common-milk-allergy-symptoms-328849.html

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Milk Allergies on the Rise

By Mike

Statistics show that food allergies are on the rise, and milk allergies
are becoming very common in both children and adults. It is the leading cause of ear infections in children, and more and more adults are being diagnosed as lactose intolerant. So why do we still consume so much cow’s milk throughout our lives, especially when a calf only consumes it’s mother’s milk until it is able to eat solid food. What makes humans think the breast milk of another species, which was never intended for us to drink in the first place, is not only good but necessary throughout our lives for optimal health?

First things first, let’s revisit the definition of an allergy…more specifically a food allergy. An allergic reaction to food is the immune systems response to what it considers “foreign bodies” within the blood stream. This occurs from improper digestion. When our bodies digest food properly, the stomach passes the digested food to the small intestines where the nutrients are absorbed, entered into the blood stream, and delivered throughout the rest of the body. When poorly digested food enters the small intestines, the undigested food molecules can pass through the intestinal walls and enter into the blood stream where they are perceived as being foreign bodies. This triggers the common allergic reactions that many people suffer from. Add to that the effects of undigested food rotting within the intestines, which becomes an open door for unwanted parasites and bacteria. All of this taxes the immune system, making us susceptible to other allergies, viruses, and diseases. That alone should make people think twice about consuming dairy products, especially children.

So why than do humans still consume so much dairy? Could it be that it has been pushed for many years as practically being a necessity for building strong bones in children, as well as to aid adults in maintaining proper calcium levels; especially woman? In order to examine this further it’s important to rethink the way we look at the recommended daily allowance of nutrients. The ratio of vitamins and minerals within the body is as important, if not more than individual values. This is because many nutrients work together for optimal absorption, and at the same time others may work against; especially if taken in excess. One great example is the calcium to magnesium ratio. As you may well know research has shown that magnesium is crucial to the absorption of calcium within the body. It’s often recommended that the dietary ratio of calcium to magnesium should be 2:1, while the recommended dietary ratio of calcium to phosphorous is about 1:1. I mention phosphorous because research shows that phosphorous in excess can interfere with calcium absorption.

So what really happens each time you consume an equivalent of 8oz of milk. An 8oz serving of skim milk contains about 306mg of calcium, and about 27mg of magnesium. This results in a ratio of about 11.3:1; that’s about 5.6 times the calcium compared to the recommended ratio of 2:1 for proper absorption. Now let’s take a look at phosphorous; an 8oz serving of skim milk contains about 247mg which is very close to the 1:1 ratio recommended for adults, but let’s look at it from an infant’s stand point. When compared to human milk, cow’s milk contains over 6 times the amount of phosphorus.

What exactly does this mean? Based on the calcium to magnesium ratio in cow’s milk, when you consume an 8oz serving of skim milk (as an adult or as a child) your body can’t possibly be expected to absorb all of the calcium. These high levels of calcium can interfere with the absorption of other minerals as well as lead to kidney problems such as kidney stones. To make matters worse when cow’s milk is consumed by infants, it is being done so with phosphorous levels far exceeding that of humans milk…what nature intended for them to consume, which can interfere with the absorption of calcium. So based on the information above this would mean that not only is the low magnesium levels and unbalanced phosphorous to calcium ratio having a negative effect on calcium absorption, but this can also lead to a depletion of stored minerals within the body. So the next time you reach for a glass of milk be aware that it may not be the healthiest choice.

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Cow's Milk Allergy And Babies

By Charlene J. Nuble

Allergy to cow's milk is the most prevalent form of food allergy that primarily affects children. Most infants and babies fortunately outgrow cow's milk allergy during their second to third year of formula milk intake.

Like most allergies, cow's milk allergies is not curable, but rather, they are treatable. In that sense, people and children born with it should live with dairy-free diets all their lives to avoid cow's milk allergies.

A close look at cow's milk

Regular cow's milk is composed of carbohydrates or sugar, vitamins, water, minerals, fat and proteins. It is the protein in cow's milk that brings about or serves as allergens that cause cow's milk allergy.

Parents should also learn that breastfeeding infants is not an assurance that the baby would not develop the allergy. However, studies found that breastfed kids are less likely to form food allergies of any kind.

Mothers pass along cow's milk proteins to their kids through breastfeeding. Thus, it would be more appropriate to say that it is not the mother's milk that incur reaction, but the proteins that are mixed through the mom's milk, which is attributed to the mother's diet.

