611 From: Robert Cohen Date: Mon Jun 11, 2001 8:48 am Subject: - FINAL STATEMENT Monday, 11 June 2001 Timothy McVeigh ate one quart of ice cream as his final meal. http://www.vny.com/cf/news/upidetail.cfm?QID=192929 Robert Cohen 612 From: Robert Cohen Date: Tue Jun 12, 2001 7:28 am Subject: - AM I COOL, OR WHAT? NOMINATE ROBERT COHEN Dear Friends, I need ten thousand essays, NOW! Ben & Jerry's is running a "CITIZEN COOL" promotion, and I think it would be extraordinarily cool if I won their contest. PLEASE NOMINATE ME http://www.benjerry.com/citizencool/rules.html The ice cream people are searching "coast to coast" to spotlight people with: "Extraordinary Heart" They should actually begin by focusing their spotlight upon Ben & Jerry's founder, Ben Cohen. Mr. Ice Cream recently had quadruple heart bypass surgery, poetic justice for a lifetime of eating saturated fat and cholesterol thanks to ice cream. http://www.notmilk.com/benheart.html "CITIZEN COOL" I deserve the title. Does Ben & Jerry's have the courage to give me the award? In their own corporate words, their goal is: "...To spotlight the positive grass-roots changes happening all around us -- thanks to ordinary folks with extraordinary hearts!'' Let's win this contest! Nominate me!!! (NOTE: You must give them my contact information. Robert Cohen, 560 Oradell Avenue, Oradell, NJ 07649. Telephone: 201-871-5871) Robert Cohen 613 From: Robert Cohen Date: Tue Jun 12, 2001 4:18 pm Subject: - FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH? WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE? Finally, a Dannon product that even the NOTMILKMAN endorses. Served cold, it's the perfect summertime drink. It goes well with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and Dannon is not paying me a penny to endorse it! NATURE'S PERFECT DRINK: http://www.newstream.com/us/story_pub.shtml?story_id=3223&user_ip=168.191.60.183 I love Dannon's press release, and urge you to take their healthy advice: "Substitute cool, refreshing water, which contains no calories or caffeine, for other beverages." Did they say that, smack dab in the middle of National Dairy Month? Here's their 6/12/2001 release, posted to PR NEWSWIRE at 12:21 PM, Eastern Time: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010612/0368.html Robert Cohen 614 From: Robert Cohen Date: Wed Jun 13, 2001 7:00 am Subject: - WISDOM OF A VEGETARIAN PROPHET Dear Friends, I am Jewish, and I've previously made little attempt to combine religion with anti-dairy positions, or to promote vegetarianism or vegan lifestyles by citing scripture. I've often wondered what it would be like to break bread with Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, and Moses. What a meal that would be. Would it be catered, or would we five prepare the foods from scratch. Would the others be meat eaters? If so, who would butcher the chicken or calf, while the others bore witness? My version of the meal would include a table filled with fruits, and a salad buffet containing marinated vegetables, nuts, legumes. All of the foods would be vine ripened, fresh, colorful, fragrant. This would be the first breakfast, and the last supper, and all meals in between. This again, is my vision. What would your spiritual prophet or be eating? I recently received a letter from a college lecturer and philosopher (and animal rights advocate) Gary Yourofsky. He included passages from ancient texts which I found to be fascinating. Yourofsky cites the teachings of Jesus. Having read and studied many religious texts including the Old and New Testaments, and Dead Sea Scrolls, I recognize that there are various interpretations and different levels of acceptance and rejections of such texts, according to one's personal beliefs. This is not an attempt to promote debate. It merely is my way of sharing a text that reflects great wisdom and compassion. This text meshes with my vision of universal wisdom. Should you wish to discuss the following with Yourofsky, I have provided contact information at the conclusion of this column. The following is attributed to Jesus: _____________________________________ "Verily I say unto you, for this end have I come into the world: that I may put away all blood offerings and the eating of the flesh of the beasts and the birds that are slain by men. In the beginning the Creator gave to all the fruits of the trees, and the seeds and the herbs for food; but those who loved themselves more than the Lord or their fellows, corrupted their ways and brought diseases into their bodies, and filled the earth with lust and violence. Not by the shedding of innocent blood, therefore, but by living a righteous life shall you find peace. Blessed are they who keep this Law, for the Creator is manifest in all creatures and all creatures live in the Creator." 