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portions of this report originally published in The Aquarian, Spring 2002

a special online report from plant-based, a publication of the Winnipeg Vegetarian Association, and The Aquarian.

By Syd Baumel
M   I   L   K
What is the Deal?
Does a body good?
Sucks?
Can't decide?

We boldly attempt to separate the curds of confoundment 
from the sweet whey of truth.

WELCOME TO THE MILK WARS
For generations, Westerners have been spoon-fed
from cradle to grave on the virtues of drinking milk,
and lots of it.
But these days, not everybody is swallowing it.

Read the main article or individual sections (and more) below

HEALTH OR HAZARD

Strong as Bone
A Hearty Drink?



MILK AND CANCER
Breast Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Colorectal Cancer


Diabetes and Multiple Sclerosis

"Intolerable"Lactose Intolerance & Allergy
Got Pus?  Rumours of Crohn’s Disease
Good for the Kids?
Milk the "Health Food"



Who Needs Milk?
offsite:
Milk: Nectar or Poison?
In a probing Sunday Times Magazine report, journalist Peter Martin asks if "the white stuff" really has the right stuff and gets the best answers from people with "the green stuff."
In the almighty propaganda war between the industry and an army of 'anti-milk' campaigners of the vegetarian and animal-rights persuasion, both sides are equally ruthless in their selective recourse to the evidence. The shining exception is the handful of hard-science types working on behalf of 'the green stuff'.
MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS?

A Cow's Life

A Jain's Dilemma

offsite:
What Would Krishna Drink? Rethinking Milk in India
An Indian-American visits her homeland and discovers there's little sacred about the country's modern dairy industry. 

EXCREMENTAL IMPACT

Got Pollution?

READERS' COMMENTS

Milk hormone bashers aren't doing the math

Reply: but they're doing the science


Are you concerned with losing weight?  If you are a health-conscious person, make sure you are reading your nutrition facts.  Eating nutritious foods and making sure you get your exercise in is part of a healthy lifestyle that will help you live longer!

SPINNING THE MILK BOTTLE

The Crooked Milk Mustache
How the dairy industry sells milk

Caught in the Crossfire
A Harvard scientist gets spun by both sides

Spinning Out of Control
Robert Cohen cries fraud, fellow vegans cry foul

offsite
Dairy Industry Denial?
Charging that milk fat has been proven to promote heart disease, The Vegan Society challenges the dairy industry to justify why it "has chosen to put profit above health and keep on pushing dairy fat into the food supply."

offsite
Not the Not Milk Man
The king of anti-dairy spinmasters gets discredited - by fellow vegans and vegetarians. 

FINAL THOUGHTS

A Jain's Dilemma



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