J. Robert Hatherill
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 Infants with milk allergies make antibodies against milk proteins that are linked to destroying cells in the pancreas. žCataracts. The milk sugar galactose builds up in the lens of the eye, causing an irreversible clouding or cataract. žIncreased risk of ovarian cancer. Dairy, especially from cows treated with hormones, is linked to ovarian cancer and to elevated breast and prostate cancer. žIncreased intake of environmental chemicals. žIncreased heart disease. žIncreased lead, cadmium, and mercury uptake and toxicity. (Milk enhances the uptake of lead, cadmium, mercury, and other metals. |
Neal Barnard, M.D.
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 But for more patients, the problem with dairy products appears to be a reaction not to the lactose sugar but to the milk proteins.
Decades ago, when this fact was beginning to be appreciated, researchers reported unusual cures from simple diet changes. Researchers in Copenhagen described the case of a farmer who had been having ten to twenty watery stools per day. He had applied for disability benefits because of extreme fatigue. He was hospitalized and put on a lactose-free diet. Within two days, his stools became normal. |
Neal Barnard, M.D.
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 Researchers are pointing their fingers at cow's milk proteins, viruses, and genetics as likely culprits.56 People with insulin-dependent diabetes will need insulin injections regardless of the diet they follow, but most find that a low-fat, vegetarian diet along with regular exercise make the illness much more manageable.
Why does this kind of diet work so dramatically? First of all, it cuts out fats that interfere with insulin.57 Second, it is a powerful way to lose weight, which greatly improves insulin's action. |
Jean Carper
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 In laboratory rats, milk proteins decidedly trigger diabetes by destroying insulin-secreting beta cells.
Further, infants who are breast-fed and deprived of cow's milk for longer periods are much less apt to develop diabetes. In another incriminating new study, researchers at Children's Hospital in Helsinki compared early exposure to cow's milk with later risk of diabetes. They found that exclusively breastfeeding infants during the first two to three months of life slashed their chances of developing diabetes by age fourteen by forty percent! |
Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.
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| Couple that with the fact that certain races do not have sufficient lactose (Flatz G, 1987, Genetics of Lactose digestion in humans; Advances in Human Genetics; 16, 1-77 and Rozin P & Pelchat ML, 1988, Memories of Mammaries: Adaptions to weaning form milk; Progress in Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology; 13, 1-29) to metabolize milk proteins and would be more susceptible to this synergistic effect of combining dairy with their antidepressants. |
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC
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 Gluten, milk proteins and autism: dietary intervention effects on behavior and peptide section. J Appl Nutr 1990; 42: 1-11.
2. Werbach M. Autism. Int J Alternative Complementary Med 1996; Oct: 8.
3. Martineau J, Garreau B, Barthelemy C, et al. Effects of vitamin B6 on averaged evoked potentials in infantile autism. Biol Psychiatr 1981; 16: 627-39.
4. Lelord G, Muh JP, Barthelemy C, et al. Effects of pyridoxine and magnesium on autistic symptoms: Initial observations. / Autism Developmental Disorders 1981; 11: 219-29.
5. Rimland B, Callaway E, Dreyfus P. |
Sheldon Saul Hendler and David Rorvik
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 CONTRAINDICATIONS, PRECAUTIONS, ADVERSE REACTIONS
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Whey proteins are contraindicated in those who are hypersensitive to milk proteins.
PRECAUTIONS
See Contraindications.
ADVERSE REACTIONS
No reports. However, those who are hypersensitive to milk products are expected to experience allergy symptoms, including possible serious ones, if they use whey protein products.
INTERACTIONS
No known interactions with drugs, nutritional supplements, food or herbs. |
Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1Michael T. Murray, ND
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| Lactase enzyme replacements will not benefit those people who are allergic to milk proteins or who cannot tolerate some other type of sugar.
Fructose
Fructose is used as a sweetener in many soft drinks and is present in a number of fruits. Individuals may be fructose malabsorbers and suffer symptoms similar to lactose intolerance.
Sucrose
Sucrose is common table sugar. The sucrase enzyme is needed to break down sucrose into glucose and fructose. If malabsorption symptoms exist but the lactose test is negative, sucrose intolerance should be considered. |
| Biologically active peptides from milk proteins with emphasis on two examples concerning antithrombotic and immunomodulating activities. J Dairy Sci 1993; 76: 301-310
39. Wong CW, Watson DL. Immunomodulatory effects of dietary whey proteins in mice. J Dairy Res 1995; 62: 359-368
40. May ME, Buse MG. Effects of branched-chain amino acids on protein turnover. Diabetes Metab Rev 1989; 5: 227-245
41. Zawadzki KM, Yaspelkis BB 3d, Ivy JL. Carbohydrate-protein complex increases the rate of muscle glycogen storage after exercise. J Appl Physiol 1992; 72: 1854-1859
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| Carrageenan is used in milk and chocolate products due to its ability to react with milk proteins. However, unlike other plant polysaccharides, it adversely affects the intestinal mucosa.7,8 It has been shown in rats to induce ulcer formation in the cecum, due to the promotion of mucosal macrophage release of lysosomal enzymes. Other rat studies have shown carrageenan to enhance carcinogen induction of neoplasia, colerectal carcinoma, birth defects, and hepatomegaly. |
| Lactose intolerance is very different from milk allergy, and individuals who don't produce sufficient quantities of the lactase enzyme aren't necessarily allergic to milk proteins.