75:9-14; the words of Jesus The Gospel of the Nazirenes. This VERBATIM scroll preserved by the Mt. Carmel branch of the Essenes (Carmelites) was found in Tibet in the latter part of the first century. This text pre-dates the writings of the New Testament. Confirming texts appear in the Dead Sea Scrolls which were discovered in 1947. A current copy of The Gospel of the Nazirenes can be obtained from Essene Vision Books, P.O. Box 1080, Patagonia, AZ 85624; 800-754-2440, 520-394-2060 Gary Yourofsky ADAPTT Founder and President P.O. Box 725 Royal Oak, MI 48068 810-405-5067 www.ADAPTT.org DogmaDay@aol.com _____________________________________ Robert Cohen 615 From: Robert Cohen Date: Thu Jun 14, 2001 7:12 am Subject: - THE NEW "ZONE" DIET THE NEW ZONE Have you noticed those glass cages at airports? Addicts pace inside, puffing on cigarettes, while enormously efficient fans atop terminal buildings suck out carbon monoxide and other noxious fumes. Airports have been declared smoke-free zones, and with good reason. Cigarette smokers offend non-smokers, and those who continue the practice are placed in see-through glass cubicles for other passengers to gawk at. Cigarette smokers are a dying breed in more ways than one. Five hundred years from now, when starships are no longer science fiction, and when man evolves into the spiritual being that he was always fated to become, would you imagine that he will still be be killing animals to provide for his sustenance? With delicious and nutritious soy and wheat analogues, twenty-first century man has eliminated that desire for chicken and cow flesh among millions of people who have become vegetarians and vegans. Further advances in nutritional science will one day replicate exactly the textures of foods that omnivores find appealing. The seeds of the earth and the fruits of those seeds will supply mankind with all of its food needs, and do so in a manner in which every meal becomes a culinary delight. On that day, all of planet Earth will become a meat-free zone. Historians may very well identify a moment in time in which the first step to the creation of a universal meat-free zone began. Folks, we are witnessing history. Join me in welcoming the origin of the meat-free-zone movement. http://www.meatfreezone.org Andy Glick and Jerry Cook, both members of EarthSave International's board of Directors, have turned Glick's original concept into reality. Long ago, peer pressure was placed upon those who would not puff upon cigarettes. Today, cigarette smokers have become society's pariahs. So, too, will meat eaters one day be considered more than pariahs. The last of the meat eaters will be ridiculed as unhealthy savages who torture and kill gentle creatures, and, in doing so, saturate their own bodies with dangerous animal fats and cholesterol. Together, Glick and Cook have clicked and look forward to a world in which meat-free zone signs are posted in homes and restaurants. Today America, tomorrow the world! I myself have ordered the first run of t-shirts and bumper stickers in support of this program. I hope that you do the same. Join the movement. Andy and Jerry have dug deep into their pockets, and are offering free beginner kits: http://www.meatfreezone.org./Free_MFZ_Kits/free_mfz_kits.html Do whatever you can to help take this message to millions of people. One day, the meat-free-zone signs will be taken down, for that is mankind's destiny. On that day the animals will earn a right that mankind has denied them; the unalienable right to live their lives without pain. Help to accelerate that moment. Robert Cohen 616 From: Robert Cohen Date: Fri Jun 15, 2001 4:29 am Subject: - BIRDS & BEES & CHIMPANZEES (& COWS) Dear Friends, ANIMAL EVENT OF THE MILLENNIUM This summer, I will be participating in the most important animal rights conference of the year, with nearly 1,000 other passionate attendees in the Washington, DC area. I invite you...no, I urge you to attend. One of the speakers will be Vegan activist Linda Blair (of exorcist fame). I heard Linda speak two weeks ago at Farm Sanctuary's New York City gala, and I guarantee that she will have your heads spinning during her keynote talk. There will be other vegetarian celebrities attending the conference as well. More than 120 of the great authors, lecturers, and activists of the animal rights movements will be attending this conference and participating in panel discussions. These people include some of the best speakers I've ever heard, including Carol Adams (author of "Sexual Politics of Meat"), Gene Bauston (Farm Sanctuary), Karen Davis (United Poultry Concerns), Howard Lyman (The Mad Cowboy), Alex Pacheco (Co-founder of PETA), and Wayne Pacelle (of the Humane Society). The five-day program features five plenary sessions, 86 workshops, 50 campaign reports, and 16 'rap' sessions. Other functions include 75 exhibits, 100 videos, group workouts, Newcomer Orientation, Affinity Meetings, receptions, Awards Banquet, US Animal Rights Hall of Fame, Employment Clearinghouse, and Lobby Day. Please visit the Animal Rights Conference website: http://www.animalrights2001.org TOLL-FREE: 888-FARM-USA (327-6872) I've just received my speaking schedule, and will begin to manufacture my personal formula of laryngitis lozenges in preparation for voice overload. I've been asked to speak 13 times during the five-day conference. I am privileged to be speaking with many of the philosophical leaders of the animal rights movement, and for me, this will be an incredible learning experience. The following is a list of my panel appearances and talks: PROGRAM SCHEDULE Saturday, June 30 - 5pm The Vegan Lifestyle (advantages and precautions of a vegan lifestyle) Robert Cohen, John Pierre, Jack Norris Sunday, July 1-9am Getting Attention (Legally) (effective use of picketing, marches, vigils, street theater) Joseph Bateman, Robert Cohen, Paul