"Got Milk?"
For Some Children,
the Answer Should Be "No"
Stanford University Pediatrician Takes on Dairy Industry Sacred
Cow
"For some children, the possible
adverse health effects of cow's milk outweigh the benefits, despite
what the dairy industry would have us believe," asserts Stanford
University pediatrician John D. Mark, MD. In his new book, Your
Sick Child, the latest in the Own Your Health series about combining
alternative and conventional medicine, Dr. Mark refers to new
research showing that cow's milk and dairy products, due to their
saturated fat content, can increase inflammation in the airways
and other parts of the body. "This inflammation may exacerbate
asthma, ear infections, upper respiratory infections and colds,"
explains Dr. Mark, an expert on the lung diseases of children.
"I regularly try an elimination diet of cow's milk, cheese
and butter from my patients' diets, and often there is a dramatic
improvements in their respiratory problems."
What about calcium and strong bones?
"There
are other and often more nutritional ways to get calcium, vitamins
and protein, including green leafy vegetables, nuts, calcium-fortified
juices, cereals, beans, sesame seeds, almonds, figs, seaweeds,
and fortified soymilks," says Dr. Mark. "We are the
only species that drinks milk from another species, and the only
species to drink milk at all after infancy. Many children –
and adults as well – have trouble digesting cow's milk.
Many children are simply not biologically meant to drink it."
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John D. Mark, MD and Roanne Weisman
co-authored "Your Sick Child" in the Own
Your Own Health series.
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