- The most respected pediatrician in American history,
Benjamin Spock, M.D., once concluded:
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- "Cow's milk in the past has always been oversold
as the perfect food, but we are now seeing that it isn't the perfect food
at all and the government really shouldn't be behind any efforts to promote
it as such."
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- Despite that great advice, marketing people at America's
National Institutes of Health are ignoring real science and advising kids
that calcium in milk will prevent bone disease in later life.
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- With your tax dollars, a crew of government employees
have been playing with themselves and have designed a series of games in
which to indoctrinate little kids with their lies.
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- See the games:
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- http://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/kidsteens.cfm
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- Using a cow named Bo-Vine, your children are invited
to learn why "milk matters" for their health. They are then awarded
points if they demonstrate signs of adequately being brainwashed by this
joint venture between our government and the dairy industry.
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- Children who are old enough to play games by reading
such propaganda should also be old enough to understand the conclusion
of the largest and most respected scientific study in American history:
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- "There is no significant association between teenaged
milk consumption and the risk of adult fractures. Data indicate that frequent
milk consumption and higher dietary calcium intakes in middle aged women
do not provide protection against hip or forearm fractures...women consuming
greater amounts of calcium from dairy foods had significantly increased
risks of hip fractures, while no increase in fracture risk was observed
for the same levels of calcium from nondairy sources." Harvard study
of 78,000 women American Journal of Public Health 1997;87
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- Call it TRIVIAL PURSUIT. Children should be taught:
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- "Osteoporosis is caused by a number of things, one
of the most important being too much dietary protein." Science 1986;233(4763)
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- Call it the game of RISK. Kids should learn:
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- "Countries with the highest rates of osteoporosis,
such as the United States, England, and Sweden, consume the most milk.
China and Japan, where people eat much less protein and dairy food, have
low rates of osteoporosis." Nutrition Action Healthletter, June, 1993
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- Call it the game of MONOPOLY (as in dairy industry).
Young people should be taught in school:
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- "Even when eating 1,400 mg of calcium daily, one
can lose up to 4% of his or her bone mass each year while consuming a high-protein
diet." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1979;32(4)
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- Call it the game of LIFE, for this sad but true fact
of life reveals:
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- "Increasing one's protein intake by 100% may cause
calcium loss to double." Journal of Nutrition, 1981; 111 (3)
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- Call this one the game CANDYLAND because kids are tempted
with ice cream and milk chocolate and cheese in the name of good health.
They should be taught the following:
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- "The average man in the US eats 175% more protein
than the recommended daily allowance and the average woman eats 144% more."
Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health, 1988
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- It's as simple as TIC-TAC-TOE:
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- "Calcium intake demonstrated no protective in preventing
bone fractures. In fact, those populations with the highest calcium intakes
had higher fracture rates than those with more modest calcium intakes."
Calif Tissue Int 1992;50
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- Oh, the games people play. FLIP A COIN. Swallow the advice
of ignorant game players at NIH and eat dairy and get bone disease, or
learn truth:
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- "Consumption of dairy products, particularly at
age 20 years, were associated with an increased risk of hip fractures...metabolism
of dietary protein causes increased urinary excretion of calcium."
American Journal of Epidemiology 1994;139
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- Somebody must take responsibility for this horrible "Milk
Matters" campaign. Let's give credit to the seven members of the Milk
Matters team who are responsible for today's waste of government funds.
Please give particular thanks to:
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- MaryAnn Duffy 301-496-5133 duffym@mail.nih.gov
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- and her supervisor:
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- John McGrath McgrathJ@mail.nih.gov
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- Send your email to the entire Milk Matters team: NICHDmilkmatters@mail.nih.gov
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- Let them know that drinking milk from diseased animals
really does not matter, and ask them to stop playing games with America's
health.
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- Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com
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