Shapiro Sunday, July 1-10am Effective Public Speaking (continuation of Effective Communication and role-play training) Josephine Bellaccomo, Robert Cohen, Pamelyn Ferdin, Howard Lyman Sunday, July 1-11am Effective Media Interviews (effective ways of getting our message out under adverse circumstances) Robert Cohen, Bruce Friedrich, Howard Lyman, Vance Lehmkuhl Sunday, July 1-NOON Effective Debating/Negotiating (effective debating and negotiating techniques) Lawrence Carter-Long, Robert Cohen, Alex Hershaft, Howard Lyman Sunday, July 1-2pm Accessing Official Records (use of FOIA and other overt and covert techniques) Michael Budkie, Robert Cohen, Crystal Miller Sunday, July 1 3-4pm Researching on the Internet (Useful websites and listserves, conducting searches) Robert Cohen, Karen Dawn, Alan Schubert Sunday, July 1-Plenary Sessions (7:30-10pm) Role of Violence - Robert Cohen, Steve Hindi, Tom Regan, Craig Rosebraugh, Ken Shapiro Monday, July 2-11am Effective Web Sites (effective structure and design, rapid loading, promoting traffic) Robert Cohen, Mark Sutton, Paul Turner Tuesday, July 3-3pm Diet Campaigns II (no-milk, milk moustache, vegan certification) Robert Cohen, Bruce Friedrich Tuesday, July 3-4pm Agriculture Campaigns I (World Day, veal, downers, gestation stalls, battery cages, slaughter) Gene Bauston, Robert Cohen, Karen Davis, Lester Friedlander, David Pryor Tuesday, July 3-Banquet (6:30-7:30pm) Plenary Sessions IV (7:30-10pm) Anniversary Observance Alex Pacheco, Kim Stallwood Robert Cohen, Alex Hershaft, Howard Lyman Wednesday, July 4-10am New Tactics for Medicine (effective new tactics for ending abuse of animals used for research) Allen Berger, Robert Cohen, Michelle Thew ______________________________________________ Robert Cohen 617 From: Robert Cohen Date: Sat Jun 16, 2001 6:12 am Subject: - THE MAD COWBOY Dear Friends, This summer, I will be fortunate enough to spend a total of 18 days with Howard Lyman, the Mad Cowboy. JUNE 18 - JUNE 24 - Raw & Living Food Festival Portland, OR http://www.rawfoods.com/festival JUNE 30 - JULY 5 - Animal Rights Conference McLean, VA www.animalrights2001.org JULY 11 - 15 - Vegetarian Summerfest Johnstown, PA http://www.navs-online.org/fest01/ I wrote this tribute to Howard in August of 1999. Today, Howard is to many (myself included) the spiritual leader of America's Vegetarian, Vegan, and Animal Rights movements. He walks to the microphone and is greeted with a standing ovation. Howard Lyman is an ex-cattleman rancher-turned vegetarian. "I was raised in Montana, and I when I was growing up I knew one person who was a vegetarian." He pauses for effect and eyeballs the audience. "And she was a straaaange lady." His timing is perfect. He drawls the word "strange" and the audience erupts with laughter. "I learned better living through chemistry during my four-year college career," continues Lyman. "Not once during my education did I hear the word 'vegetarian.' Being from Montana, I would have rather been caught riding a stolen horse than be called a vegetarian." The audience roars with delight and applauds. Howard has them eating tofu out of his enormous hands. HOWARD AND OPRAH A few years ago, Howard Lyman appeared as a guest on "Oprah." The subject that day was meat. Howard discussed E. coli and salmonella and mad cow disease. Oprah remarked, "I've eaten my last hamburger." THE OPRAH SUIT As American housewives (who comprise the greatest part of Oprah's audience) heard that message, so too did traders in the cattle futures market. Word quickly spread. America will no longer eat beef! Speculators began to sell contracts and cattle futures plummeted. Fortunes were lost in a few minutes of trading. By the end of the day, many millions of dollars were lost by panicking options traders either buying or selling their calls and puts. A few of the losers got more than angry. They got even. A suit was filed against Howard Lyman and Oprah. In America, freedom of speech is merely an illusion. There are now laws making it illegal to criticize an agricultural product. AGRICULTURAL DISPARAGEMENT ACTS It is illegal in thirteen states to criticize an agricultural product. Howard and Oprah learned this the hard way. Texas is one of those thirteen. They sued the wrong people. Oprah has very deep pockets. This was one case that she could not afford to lose. This was much more than just hamburgers. This was about an industry attempt to muzzle the press. Would the media even be tempted to ever tell the truth if Oprah Winfrey lost to the cattlemen? The case went to trial, the jury came in with a verdict: not guilty! Howard and Oprah won and the cattlemen lost. The case is now in appeal. HOWARD'S BOOK I've read "Mad Cowboy," and books do not get much better than this one. Howard's account of how rich the soil used to be on his farm, with earthworms in rich loam, is written with great emotion. One college education and hundreds of chemicals later, Howard managed to turn that soil into an asbestos-like artificial fiber. "Mad Cowboy" picks up where Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" left off. The book is brilliantly written and filled with details of the toxins in our foods. Read this book and you'll soon be buying organic fruits and vegetables. The alternatives are simply not worth it. Howard is often asked about the difference in