drugs are also peptides, and a number of
casein peptides do affect the body in
hormone-like ways. One reduces breathing
and heart rates, another triggers insulin
release into the blood, and a third stimulates
the scavenging activity of white blood cells.
Do the peptides from cow’s milk affect the
metabolism of human children or adults in
significant ways? We don’t yet know.
Milk Biology
and Chemistry
How the Cow Makes Milk
Milk is food for the newborn, and so dairy
animals must give birth before they will
produce significant quantities of milk. The
mammary glands are activated by changes in
the balance of hormones toward the end of
pregnancy, and are stimulated to continue
secreting milk by regular removal of milk