In some cases, some infants develop immunity to cow's milk allergy during their breastfeeding years, but surprisingly develop cow's milk allergy when they stop taking in mom's milk for formula milk.

Symptoms of cow's milk allergy

It would be easy to tell when an infant or a kid has developed cow's milk allergy. Parents should be very observant of their children's conditions so they could immediately seek professional and medical help at the onset of the allergy.

Babies with cow's milk allergy exhibit skin rashes or eczema. Most cases, the babies experience diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal cramps or abdominal pains.

Because babies could not talk or complain about how they are feeling, parents should heed to their infants' cries and discomfort. Constant and regular visits to the kid's pediatrician would be really helpful.

However, it should also be noted that it is not only cow's milk allergy that causes rashes, eczema, diarrhea and abdominal pain. In that regard, consultation to the pediatrician is needed so the parents would know the real disease discomforting the baby.

Early detection of cow's milk allergy would be very helpful because early modification and elimination of dairies in the kid's diet would be very beneficial and necessary over time.

Treatment and prevention of cow's milk allergy

Severe symptom of cow's milk allergy would need special prescription medications from the doctor. Usually, to treat such cases, antihistamines and epinephrine are administered to the patient.

Parents of children with cow's milk allergy should also keep supplies of those drugs in their medicine cabinets because they would be necessary if ever the children would accidentally take in cow's milk.

Infants and babies will be switched to hydrolystate or soy-based milk formulas from milk-based formulas. Remember, it is the protein contained in cow's milk that cause the allergy so switching to another formula milk brand would not be helpful.

Mothers who breast-feed infants and babies diagnosed with cow's milk should instead cut intakes or eliminate dairy products in their diet so the cow's milk protein would not be passed on to the infants.

As general prevention measure, all formula milk based on cow's milk should be eliminated on the baby's diet.


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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

What are the Differences Between Milk Allergy and Lactose Intolerance?

By John

If you have an ailment which is caused by an allergy, do not assume that you are the only one; millions are suffering from the same problem. Milk allergy symptoms can show as vomiting, diarrhea, hives and many more but these are the most common ones. In addition, acne, watery eyes, bloating and gas are the other signs. Hyperactivity may also be considered a symptom, mainly with children. There has been so much research conducted about this topic that it has culminated in the creation of better alternatives to milk.

To allergic outbreaks it is recommended to avoid eating products which are derived from milk. However this is really difficult because many products we use in our daily routine including baby nutritional products all have traces of milk. If you have the habit of 'think before you leap' then you should closely watch the contents of any product. People who suffer from milk allergy should avoid anything that contains 'casein'.

If you have been to the supermarket recently & have glanced on the shelf you will notice a number of products which are categorized as food allergies treatment product, under this category you can get plenty of alternative dairy products. I bet that henceforth you won't have to avoid those palatable dishes that you like the most; you can find different alternatives for that.

.Now we will come to another issue, one ingredient in milk is called as lactose, in general term it is referred as milk sugar. Lactose intolerance can cause a person intolerant to the lactose available in milk. There is an enzyme called lactase which is responsible for breaking down the lactose. If one goes by statistics then it is estimated that almost 70% of the population of the world is lacking in this enzyme & more astonishing part is that most of them have none at all. Due to this it has problem in the past when some delegates of international care tried to supply the milk products to the African countries where food relief camps were distributing these products; it came to notice that those milk products were consumed by lactose intolerant people over there, it created more problems rather than curbing starvation.

Those who suffer from lactose intolerance can avoid drinking milk and eating products derived from it but in return they will need a supplement in lactase because this enzyme is needed by the digestive system. So lactase supplements are the only way to ensure a pleasant experience with dairy products for these people. Dose of lactase depends upon the dairy product which you want to consume, because with high priced lactase supplements it is important to give consideration about this.

Additionally, those who suffer from intolerance to lactose are denied calcium in their diet which is why more alternatives have been introduced to the market. They may use substitute products including Soya and Tofu. Soya-based products have been improved greatly; even if you taste Soya milk and try to adapt it to your diet; you will find its taste very delicious & it can substitute milk quite well. Tofu is a good alternative for cheese and in some cases even meat.

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Help I Am Allergic To Milk

By David Cowley

If you are allergic to milk then you suffer from allergies Type 1 what is also called Contact Allergies. When milk products are consumed the immune systems treats the proteins found in milk as harmful or dangerous to the body and overreacts to the perceived invasion by producing antibodies to attack the proteins.