price between organically grow vegetables and those treated with chemical fertilizers and pesticides. His response? "Can you afford the cost of cancer?" HOWARD'S CANCER Howard Lyman's cancer was a one-in-a million. He blames it on the dangerous chemicals and even more dangerous lifestyle. Howard says: "When I was younger, I never found an animal product that I didn't want to stuff down my throat." The tumor removed from his spinal column should have put Howard in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Instead, he is now the symbolic leader of the vegan movement in America. HOWARD'S QUOTES "If 5 people go to dinner and one is a vegetarian, who do you think is the one to pick the restaurant?" "It takes 70 calories of energy to produce one calorie of meat. Sixteen pounds of grain are used to produce one pound of meat. Sixteen pounds of grain can feed 32 people...or one Rush Limbaugh." "One-third of Americans will get cancer and one-quarter will die from it. There are 600 chemical compounds in our bodies that did not even exist 50 years ago." HOWARD'S WEBSITE: http://www.madcowboy.com I LOVE HOWARD! Howard and I often lecture together. I have learned quite a bit from this man. Long before I was travelling across America, warning people about the dangers of milk and dairy products, Howard was speaking to small and large groups doing just that. A month after I learned about Monsanto's genetically engineered hormone, I received a tape of Howard speaking in a Chicago area library. There were about six people in the audience. Howard would corner an audience of one in a phone booth to get out his very important message. Recently I received a great compliment from my good friend, Howard. I had given a talk to a standing-room only audience at the University of Pittsburgh. Howard attended, sitting in the back of the room. An hour later, we sat down for a vegetarian lunch in the college cafeteria. I mentioned to Howard that I saw him sitting in the back of the room. He asked, very seriously: "Know what I was doing there?" I shook my head and he continued: "Stealing material!" Howard, you've led the way and my hat is off to you! Just for the record, there is one person who I give credit to for inspiring me to eat a plant-based diet. That man is Howard and he has taught me and thousands of others the right and wrong ways to treat a human body. Combine my NOTMILK campaign and Howard's NOTMEAT campaign and you'll possess a valuable roadmap to discovering the fountain of youth. Robert Cohen 618 From: Robert Cohen Date: Sun Jun 17, 2001 2:30 am Subject: - RECIPE FOR A DELICIOUS SUMMER Dear Friends, It's now 2:30 AM, and I've just picked up my daughter, Sarah. She and a group of young teens spent the evening feeding homeless people in New York city, and handed out sleeping bags, which they collected. Sure it's late, but that's what dads are for, so may I be the first to wish everyone a happy Father's Day! Beginning tomorrow, I'll be doing a lot of traveling, which means that I won't be accessing my EMAIL as often as I would like to. (Internet withdrawal can be ugly!) One consequence may provide a blessing for you! During the next month, you will not be receiving the NOTMILK newsletter. ;>) If you're in the vicinity, please come to hear me speak. My personal schedule: June 18-25: Portland, OR http://www.rawfoods.com/festival June 29-July 6: McLean, VA http://www.animalrights2001.org July 10-July 17, Johnstown, PA http://www.navs-online.org "While I'm away, I won't write home every day, but I'll still send all my loving to you." Try not to give into temptation by eating that summertime ice cream cone. Chairman Ben Cohen (founder of Ben & Jerry's) recently had quadruple bypass heart surgery. A lifetime of eating saturated animal fat with cholesterol does not do one arteries very much good. Here are some quotes to ponder, taken from: http://www.benjerry.com/dioxin2.tmpl THE TRUE FACTS ABOUT DIOXIN & BEN & JERRY'S "Ben & Jerry's cares about its customers..." "Our ice cream is safe." "Dioxins are a global, atmospheric environmental problem largely the result of industrial processes." "Dioxins exist across the entire food chain, and are present in all dairy and meat products..." "The recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Dioxin Reassessment reports that there is more to be concerned about than originally thought. The report states that dioxins are carcinogens (over a lifetime of exposure, the risk is ten times higher than previously thought)." ICE CREAM ALTERNATIVES AND NON ALTERNATIVES Sherbet is not an alternative. Eight pounds of milk are required to make one pound of sherbet. Read labels. If you see the word "casein," it's dairy. Go for the Italian ices or sorbet! Here's a simple recipe for the most incredible dessert treat: FROZEN GRAPES Wash and dry seedless red grapes and freeze them in a plastic container. (They do not get hard like ice cubes.) You will be amazed at how good they are. Buy a gallon at a time, you'll eat them like candy! Enjoy a happy and very healthy summer. Robert Cohen 619 From: Robert Cohen Date: Mon Jun 18, 2001 4:17 am Subject: - YOU CAN BOOK THIS!-T-FOR 2!-CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK! Dear Friends, We’ve got the T-SHIRTS, and they’ll be shipped next week. Here’s a peek: http://www.notmilk.com/tshirt.html The new book will also be shipped next week. Check out the cover! http://www.notmilk.com/azbook.html Somebody just sent me this link: http://www.theearthcenter.com/dcoke.html Sixth Grade Student Reveals Diet Coke/NutriSweet as Poison in Science Project "Jennifer Cohen, an eleven year-old, sixth-grade student in Oradell, New Jersey, conducted an experiment proving aspartame breaks down into deadly neurotoxins when stored." Jennifer will soon be a high school junior, and I am very proud of my daughter! Robert Cohen 620 From: "David Rietz" Date: Tue Jun 19, 2001 11:23 am Subject: On the Plane to Portland USA Today Section C, page 5, June 18, 2001 Don't say we didn't warn you. This photo finish was a long time coming. THE NEWEST MILK MUSTACHE AD Marion Jones asks: "Wanna race? Milk has nine essential nutrients that active bodies need. It can't be beat. And neither can I. Got milk?" You cannot believe everything you read. For starters, milk can be beat. http://www.notmilk.com It is clear that milk can beat and so can Marion Jones. She predicted in a well publicized pre-Olympic boast that she would bring home five gold medals. In doing so, Jones took an enormous chance. America loves a winner. America also hates a loser. Marion lost twice, and while winning three gold medals is an enormous feat, Marion lost out big time and blew the endorsement money that five gold medals would have guaranteed. In the eyes of many Americans, this winner became a loser. Marion is too nice a person to lie. Some dairy industry ad executive must have put those awkwardly embarrassing words into Marion's milk mustache mouth. Endorsements should have turned Marion and her shot-putting, steriod-using husband into millionaires. He was banned from Olympic competition while visions of dollar signs burned brightly in the eternal Olympic flame. Nine months ago, I wrote a column warning that a milk mustache ad was in Marion's future. THE AGONY OF DEFEAT "Does anybody doubt that Americans will be coming back from Australia with sour cream and vanilla ice cream applied to their upper lips? The premier candidate for a milkstache will be Marion Jones…" In that column, I pleaded: "Is it too late to ask Marion not to do it?" It took nine months, long enough to birth the most horrible of creatures. Another milkstache ad by an African American that is certain to betray those black children who long upon Marion Jones as their role model. Flo Jo was one of the first great American athletes to betray the children, and she, in turn, was betrayed by those who sponsor the ad. Flo Jo paid the ultimate price: http://www.notmilk.com/111598.html This summer, there will be a child in Detroit or Chicago or New York who runs like the wind. That little girl will see a billboard of Marion and drink her milk and die tomorrow from a subsequent asthma attack. Nobody will remember the glass of milk taken 12 hours earlier or the slice of cheese or the bowl of ice cream. No one will take note that 80% of milk protein is casein, the same glue used to adhere a label to a bottle of beer. There will be no autopsy. The bronchioles of that little girl's lungs will be acutely congested with mucous and so too will be her kidneys and spleen, pancreas and thymus. She will choke to death on her body fluids, unable to breathe. Nobody will examine the evidence to make that dairy connection. At her funeral, someone will eulogize that little girl By her comparing her to her heroine, Marion Jones. Others will lament the tragedy of what might have been. Robert Cohen 621 From: Robert Cohen Date: Mon Jun 25, 2001 10:44 am Subject: MAN'S ARROGANCE Dear Friends, The flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Portland Oregon lasted six hours. On the plane, I read the rough draft version of “Eternal Treblinka,” an extraordinary book written by Charles Patterson that equates the real life and death experiences of ten billion farm animals raised each year for human consumption to the same Nazi atrocities suffered by six million Jews who became Hitler’s “Final Solution.” Eternal Treblinka is scheduled for a September, 2001 publication date. This is one of the best written, best researched animal rights books that I’ve ever had the pleasure to examine. Fresh from the memory of having read about Jews stuffed into cattle cars as they were being transported to the slaughterhouses of Aushwitz and Dachau, I myself became witness to the twenty-first century’s foremost example of man’s inhumanity to other living creatures. Our tortured kin. The animal holocaust. Last Thursday morning, I drove from Portland to Mount St. Helens in Washington State. I had been attending the Raw Foods Festival in Portland, and found a few hours in between my talks to visit the scene of America’s greatest natural volcanic disaster. On this hot summer day, I drove across a bridge spanning the cascading Columbia River, separating Portland from Vancouver. There next to my car was a 40-foot long silver van with holes large enough to see through. Inside of the truck were dairy cows. They were packed tightly together—with no room to lie down. The cows had served man’s purpose. Each individual lived her short lifetime of stress, first birthing a child who would be immediately taken from her, then injected with hormones that would painfully stretch her udder, depleting calcium from her own bones