"Modern World I'm Not Pleased to Meet You"

First of all, this pertains to all dairy (milk, yogurt, cheese, etc.).

This is backed from research by Harvard, NYU, and others.

Milk is said to be nutritious and good for bone health. After

we drink breast milk, we move on to cow's milk. However, the

only reason that a human female's milk is good for us is because

within the milk there are natural hormones which the mother

passes on to us. The same goes for cows, who pass on

hormones to their young via their milk. The nutrients, on the other

hand, cannot be passed across species. This means there

is little nutrition in dairy for us as humans, but plenty for calves.

With this in mind:

A company I have been researching since 10th grade, Monsanto,

is one of the giant Genetic Engineering companies. They are

the only company, because of a patent they have, that owns

BGH (Bovine Growth Hormone). This product brings them

$270,000,000 a year alone. BGH is injected into cows.

This enhances the hormones within cows and for reasons

of financial gain, milk has no labeling of BGH. On the flipside, all

they can do is label products as organic. By enhancing these

hormones, BGH causes the cows to produce 3x more milk then

they ought to. This reduces even more nutrition within the milk.

Not only this but:

Since the hormones are enhanced and are not from humans,

when we consume this milk and other dairy products that

contain BGH, we have hormones from another species within

our systems. The artificial hormones and antibiotics put into

cows contains carcinogens, just like cigarettes, that cause cancer.

But aside from all this, drinking milk that isn't organic is actually

bad for your immune system. Very bad. Your body recognises the

poison/herbicide (RoundUp, owned by Monsanto) that is sprayed onto the

grains and fields that cows chew up and process through their

milk, and BGH as foreign. The hormones you take in from the milk

confuse the natural hormones of your body and keep them from doing

their jobs. The immune system is weakend more and more

as one continues to drink milk. The effects are even more harmful for adults

over 40 years old.

Soy milk can be a good alternative, but

soy beans are one of the most Genetically Engineered products by

Monsanto. Even if they are not GE, they are sprayed by RoundUP which

contains carcinogens and toxins. Soy and Dairy must be organic to

avoid as much herbicide as possible.

Basically, the dairy industry is just another company that is seeking

financial gain through advertising campaigns that assosciate

drinking milk and consuming dairy with weight loss (which is now being

made illegal to advertise and found as false) and bone-health (there

are little nutrients, especially in non-organic milk that will bring

these results). There have been movements to make labeling

of BGH and other Genetic Modifications mandatory by law, but

they have all been snuffed out before they can become legislation.

It took long enough to have the Act passed that labels things as

organic or gluten-free. That is why everything recently seems to be

saying organic.

Anyway, I won't add the nasty details about the milk and all that

cause, whatever. But yeah I thought you guys would find this

interesting and also you can see why I care about getting organic

things (but especially milk). I don't go crazy buying this stuff, but

i get it when i can and i make a special effort for the milk.

Anyway, I could go into the Big farms getting priority in the market

over small farms, among other things, but this is all I feel like typing

right now and I'm sure its already been more than you can read.

What can I say, I was bored at work

and I heard a radio expose that peaked my interest

and jogged my memory.

And just to throw out some talk about music (since that what this
blog was created for):
My album of this week has been Battles - Mirrored
It is face-paced and blows you away. It can be too much
at times, but given the right state of mind (I've heard
it's best to drive to although I haven't experienced this yet)
it can be an awesome musical experience. The drums are
great and the production is apeshit. That said.

Listening Now: Wolf Parade - Modern World