A reliable test for lactose intolerance can differentiate this disorder from other digestive problems such as milk allergy and irritable bowel syndrome. An accurate diagnosis is important because:
• Many patients don't relate intestinal troubles to what they eat. A lactose intolerance test can dramatically
Normal
Lactose is ingested and travels to the small intestine .. . |
Ruth Winter, M.S.
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 POTASSIUM CASEINATE • The potassium of milk proteins. See Casein. POTASSIUM CASTORATE • The potassium salt of fatty acids derived from castor oil (see).
POTASSIUM CETYL PHOSPHATE • A mixture of esters of phosophoric acid and cetyl alcohol (see both).
POTASSIUM CHLORATE • Antiseptic, astringent in mouthwashes, toothpastes, and gargles as 2 to 5 percent solution. Used in bleach and freckle lotions and in permanent-wave solutions. A colorless or white powder that dissolves slowly in water. Also used in explosives, fireworks, matches, dyeing, and in printing. May be absorbed through the skin. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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 It also contains other enzymes which break down milk proteins and help digest starches. Today papaya extract is the active ingredient in most commercial meat tenderizers.
Personal Advice
Fresh fruits and vegetables and grains and cereal contain fiber which is essential for healthy colon and bowel function. Eat a diet that is high in those foods and relatively low in the more difficult to digest meat and fatty products.
Eating several small meals throughout the day instead of a large meal at night will help allow the body to properly digest food. |
Ruth Winter
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 POTASSIUM CASEINATE • The potassium salt of milk proteins used in ice cream, frozen custard, ice milk, and fruit sherbets. See Casein. POTASSIUM CHLORIDE • A colorless, crystalline, odorless powder with a salty taste. A yeast food used in the brewing industry to improve brewing and fermentation and in the jelling industry. Small intestinal ulcers may occur with oral administration. Large doses ingested can cause gastrointestinal irritation, purging, weakness, and circulatory collapse. Used as a substitute for sodium chloride (see) in low-sodium dietary foods. |
Earl Mindell and Hester Mundis
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 COMMENTS AND CAUTIONS A "nondairy" product can still contain milk proteins. (When in doubt, call the manufacturer!)
11. How Natural Is "Organic"?
The organichbel is helpful in understanding what you're buying and how natural it really is, but only if you know what the term really means. The new regulations divide organic labeling into four categories.
?Products that are labeled "100 percent organic" must contain only organic ingredients.
?Products labeled simply "organic" must have at least 95 percent organic ingredients, by weight or fluid volume, excluding water and salt.
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Frank A. Oski, M.D.
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 If you are an adult who can tolerate lactose, have no problems with allergic symptoms from milk proteins, and only wish to reduce your fat intake, then skim milk is the product for you. Skim or nonfat milk has less than 0.5 percent milk fat in it. The removal of the fat also removes the vitamin A. Some products are therefore fortified with vitamin A. Check the label to be sure.
Powdered milk is marketed as powdered whole milk or powdered skim milk. Both have had most of their water removed. The powdered skim milk has also had most of the fat removed before it is dried. |
Nicola Reavley
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 Phytates in unleavened whole grain bread reduce iron absorption although this may be reversed in the presence of meat and vitamin C. milk proteins, albumin and soy proteins may also reduce absorption.
As it is highly chemically reactive, iron can cause damage to proteins and fats in cell membranes. It is therefore bound to proteins in the body to limit its toxic effects and is not excreted in the urine. A protein known as transferrin, binds to iron and is responsible for its transfer to the bone marrow. Iron is stored in the form of ferritin, mostly in the bone marrow, liver and spleen. |
Frank A. Oski, M.D.
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| The curd faction of milk is comprised of a variety of milk proteins termed caseins while the whey proteins include lactoferrin, al-pha-lactoglobulin, beta-lactoglobulin, albumin, lysozyme, and immunoglobulins. Enzymatic or acid treatment of milk removes the curd. When casein is removed from skim milk the remaining portion is whey or "milk serum." Some states have erroneously classified it as a filled milk; however, filled milk by definition is cow milk with the animal fat replaced by a vegetable fat.
Human milk protein is approximately 80 percent whey and 20 percent curd or casein. |
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC
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| Cow's milk proteins (a trigger of allergy reactions) have been found at higher levels in milk from breast-feeding mothers with colicky infants than mothers with noncolicky infants.7 A double-blind study of colicky infants (either bottle-fed or breastfed) showed that changing to a low-allergenic formula or restricting the mother's diet to exclude certain allergy-triggering foods significantly reduced colic symptoms in the infants.8 A nutritionally oriented physician can help determine which foods in the breast-feeding mothers may be contributing to colic. |
| If the child is fed with formula, the problem may be an intolerance to milk proteins from a cow's milk-based formula.3 Switching to a soy formula may ease colic in such cases.4 Infants who are sensitive to both milk and soy can be given a nonallergenic formula.