so that she would generate enough milk to fill 100 half-pint containers for school children to drink each day. Her ancestors naturally produced enough milk to have filled just four of those same containers. The cow whose eyes I look into for just one moment would be made to suffer through hours or days of driving hundreds or thousands of miles to what was to become a dairyman’s final solution. Yesterday she died a violent death shared by 10,000 of her sisters. Today she will share that same fate with 10,000 other Guernsey and Holstein cows on Route 80 or Route 66 or I-95, in Kansas, New Jersey, or Florida, on highways and neighborhoods where your children and mine sleep comfortably unaware of the predestined doom for living beings who have done nothing to merit such treatment. Tomorrow the same, and the day after that. Eternal death. Eternal slaughter. Eternal Treblinka. A holocaust occurs while meat eaters turn the other way, denying that such horrors could possibly exist. Were the German and Polish people who knew the fate of those trucked to Buchenwald and Treblinka any less moral or guilty than those who comprehend the truth about what really happens to farm animals? I followed the truck for a bit until it veered off to the left, and I continued my drive in another direction. I took the high road, and she took the low road, and her look will forever haunt me. Her body will produce 2,000 quarter-pounders for one of many fast food franchises. Her anus and cheeks, arms and legs, back and udder will be served so that others can have it their way. Today’s slaughter will feed 20,000,000 people, and the year’s tally of Elsie and her sisters will add up to seven billion kids meals served. I feel the slaughterhouse. I hear the screams and know their fear. I smell the sweat and blood and suffer their pain. I internalize the agony and distress of transported animals. I envision the once green fields in which these animals grazed and the cold metallic ramp and smell of warm sticky blood that flows on the slaughterhouse floor and stains the psyche of us all. I imagine the stun gun bolt to the head. The upside-down hoisting and the sliced neck artery. The animal who chokes on her blood, and the man who slices off her legs as she kicks in fear from the ensuing pain of butchery. The last fifteen seconds of a death that no creature deserves. The arrogance of a man who eats the flesh and dares not consider the origin of each bite. Nobel Prize-winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer once wrote about a man’s love for his departed pet mouse: “What do they know—all these scholars, all these philosophers, all the leaders of the world— about such as you? They have convinced themselves that man, the worst transgressor of all the species, is the crown of creation. All other creatures were created merely to provide him with food, pelts, to be tormented, exterminated. In relation to them, all people are Nazis; for the animals it is an eternal Treblinka.” I ceased eating meat four years ago. I now look at my pet dog, whom my daughters rescued from a shelter one day before she was due to be injected with man’s final solution. I have come to love her. Her name is Tykee, the goddess of fortune. Is she unlike the baby lamb or calf who is separated from her mother and shipped to the exterminator? I reflect on the Amazon parrot who recognizes me and sings “hello” when I visit my parents. Does the bird with green feathers differ significantly from the chicken with white plumage? Do they not feel pain and deserve the right to live? I cannot eat them. I can no longer be then cause for their pain, although I once was a part of their genocide. I once denied responsibility for the acts of terror that occurred outside of my vision…outside of my consciousness. Their bodies were cut into smaller pieces and were broiled, baked, and fried. Oh, that same crime of arrogance to which I now plead guilty! My penitence? Community service. I explain the act to meat eaters, and some turn their backs on me. Close their eyes. Shut their ears. Who wishes to deal with the truth and reality of death? Arriving at Mount St. Helens, I carefully read one plaque after another, taking note of performances both heroic and ironic. I consider the day that once silenced the birds and boiled to death fish in the streams. A blink in the eye of geological time that stripped the landscape of the color green, divested pine trees of their needles and scattered whole trees like matchsticks across barren mountain tops. I examined the original seismographs and warnings from hundreds of scientists to the residents to evacuate their homes and come to terms with an absolute truth. I became dumfounded by the arrogance of one man, Harry R. Truman, who lived alone in a cabin aside the lake below a mountain that would soon explode with the magnitude and power equivalent to 27,000 Hiroshima-type blasts. A man who declined to leave that mountain. A man who denied a truth shared by others. An arrogant man who looked death in the face and refused to respect man’s destiny. I try to imagine his final moment of sensibility. At the same time, in my own mind’s eye I call upon the face of a cow in a truck on a bridge. Robert Cohen 622 From: Robert Cohen Date: Tue Jun 26, 2001 2:37 am Subject: - HISTORY'S DARKEST DATE VICIOUS GOSSIP There has been