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Why Organic Milk is Worse for Diabetes

By: Russell Eaton Diabetes rates are reaching epidemic proportions in developed countries where junk diets and obesity is common. Diabetes is a serious and debilitating disease caused by the body's failure to control blood sugar levels. This is referred to as 'insulin resistance'.

A study by the University of Cardiff in the United Kingdom (2007) stated that a daily consumption of a pint of milk a day protects men against diabetes and heart disease. However, a closer examination of the research reveals that the study is flawed and without merit.

Jon Barron of The Baseline of Health Foundation looked at this study in detail and he makes the following five comments:

1. The 20-year study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, analyzed how insulin resistance was affected by dairy milk consumption. According to the study, which tracked 2,375 men between the ages of 45 and 59 over a 20 year period, eating dairy products reduces the risk of insulin resistance. The more they consumed, the lower the risk.

2. Although the study looked at a decreased risk of insulin resistance with increased dairy consumption, it found little correlation between dairy consumption and the incidence of diabetes itself. In comparing the lowest milk consumers with the highest, it found only 7 more cases of diabetes among the lowest consumers, a statistically insignificant amount. The incidence of heart disease was not looked at in the study.

3. An important omission in the research was the exclusion of people who had diabetes at the start of the study. As a consequence, we don't know if their condition improved or got worse as a result of consuming milk. Such data would have helped determine the effect milk consumption on insulin resistance in the human body.

4. Another failing in the study is that it only references the amount of milk and dairy products people were consuming, nothing else. Clearly, the more milk you drink the less you drink of something else, and vice-versa. If instead of drinking more milk, you drink more soda pop, more fruit juice, or more sweetened coffee, this can have a major effect on insulin and be a major factor in the risk of diabetes.

5. It seems that the so-called health benefits attributed to milk in the study may have nothing to do with milk at all. They may instead be a reflection of a better diet. It is likely that the men drinking milk were consuming less sugary foods, but the study doesn't tell us either way. Clearly, without the data, the study is meaningless and misleading.

An examination of the numerous studies into diabetes (too many to mention here) clearly show that milk consumption contributes to a higher incidence of diabetes. There are virtually no studies to counter this.

In the book 'Nurturing Traditions' (1999), the author Sally Fallon makes the following comment:

'There is some evidence that pasteurization alters milk lactase (a form of sugar), making it more readily absorbable. This and the fact that pasteurized milk puts an unnecessary strain on the pancreas to produce digestive enzymes, may explain why milk consumption has been linked to diabetes'.

This is confirmed by other published studies. It is known that milk lactose undergoes condensation and molecular changes as a result of pasteurization treatment. Lactose in the milk increases the level of glucose in the bloodstream. This in turn creates insulin resistance over time from the constant daily drip feed of glucose into the bloodstream.

With organic milk the risk of diabetes is even greater. This is so because most organic milk sold in the world (over 80 percent) is UHT milk. In North America virtually all organic milk is UHT. The pasteurization temperature of UHT is double that of regular milk. This means that such milk is more likely to flood the bloodstream with milk sugar, increasing the risk of diabetes.

In a new report (see below), 'Organic Milk Myth' explores this subject in greater detail.

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Organic Milk Myth explodes the myth that organic milk is better for health by clearly showing that organic milk is, in fact, significantly worse for health compared to regular pasteurized milk. See Organic Milk Myth now.

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