If the child is breast-fed, certain foods in the mother's diet may provoke an allergic reaction in the child. Cow's milk consumed by a breast-feeding mother has been shown in some,5 but not all,6 studies to trigger colic. |
| Cow's milk proteins cause infantile colic in breast-fed infants: A double-blind crossover study. Pediatr 1983; 71(2): 268-71.
6. Evans RW, Fergusson DM, Allardyce RA, et al. Maternal diet and infantile colic in breast-fed infants. Lancet 1981; 49: 1340-42.
7. Clyne PS, Kulczycki A. Human breast milk contains bovine IgG. Relationship to infant colic? Pediatr 1991; 87: 439-44.
8. Hill DJ, Hudson IL, Sheffield LJ, et al. A low allergen diet is a significant intervention in infantile colic: Results of a community-based study. / Allergy Clin Immunol 1995; 96: 886-92.
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Jean Carper
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 Many people in third world countries cannot tolerate milk proteins. For an extra-potent antiinfective drink, of course, you could mix milk and eggs. "The antibody effects would be at least additive," says Dr. Yolken.
This thought may transport us not only into the future but into the past to recall a zany prediction from a Woody Allen movie. In his futuristic comedy Sleeper, all nutrition advice preached in the twentieth century has been declared wrong. The formerly bad stuff—junk food, chocolate, fat, and cholesterol—has now been proved beneficial. |
Neal Barnard, M.D.
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| Cow's milk proteins are also the main cause of colic, which affects one baby in every five, and they are among the most frequent triggers for migraines, arthritis, and digestive problems.
At the time that the New England Journal of Medicine article appeared, cow's milk had already been shown to contribute to iron deficiency and other health problems in children. Unfortunately, parents are often told that milk is a good source of calcium, but are rarely told of its disadvantages or of healthier calcium sources. |
| Milk sugar, called lactose, is a common cause of digestive symptoms, and milk proteins can elicit reactions as well.
Young children can nearly always digest lactose, because they have plenty of the lactase enzyme that splits it into smaller sugars, called glucose and galactose, which are then absorbed. However, the lactase enzyme begins to disappear after infants are weaned, and most adults have little of it left, which is why a glass of milk can cause indigestion and gassiness.
This is not an abnormality or illness. |
| Some people are sensitive to milk proteins, which can cause diarrhea and vomiting, in addition to more typical allergic symptoms, such as a runny nose, skin conditions, or asthma. mutiny o lumat nacnvs ana uiyesiive r rootems
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Doctors can test your ability to digest milk sugars with a breath test, because milk sugars that are not digested are fermented by bacteria that produce hydrogen. However, if the test shows that you are able to digest lactose, there is still no advantage to doing so, as you are then subjected to the galactose that comes from it. |
| However, in the April 1991 issue of Pediatrics, researchers reported finding that intact cow's milk proteins do, in fact, pass through the blood into the milk of milk-drinking women, a phenomenon now known to occur quite commonly.26
Several years ago I took a train to New York to give a lecture on children's diets to a group of pediatricians. The train car was nearly deserted, which was lucky, because a couple near the front of the car were struggling to console their wailing baby. |
Sheldon Saul Hendler and David Rorvik
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| Dietary milk proteins inhibit the development of dimethylhydrazine-induced malignancy. Tumor Biol. 1990; 11:129-136.
Tong LM, Sasaki S, McClements DJ, Decker EA. Mechanisms of the antioxidant activity of a high molecular weight fraction of whey. J Agric Food Chem. 2000; 48:1473-1478.
Vandenplas Y, Hauser B, Van den Borre C, et al. Effect of a whey hydrolysate prophylaxis of atopic disease. Ann Allergy. 1992; 68:419-424.
Wong CW, Watson DL. Immunomodulatory effects of dietary whey proteins in mice. J Dairy Res. 1995; 62:359-368. |
Neal Barnard, M.D.
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| In addition, sophisticated immune tests have shown sensitivities to milk proteins in patients with both conditions.37,38 Sugar, margarine, and a lack of fiber have also been implicated.37
Food sensitivities are not as predictable in inflammatory bowel disease as they are in migraines or arthritis, and they can change over time. Nonetheless, for those who identify their food triggers and avoid them, the relapse rate is only about 10 percent per year. In comparison, the vast majority of untreated patients relapse within the first year or two after an episode. |
Adrian Forsyth and Kenneth Miyata
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 Our habit of adding cream to coffee is a technique for taking the tannins out of solution; the bitter tannins bind on the milk proteins. Other plants have gone the opposite route and have invented compounds that stimulate protein digestion.
I once thought that a pineapple was just another canned fruit and that meat tenderizer was a white powder that some food conglomerate synthesized and packed in shakers. It was my first contact with a fresh pineapple that led me to make the connection between the two. While traveling in northern Colombia, I found myself in the hot, squalid town of Cienega. |
Berkeley Holistic Health Center and Shepherd Bliss
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| Family meals vary the type of protein offered, using fish, fowl, vegetable protein, and milk proteins.
14. We plan leisurely group meals.
15. We avoid fast-food restaurants.
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