Scientist are unsure as to why some proteins found in foods are consider harmful or dangerous by the immune system. What is known is that antibodies and histamine released into the blood stream during an allergic attack can cause wheezing, nausea, headaches stomach cramps, and hives.

Like most type 1 allergic attacks the onset of symptoms usually occur within a couple of minutes to a couple of hours after eating something containing milk or milk byproducts. Lactose intolerance and being allergic to milk are often mistaken because some of the symptoms are the same for both conditions.

Lactose intolerance involves the digestive system instead of the immune system. The digestive system in lactose intolerant individuals does not produce enough of the enzyme needed to break down the sugar found in milk thus producing symptoms similar to an allergic attack.

Prior to seeing any allergy specialist for testing on milk allergies you will need to stop taking any anti-allergy medication or over the counter antihistamines 2 to 3 days before the test are to be performed. Talk to the allergy specialist if you are unsure about any medications that need to be stopped and for how long.

The allergic to milk testing involves putting a liquid extract of the milk protein on your body, usually the back or forearm, and then scratching the skin slightly. If you develop hives, or red bumps, or the skin turns reddish in color and itches then these symptoms could indicate a positive result for allergies to milk.

Avoidance can be very difficult because milk protein is often hidden in other foods. Milk, ice cream, and cheese obviously need to be avoided. Most baked goods such as breads and muffins use large qualities of milk in the baking process. Soy Cheeses may be milk free but they could contain milk protein and should be avoided. Other foods such as chocolate, processed meats may also contain milk or milk byproducts. Read the labels of every food item that you bring into your home. Because the manufacturing processes change continuously re-read the labels each time you purchase a product.

Avoiding milk and other allergy causing ingredients was made easer after the new laws for manufacturing labeling went into effect on January 2006. All labels should be designed in such a way that a 7-year-old child could read and understand the ingredients.

A growing awareness about food allergies is becoming well known in the United States. Food manufactures and restaurants are becoming more understanding and willing to accommodate people living with food allergies. Living with any food allergy is no longer a major undertaking; it is now just a minor adjustment to your life-style.

Always consult your doctor before using this information

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Spotting The Symptoms Of Milk Allergy

By John Hilaire

Milk Allergy refers to the adverse reactions that involve one or more proteins of milk, whether belonging to the whey protein or casein group. Milk allergy is one of the most common problems in children, affecting over 3% of infants, because cow's milk is usually the first substance a baby encounters. However, this condition develops into other allergy problems from other protein sources when the baby grows up.

The symptoms of milk allergy can appear immediately after consumption or several hours (and even days) after the intake of cow's milk. Among the children and adults that experience this condition, the most common symptoms include nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and other problems involving the skin, such as eczema or hives.

Doctors have categorized the symptoms into three unique patterns. The first type of patients experience the symptoms immediately after consuming small amounts of cow's milk. The symptoms usually appear on the skin as hives or eczema, with and without gastro-intestinal and respiratory symptoms.

The second class of patients experiences the symptoms of milk allergy several hours after the intake of "modest?amounts of cow's milk. Unlike the first pattern, the symptoms are mainly focused on diarrhea and vomiting.

The last type of group included the patients who develop milk allergy symptoms after 20 hours or more after consuming large amounts of cow's milk. These patients experience diarrhea with or without skin reactions and respiratory symptoms.

Diagnosis And Treatment Of Milk Allergy

Doctors can easily diagnose a child with milk allergy, especially if the symptoms appeared right after the child switch to cow's milk formula. It can also be an easy process when an adult experiences this condition frequently after eating milk-based foods. Unfortunately, the diagnosis of this condition is usually difficult for older children and adults because milk-based foods and drinks are usually consumed with other kinds of foods.

To determine if a person has milk allergy, doctors will run several laboratory tests, including blood tests and skin-prick examinations. Many doctors try to eliminate milk products one at a time to determine the main cause of the problem.

Treating milk allergy using medicines
will not cure this condition. The only way to prevent allergic reactions from cow's milk is to avoid any products that may be the cause of the problem. Since avoiding milk products can be difficult because many foods have hidden milk proteins, it is important that a professional dietician supervise your treatment.

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Milk Allergy Symptoms

By Sven Ullmann

Milk allergies are a reality for millions of people. One major problem is that milk products and derivatives of milk are in so many of the food products we consume. It is very difficult to completely avoid milk products and byproducts as we go about or day to day life as food consumers. It is a very real problem for parents of children. Once they are out their sight treats like a caramel apple or milk chocolate can bring on an allergic reaction.

