5. The Milk Controversy
Is Cow’s Milk Suitable For Human Consumption?
Dairy milk has become a major target of criticism over the past few years due to its long lists of
negative side effects. More and more health practitioners report that patients are allergic to dairy products
or suffer from food intolerance to milk-containing foods. Eczema, asthma, migraine, constipation, hay
fever, arthritis, stomach trouble, lymph edema, heart disease and testicular cancer are all linked with high
consumption of dairy products.
One such case was Tim who just turned 11 years old when his parents brought him to see me. He had
developed asthma when he was five months old. The former treatment consisted of three different types
of drugs, including cortisone and an inhaler. The boy’s condition worsened steadily and he developed
herpes and other symptoms of high toxicity. Six months before his visit to me, Tim had caught a cold,
which was treated with antibiotics. Since then his lungs showed strong signs of congestion. He
complained about being tired all the time and unable to run or play with his friends. Kinesiology muscle
testing revealed that Tim was highly allergic to milk or milk products. His parents confirmed that by the
age of five months he was no longer breastfed but was instead given infant milk formula.
Tim’s asthma was caused by his body’s inability to break down the protein of cow’s milk. The
fragments of undigested protein caused a strong immune response aggravating the entire mucus lining
from the anus to the lungs. His condition was chronic because he consumed large quantities of animal
protein, including milk and dairy products throughout his young life. After two weeks of abstinence from
these foods, his asthma and herpes subsided and have never recurred since.
Could it be that cow’s milk is meant only for calves just as cat’s milk is meant only for kittens? Would
we consider feeding our babies with, for example, dog’s milk instead of human breast milk? The ratio of
nutrients contained in dog’s milk does not suit human requirements. Yet the same applies to cow’s milk.
Cow’s milk contains three times as much protein, and almost four times as much calcium, as human
mother’s milk. These amounts are unsuitable for the human physiology at any age.
Cow’s milk is designed to contain the exact amount of calcium and protein necessary to feed a calf that
will end up being at least 3-4 times larger than the human body is. If we gave human breast milk to a calf,
it would not grow strong enough even to survive. By contrast, human babies require more carbohydrates
in the beginning stages of their lives than calves do. For this reason, in comparison to human mother’s
milk, cow’s milk contains only half the amount of carbohydrates. Calves on the other hand require much
more salt than human babies do; naturally, salt content in cow’s milk is three times higher than in human
milk. It is for a good reason that most of the original populations living in Asia, Africa, Australia, and
South America don’t regard cow’s milk as a food fit for human consumption.
Once weaned, mammals no longer look for milk to satisfy their hunger or thirst. If human babies, who
have been breastfed for 14-18 months, were given the option of choosing from various types of natural
and suitable foods, two out of three would no longer want breast milk as a food, according to classic
study. Babies who are fed with cow’s milk tend to look puffy, bloated and fat. It is not uncommon for 1-
year olds to have gallstones in the liver as a result of drinking, and not digesting, cow’s milk. Many of
them suffer from colic, gas, and bloating, which makes them cry and develop sleeping disorders. Other
problems include tonsillitis, ear-infections, breathing difficulties, excessive mucus discharge and drooling
from the mouth.
Michael Klaper, M.D. and Author of Vegan Nutrition: Pure & Simple, summarized the milk
controversy as follows: “The human body has no more need for cows’ milk than it does for dogs’ milk,
horses’ milk, or giraffes’ milk.”