CAUTION: Milk Can Be Harmful to Your Health! The frightening new medical facts about the world's most over-rated nutrient. If you drink milk, you MUST read this. Frank Oski, MD, is the Director, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief, the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Now includes an appendix of recent studies related to milk.
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Frank A Oski, born in 1932, is a graduate of Swarthmore College and received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1958. He served his internship and Pediatric residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and then studied hematology as a Fellow at Harvard at the Boston Children's Hospital. He was appointed as an Associate in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1963 and assumed the post of Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, 1972. In 1985 he assumed the position of Director, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Physician-inChief, the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
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150 of 168 people found the following review helpful
By Bluestream
At last someone has written an entire book dedicated to this subject! I started finding out about the disadvantages of drinking pastuerized milk in 1999 from a book called "The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity" by Daniel Reid (available from Amazon).Reid concluded that milk actually curdles in the stomach and makes other food indigestible, and also pasturization destroys all enzymes and nutrients in it. Since that book, I stopped drinking milk and my complexion got better,and the acne disappeared. Also i used to have stomach problem (keeps having diarrhoea after drinking milk), and that disappeared as well.
And now more and more doctors are coming out with the same infomation on milk. Dr RObert Young, a microbilogist (author of "The pH Miracle") says from his study, says the biggest misconception of society is that milk, being a calcium product, will give us calcium. It has been concluded now that this is not the case. <b>Milk, is actually bleaching calcium from our bones, not putting calcium into it.</b> Dr Young says milk contains lactose, which is a sugar in the body, and when sugar is released into the bloodstream, calcium is used by the body from our calcium reserves in our body (eg the bones), to neutralize the acids of the sugar. Moreover, <i>Dr Young does real live blood analysis, and he says if you look at your red blood cells after drinnking milk, you wont be happy,</i> as it makes the red blood cells stick together and fill them with bacteria and toxins. And studies done in the 1980s already showed that people who drink milk each day, have the weakest bones of all, while people who drink less or avoid it altogether invariably have stronger bones. Anthony Robbins in his first book "Unlimited Power" also cited the same research result in 1986.FOr those who are interested, read the other books as well as they support the information the author is saying.
The western countries who drink a lot of milk have the highest cases of osteo and weak bones in the world, compared to Asian countries. This should already give you a clue.
And now more and more doctors are coming out with the same infomation on milk. Dr RObert Young, a microbilogist (author of "The pH Miracle") says from his study, says the biggest misconception of society is that milk, being a calcium product, will give us calcium. It has been concluded now that this is not the case. <b>Milk, is actually bleaching calcium from our bones, not putting calcium into it.</b> Dr Young says milk contains lactose, which is a sugar in the body, and when sugar is released into the bloodstream, calcium is used by the body from our calcium reserves in our body (eg the bones), to neutralize the acids of the sugar. Moreover, <i>Dr Young does real live blood analysis, and he says if you look at your red blood cells after drinnking milk, you wont be happy,</i> as it makes the red blood cells stick together and fill them with bacteria and toxins. And studies done in the 1980s already showed that people who drink milk each day, have the weakest bones of all, while people who drink less or avoid it altogether invariably have stronger bones. Anthony Robbins in his first book "Unlimited Power" also cited the same research result in 1986.FOr those who are interested, read the other books as well as they support the information the author is saying.
The western countries who drink a lot of milk have the highest cases of osteo and weak bones in the world, compared to Asian countries. This should already give you a clue.
82 of 92 people found the following review helpful
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I already owned this book (I'm a gynecologist), but I bought this copy to give to my daughter's pediatrician. At our annual visit, she asked my daughter "Have you been drinking your milk?" just like the American Dairy Council wants her to do and I felt a need to educate her. Much of what doctors are taught about the "value" of milk products is supported by Dairy Council funding in one way or another and is certainly not based on science. Our country's "recommended requirement" for calcium is more than twice that of the rest of the world. (Most doctors don't know this.) (Check out the WHO website). Why is that? In order to help sell more milk perhaps? Think about it and definitely read this book. It's full of very interesting data.
95 of 108 people found the following review helpful
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Humans beyond the age of weaning don't need to drink milk. My doctor has been telling me that for years. If you want to know all the reasons why we don't need it, buy this book. I was expecting some sort of fanatical rantings, but the information is well balanced and researched.
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Don't drink your Milk
This is a look at what you have been told all your life that is not true. The food industry will never tell you the truth just so they can sell you there products and make their... Read more
Published 13 days ago by Kidkett
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Milk is Poison
The author doctor knows whereof he's speaking as it's well researched. I had quit dairy long before reading this "motivator". Read more
Published 1 month ago by Anna S.
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Excellent book.
If you have a child with allergies, this book is a must read. Since it was written several years ago, his advice on soy products may have to be updated by further reading.
Published 5 months ago by Ann deAvila
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DOES "EVERY BODY NEED MILK"? DR. OSKI STRONGLY SAYS "NO"
Dr. Frank Oski is a pediatrician who has written numerous textbooks, etc. He wrote in the first chapter of this 1983 book, "at last a growing number of physicians, private citizens... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Steven H. Propp
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting arguement for giving up milk
You may agree with the author or you may not agree. Either way it is an interesting read. The book puts up a very good argument for reasons not to the regular milk found on the... Read more
Published 8 months ago by chris
1.0 out of 5 stars
Drink unadulterated, healthy RAW milk
Dr. Oski's claims are non-scientific in that he doesn't examine the effects of drinking naturally raw milk from healthy grass fed cows. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Bishop-BOOKS
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Must Read for Skeptics
Great book. Finally a medical practitioner came out with this book. This is a must read for everyone especially people who have health problems and for people who have friends and... Read more
Published on November 23, 2010 by N. LEE-MACKO
3.0 out of 5 stars
Campy but insightful
This book is not very well written, but some of the information and insights are good. Worth the glance, but not a stand alone expert guide on the topic.
Published on October 2, 2010 by biethan
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Warning!! Please be careful of facts in this book.
I don't usually write reviews for books but as this book has made such a negative effect on my daughters life I needed to share and warn. Read more
Published on March 8, 2010 by L. Mahoney
1.0 out of 5 stars
Pastuerized, Homogenized Milk is bad mojo
Raw milk from grass fed cows is healthful. It's that simple. Modern methods of mass producing cow's milk make it unfit for consumption. Read more
Published on July 14, 2009 by Bridges
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