a reprehensible rumor circulating about yours truly, and I must take this opportunity to comment. More than one person claims to have seen me eating dairy while on my recent trip to Portland. One man even claims to have photographic evidence. SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT Would I deliberately have compromised everything I believe in by eating ice cream or pizza? No whey! Did I willfully eat dairy? The truth must be told. On June 19th, 2001, I knowingly did just that, and I savored every mouthful! THE BEST DAIRY PRODUCT While attending the Raw Food Festival, I met a group of farmers who live by this motto: “CELEBRATE DIVERSITY” That is just what these fine folk do. Their dairy farm is located in Niland, California, but they own no cows. MY DATE WITH DAIRY What manna of agricultural product do these people produce? Got Dates? What is the most delicious of their 50 varietals? They pronounce it “dairy,” but the spelling is a bit different: "d-a-y-r-i." 50 VARIETIES Attention date lovers. You’ve never had a date until you’ve tried soft dates in their juiciest stage. These dates are mouth melters, to be sure. I imagined myself the robed Bedouin in a desert oasis after sampling dayri, zahidi, hayani, and black fingerlings. I was a Saracen sitting on a Persian rug, dining with T.E. Lawrence, enjoying deglet noors and Mecca golds in Damascus. Do I now eat dairy? Guilty as charged. Before judging me, please be warned that I cannot wait to nibble on “bachelorette #1” (the silliest name that I’ve ever heard of for a date). For me, these dates were the discovery of a lifetime. No more dried out supermarket dates in my pantry. I've ordered a 15 pound box of freshly picked dates which will include eight different varieties. The 50 different types grown on the “Date People’s” farm mature and come into season at different times of the year, so what’s ordered arrives fresh. The cost: $38.50 for a 15 pound box plus UPS charges. You can also order a 4.5 pound gift box for $17.50. In lieu of flowers, send dates, and teach your friends the variety of tastes and textures available to those who really know what good eating is all about. HOW TO ORDER Sadly, the Date People are not yet on the Internet. Order by phone: PHONE: 760-359-3211 FAX: 760-359-3212 *NOTE: I do NOT take money for promoting other people’s products. When I find something so delicious, I give praise where credit is due. Regarding these dates, it gets no better than this. When ordering, tell Anjou that the NOTMILKMAN sent you. Robert Cohen 623 From: Robert Cohen Date: Wed Jun 27, 2001 12:38 pm Subject: - KEEING ABREAST OF MILK HORMONES Here’s a recent column that appeared in many of America’s newspapers, including the front page of Chicago Tribune's Sunday health section: http://www.sunspot.net/features/health/sns-health-milkkids.story?coll=sns%2Dheal\ th%2Dheadlines Author Jane Snow is the Food Editor of Akron Ohio’s Beacon Journal. On June 20th, I became the subject of her column, and she wrote the following: “Girls in the United States are developing breasts as early as 8 years old. Cohen said the reason is the growth hormones that are given to many dairy cows to boost milk production. The hormones certainly have affected cows, who can produce an average of 24 quarts of milk daily now, up from eight quarts in 1960. Cohen concedes that no scientific studies have linked milk consumption to early maturation. That's because the link probably does not exist, other physicians and researchers say. Hormones are short-lived, so it is doubtful that they survive in milk until the carton reaches the grocer's shelf.” JUST FOR THE RECORD I have never conceded that there aren't any scientific studies linking milk consumption with early sexual maturity. In 1970, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the dairy industry produced 2.2 billion pounds of cheese. The population of the United States was 203 million, which translates to an average of 10.8 pounds of cheese per person. By 1990, America's population had grown to 248 million, and Americans were eating more cheese, 6 billion pounds worth. That's an average of 24 pounds per person. In 1994, the average American consumed 27.7 pounds of cheese. As we pass from one millennium into another, America's per-capita cheese consumption has broken the 30-pound per person level. America's rate of cheese consumption is skyrocketing. Since ten pounds of milk are required to produce just one pound of cheese, three hundred pounds of milk are used to manufacture that thirty pounds of cheese. The USDA publishes yearly food consumption data. In 1999, the average American consumed a combined 5 ounces per day of meat and chicken, and 29.2 ounces of milk and dairy products. That's 666 pounds per year per American of dairy products, making this group the largest component of America's diet. Concentrated milk in the form of increased cheese consumption means that concentrated hormones are being consumed. Every sip of cow's milk contains 59 different bioactive hormones, according to endocrinologist Clark Grosvenor in the Journal of Endocrine Reviews in 1992. Milk has always been a hormonal delivery system, providing nursing infants with nature's perfect food for the young of each species. Thousands of studies published in respected peer-reviewed scientific journals report