Did you know that in the past dairy food was considered neither traditional nor healthy?
The 1930s brought the wave of dairy consumption in large quantities and the industry itself has been brainwashing us ever since. Until the middle ages, 90 per cent of the world’s population hardly ever drank milk. So why do we listen to pediatricians who practically force feed whole cow’s milk to babies with the promise of it being good for them? Answer. They’ve bought the hype, too.

It’s not uncommon for cow’s milk to be a contributing factor in 74 per cent or more of allergic skin reactions and in 89 per cent of asthma and hay fever cases according to John Button, author of How to Be Green. Many children are known to develop allergies because of the difficulty in digesting the lactose or milk sugar that is present in dairy products.

Although milk is believed to be a high-calcium, high-protein food, it only has 3.3 per cent protein and a big 3.8 per cent saturated fat. This translates into 40 per cent of our saturated fat intake and 30 per cent of the total fat intake. Do you think our babies need all that fat in a Western diet society where childhood obesity is on the rise? Though there is lots of calcium in milk, there is also plenty in dried fruit, sesame seeds, potatoes, green veggies and peas. A good rule of thumb that ends up being healthier and much wiser is to use dairy products as embellishments rather than a daily, staple food.When given to her as she was recovering from a bout of croup and trying to limit the mucus build-up in her throat, we found my granddaughter loved her bottle when it was a combination of 2 oz of whole milk + 4 oz of rice milk and a couple oz. of 8.5 Kangen™ water with her liquid vitamins added. The result, no mucus and easier breathing and a nourishing drink.

Weber, Marcea. Encyclopedia of Natural Health and Healing for Children. Australia: Simon & Schuster, 1992.   

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