Puss Filled Milk...

Would you like some pus in your tea, on your cereal or to wash down a slice of your favourite cake? Legally, milk can be sold if it has no more that 400 million pus cells per litre, yes, thats right, 400 million, per litre. 30% of all British dairy cows have mastitis, an infection that produces a lot of pus. Some of this pus is allowed into the milk we consume.

This is not the only reason why one would consider soy and rice milk, cows milk contains many different growth factors and hormones, due to the milk coming from pregnant cows, or cows who have recently given birth. The cows are used as milk machines and their babies are either killed early on, or also used as milk machines. They are artificially inseminated time and time again to ensure they keep producing milk, because just like us they only produce milk after pregnancy.
A huge misconception is that it is natural for cows to continuously produce milk.

I am unable to say how true this is, but I have been reading that there is emerging evidence suggesting that milk can contribute to many killer diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, stoke and suprisingly oesteoporosis. Also there is increasing evidence that dairy is implicated in allergies, anaemia and obesity in children.

I must mention that this information was found on a website with a strong bias towards a vegan diet. Milk contains lots of calcium, vitamins(A and B12) and minerals (Magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc and riboflavin) so if lacking in these, milk can form part of a healthy diet.

There are just some ideas to look into if interested. The Pus just puts me off! Go Soya!

Introduction

A small introduction to give you a background on moi. I am studying Human Nutrition and Dietetics, with the aim of becoming a dietitian in the NHS to begin with, and then where my career will take me; I do not know.

The main reason I embarked on this course was because I am a type one diabetic, my original aim was to help my fellow diabetics and this was the way I hoped to do it. Now that I am further into the course, I am interested in all health issues related to food. Recently, I've become a vegetarian and I've been put off Cow milk. (more about this in a later blog entry)

I am going to write about my essay subjects to help me develop them, and other interesting facts and research that I come across along my course.
I would like to welcome any comments you may have and if you find any information on my blog that is incorrect, please let me know as sources may be from; my course, from books, journals and surfing the internet, which we all know can be invalid, incorrect, and updated by anyone!!!