Symptoms can manifest themselves in a variety of maladies. Vomiting, diarrhea, hives are three of the most common. Bloating, gas, watery eyes, skin rashes that can also include acne are among others. An asthmatic who also suffers from milk allergy can have complications with their asthma condition as a result or his or her allergy to milk. Another reaction is ear infections and hyperactivity, particularly in children. Minor milk allergy symptoms can go undiagnosed for years.

As a result of ongoing research more information is being made available for those who suffer from milk allergies. Also more and better alternatives to milk are being made available. Milk allergy sufferers are denied this valuable source of calcium in their diet and more palatable alternatives are important in replacing milk and milk productes for the allergy sufferers.

Soy products that were once ghastly are now quite delicious and soy milk itself is now do to improvements quite delicious and resemble milk quite well. Tofu is a great alternative to cheese. With products like these, milk allergy symptoms can easily be avoided. Take a short trip to your supermarket and you'll find plenty of alternative dairy products. No longer will you have to avoid the common foods that you like the most, easy alternatives can be used.

One ingredient in milk is lactose, or milk sugar. Lactose intolerance is a type of milk allergy where the person experiencing the allergy is intolerant to the lactose in the milk itself An enzyme called lactase is responsible for breaking down lactose in the digestive process. It is estimated that up to seventy percent of the worlds population is lacking in this enzyme and some have none at all. This has caused problems in the past when international care packages of food relief were taken to countries on the African continent to fend off starvation and the milk products in the food was consumed by lactose intolerant people there.

Avoidance is the most common treatment for milk allergies. But as I stated previously that can be difficult. Anything containing the word casein should be avoided. Careful screening of preprocessed food labels is a must. Beyond that there has been some buzz about energy based allergy treatments. Many people have claimed to have been completely cured of all symptoms of milk allergy after undergoing an energy based allergy treatment. Energy based allergy treatments are quick and are not long and ongoing. They are an entire topic in themselves so I can only brief you on the topic here.

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Guide to Milk Allergy Symptoms

By Masni Rizal Mansor
Milk is made up of water, protein, carbohydrates (a milk sugar called lactose), minerals, fats and other substances. Milk allergies occur when our bodies react to the proteins in cow's milk, casein and whey, treating them as a foreign substance. Milk allergy symptoms may appear immediately or several hours after the intake of moderate to large amounts of cow's milk.

Mostly children suffer from milk allergies, but most of them get rid of it by the time they are six. Although whey proteins can be broken down by heat, casein proteins are heat-stable and that is why those who are allergic to the latter cannot tolerate any cow's milk, even when it is boiled.

The most common milk allergy symptoms are similar to those of other food allergies: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps, or symptoms involving the skin, such as urticaria, and eczema. Milk allergy symptoms include chronic runny nose, coughing, ear infections, excessive colic, excoriated buttocks, failure to thrive, fluid behind ears, irritability, nasal stuffiness, rash, hives and eczema, recurrent "colds," sinusitis, recurrent bronchitis, recurrent diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and wet and wheezy chest.

Three patterns of milk allergy symptoms have been recognized. In Type 1, milk allergy symptoms appear within minutes after the intake of small volumes of cow's milk. The reactions are visible mainly on the skin: eczema or urticaria, with or without respiratory or gastro-intestinal symptoms.

In Type 2, milk allergy symptoms start several hours after intake of modest volumes of cow's milk. The symptoms in such cases are usually vomiting and diarrhea.
In Type 3, milk allergy symptoms begin to appear after more than 20 hours, or even days after intake of large volumes of cow's milk. The principal symptom here is diarrhea, with or without respiratory or skin reactions.

These milk allergy symptoms are not restricted to those people experiencing a milk allergy.

One, who is familiar with food allergy symptoms, can notice that numerous foods share a variety of common symptoms, such as bloating, rash, and runny nose.
The diagnosis of milk allergy in infants may become easier if the milk energy symptoms started soon after the child began on milk formula. The diagnosis may also be easy if a person shows the same symptoms repeatedly after eating milk-containing food. In older children and adults, the diagnosis is often difficult because milk is usually consumed with other food. Only the milk allergy symptoms that develop after a few minutes are likely to give a positive blood or skin test, as these detect IgE that is involved in the immediate-type reaction.

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