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Sep

Yet Another Good Reason Why Breast Is Best

Oh Ben & Jerry’s, now you have another reason to consider making your ice-cream with human breast milk. And perhaps other ice-cream and milkshake companies should be thinking along the same lines. In fear of the deadly toxin, melamine, the EU has decided to ban all children’s food products that contain milk from China. Pretty reasonable I’d say, but is the government really that concerned about our children’s health? How about banning all milk products – regardless of what country they come from – and switching Mother Nature’s very own human milk?

Dairy products are a health hazard. Fact. They contain no fibre or complex carbohydrates and are laden with saturated fat and cholesterol. They are contaminated with cow’s blood and pus, and are frequently contaminated with pesticides, hormones and antibiotics. Mmm, and that’s not mention the good ole melamine that so easily found its way into products transported across the whole world.

Dairy products are also linked to allergies, constipation, obesity, heart disease, cancer and other diseases. The late Dr. Benjamin Spock, America’s leading authority on child care, spoke out against feeding cow’s milk to children, saying it may play a role in the onset of anemia, allergies, and insulin-dependent diabetes and in the long term, can set kids up for obesity and heart disease.

Vote below! Should the EU ban all dairy milk and switch to human breast milk?


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posted by Laura Sales on September 26th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

Yes cows milk contains no carbs or fibre but so do alot of other foods, extensive research has gone on into the benifits of feeding guernsey cows milk to young children with behavioural conditions such as autism. An experiment was carried out in the last school year at a special school for children un able to attend mainstream school due to behavioural problams and autism and alike diseases, it was found that the children in the group drinking guernsey cows milk everyday has sugnificant improvements to their health and behaviour. Beta casin A2 is also found in 95% of the international poplulation fo guersney cows and around 50% of the rest of the dairy breeds. this content in milk is proven to reduce astma and simular problems that can be fatal for young children. Breast is definatly best for babies and i would urge every mother to breast feed but you u’ll not find enough woman prepared to donate their breast milk. Why target ben a jerrys, i would imagine they only produce 0.0000000000001% of the worlds dairy products. I am proud to be a dairy farmer and take pride in the care and facilites the cows i work with have the cows are obviously happy or they would not show normal behaviours, they herd, they show natural oestrus behaviours they are doing what cows are meant to do and they show willing to come into the parlour if they didnt want to be milked they would not want to go to the parlour, they are not fed any food in the parlour so there is no real instentive for them to walk in the parlour.I AM I PROUD COW MILK DRINKER AND LOVER OF BEN AND JERRY ICE CREAM

posted by scythepuppet on September 27th, 2008 at 6:59 pm

Not only would you need to get enough breast-milk donated (or purchased outright), you’d have to carefully monitor the donor’s milk. Human women aren’t like cows, they can’t be contained, fed a carefully monitored diet. They produce less milk, and don’t lactate nearly as long as cows (who are bred for long lactation periods).

posted by Cara Augustenborg on September 28th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

I heard about PETA’s “breast is best” stunt in the UK’s Independent newspaper today and I have to say I was disgusted with this foolish attempt to shock the public by comparing human breast milk to cow’s. Your letter to Ben & Jerry’s wreeked of a sad attempt to generate PR by piggy- backing on the reputation of a credible company. While I believe it is worthwhile to create awareness about the pros and cons of dairy consumption and the ethical treatment of livestock, by trying to generate more publicity by suggesting that we replace our dairy products with women’s breast milk PETA has really discredited themselves. If you’re so concerned about the welfare of cows being milked, shouldn’t you also be concerned at the thought of nursing mothers being milked? Also, you can’t say breast milk is better for you than cow’s milk unless you are carefully controling the woman’s diet to ensure they stay away from chemicals, alcohol, narcotics, etc. While I was once a great fan of PETA and the information you try to relate to the public, I now think the intelligence level of your PR campaign leaves much to be desired. Stick to getting information about for the ethical treatment of ANIMALS, and leave women’s breast out of your discussions please.

posted by Caroline on September 28th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

I don’t have dairy products for medical reasons due to the effect it has on a condition I have. Since I stopped my symptoms have greatly reduced. However some people have huge gains from drinking milk. My Grandma has had osteoperosis most her life and yet she has never broken a bone and has a better posture than me! She puts this down to her high consumtion of dairy products. She also has never been over weight or suffered any of the health problems mentioned above. I do think that dairy farming needs to be more natural though and in some cases the animals treated better. One of the reasons I cannot have milk and other dairy products is the things added to it like the chemicals and hormones. I don’t agree with cows having their calfs taken away so soon either. The calfs should be allowed to stay with their mothers long term and allowed to grow fully and healthily. Not be put into the veal market. I am vegan but do not think everyone in the world should be as PETA would like. Animals are here to eat if we need to but not to waste and destroy as we are. How many people buy too much milk and end up pouring the sour down the drain? Also it is only part of our culture that means we stop breast feeding early or don’t do it at all. Women will continue to lactate as long as the child is breast feeding. If women did this for longer then there would be less need for cows milk products or donations from other mothers. Not that breast milk really is that healthy as when tested things like sun cream and household products have been found in it. As for Ben and Jerrys, I don’t think I have ever seen them market it as a healthy option so I don’t think it is in their minds to switch to a milk alternative or for that matter reduce the sugar which is the real killer. The reason Ben and Jerrys are targetted is they are one of the most recognised and loved brands so it will hit more people and they will actually care. If someone attacked your local supermarket brand of milk you probably wouldn’t feel urged to protect it as much as Ben and Jerrys so wouldn’t join the debate

posted by Katie on September 29th, 2008 at 2:34 pm

I think the EU should ban all dairy milk and switch to soya, rice or almond milk instead!

posted by Adele on September 30th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

I agree breast is best and breastfed my two kids well into their toddlerhood and while pregnant. My second didn’t receive an ounce of baby cow milk.

However, when it comes to eating dairy products, I prefer to be treated like an adult and make choices for myself, rather than have the EU remove choices from me.

Why not ask the EU to ban all tobacco or alcohol products, IMO they do more damange to our population than dairy ever could.

Choose your battle’s PETA if you want respect (oh yeah & stop SPAMMING me!)

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