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The Complete Home GfuoidoedtoanHderbnsu, tNraittuioranl Healing, and Nutrition  
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Dairy Products  
Foods under this heading generally cause more concern and apprehension  
than any other. I see more sick people who have overindulged in dairy  
products than any other single food grouping. Milk and cheese are  
particularly damaging to children, and they can contribute to sinus  
problems, heart problems, allergies, colds, constipation, chronic fatigue,  
headaches, obesity, and dental deterioration. Many of us do not have  
sufficient natural lactase to break down the digestible lactose present in  
dairy products into assimilable sugars.  
Dairy products often contain high levels of bacteria that can remain in  
these foods after cooking and even pass into unprotected food stored  
nearby. They do, of course, contain all the pesticides and herbicides the  
cattle have grazed on, unless they are organic.  
Yogurt, though made from milk and therefore potentially just as  
harmful, does have the benefit of containing live cultures. Make it  
from organic goat’s milk if you decide to eat yogurt.  
Butterisalmostfreefrommucus-formingsubstancesandcanbeconsumed,  
butusesmallamountsasitcontainsroughly83percentfatand1percent  
protein.Butdon’tforgetthatitisbasicallyrancidandhaslotsoffreeradicals.  
Avoid margarine completely.  
Cheeseisinaconcentratedformandisoftensalted.Migraineheadachesare  
frequently caused by cheese consumption, owing to the presence of the  
proteintyramine.Cheesecausesexcessivemucusproduction,whichclogs  
uptheintestinesandotherareassuchasthelungs.Thismucusformsacoat-  
ingontheinnerliningofthestomachthathardens,makinganimpermeable  
layerthatpreventstheabsorptionofnutrients.Itcancausesimilardamage  
in the bowel, producing chronic constipation.  
Milkandcheesehaveahistoryofcausingallergies,suchashivesandskin  
rashes.Thereasonisthattheyoverstimulatecertainstomachcells,produc-  
ingahydrochloricaciddeficiencythatresultsinproteinsenteringtheblood-  
stream.Infact,milkneutralizesthehydrochloricacidnecessaryforfooddi-  
gestion,causingexcessivemucusbuildup,whichinhibitsabsorptionofvital  
nutrientsfromallfoods.Inaddition,50percentoftheproteinincows’milk  
isindigestibleanyway.ThelateDr.Spock,thewell-knownchildpsychologist  
and nutritional expert, late in life advocated the withdrawal of milkfrom  
children’sdiet.InthebookDietforaNewAmericabyJohnRobbins(amem-  
ber of a family that made a fortune from ice cream), milk, and other dairy  
products are cited as causing osteoporosis. Cows tend to graze on fields  
sprayedwithpesticides.OnepesticidethathasbeenbannedinIsraelislin-  


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