that lactoferrins, immunoglobulins, and hormones in human breast milk provide enormous benefit for nursing humans. In other words, hormones in milk work to exert powerful effects. Each species of mammal has a different formula. Cow's milk contains hormones, and nursing on cow's milk will deliver these hormones to the human body. As a little girl becomes a big girl, then a mature woman, she will naturally produce in her lifetime the equivalent of only one tablespoon of estrogen. Hormones work on a nanomolecular lever, which means that it takes only a billionth of a gram to produce a powerful biological effect. Should little girls be encouraged to pop estrogen, progesterone, and prolactin pills each day? If they drink cow's milk, that is just what they are doing. If they eat cheese and ice cream, they ingest concentrated forms of these hormones. Is it possible to do a controlled scientific study testing this theory? Such a study was actually performed on an entire nation. There is one country where milk consumption was unknown before 1946. In Japan, in every year since 1946, 20,000 persons from 6,100 households have been interviewed and their diets carefully analyzed along with their weights and heights and other factors such as cancer rates and age of puberty (the last measured by the onset of menstruation in young girls). The results of the study were published in Preventive Medicine by Kagawa in 1978. Japan had been devastated by losing a war and was occupied by American troops. Americanization included dietary changes. Milk and dairy products were becoming a significant part of the Japanese diet. According to this study, the per-capita yearly dietary intake of dairy products in 1950 was only 5.5 pounds. Twenty- five years later, the average Japanese ate 117.4 pounds of milk and dairy products. In 1950, the average twelve-year old Japanese girl was 4'6" tall and weighed 71 pounds. By 1975, the average Japanese girl, after changing her diet to include milk and dairy products containing 59 different bioactive hormones, had grown an average of 4 1/2 inches and gained 19 pounds. In 1950, the average Japanese girl had her first menstrual cycle at the age of 15.2 years. Twenty five years later, after a daily intake of estrogen and progesterone from milk, the average Japanese girl was ovulating at the age of 12.2 years, three years younger. Never before had such a dramatic dietary change been seen in such a unique population study. Little girls do not take birth control pills (those hormones are produced from horse urine). Little girls do not inject steroids, and do not require estrogen replacement therapy. Little girls are born with bodies that are genetically pre-programmed to transform them into women. By drinking cow's milk, little girls become big girls long before Mother Nature intended. I’ve discussed all of the above with Jane Snow. She is a well-respected writer, and hopefully will one day explore the milk/cancer connection. Here’s a great place for her to start: http://www.notmilk.com/b.html If you would like for Jane to do such a story, please let her know. Jane’s EMAIL: jsnow@thebeaconjournal.com Robert Cohen 624 From: Robert Cohen Date: Thu Jun 28, 2001 9:13 am Subject: THE LEANING TOWER OF PIZZA THE LEANING TOWER OF PIZZA Is America’s Food Pyramid lopsided? A Federal District Court judge has ruled that the Department of Agriculture (USDA) violated federal laws when they selected individuals with known financial ties to various food industries to serve as members to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. That committee decides what foods make up the “Food Pyramid.” They also decide what foods must be served to school children. On March 10, 2000, I testified before that committee. In the weeks before my testimony, I researched the backgrounds of the committee members. I was the third of twenty-seven people to make a statement, and my words raised a few eyebrows. On that day, I made few friends in government. My entire testimony: http://www.notmilk.com/usdatest.html Dr. Eileen Kennedy was running the “show.” She was an undersecretary at USDA, second only to Dan Glickman, the Secretary of Agriculture. Here is my partial testimony: “I'd like to ask who funds you, Dr. Kennedy? Who funds you, Dr. Watkins and Lurie and Huberto Garza who's listening on the telephone? Dr. Kennedy, you said that this is an open and transparent process. Americans know how transparent it is. Ms. Lurie, you said there's a history of collaboration. This is a transparent process. We know, Dr. Kennedy, that you're on the Board of Directors of a research organization funded by Dannon Yogurt. We know Huberto Garza, that you get $500,000 a year from USDA as a line item. At Cornell University you work for the Dairy Council. And Joanna Dwyer who worked on this food dietary guideline committee worked for the dairy industry as did Rachel Johnson and Roland Weinster and Richard Deckelbaum and it goes on and on, Scott Grundy. All connections to the dairy industry. What's going on here? The first part, I want to tell you that we're not pleased about these conflicts of interest.” The Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine brought that suit against USDA, and should be congratulated for this enormous victory. http://www.pcrm.org Robert Cohen 625 From: Robert Cohen Date: Fri Jun 29, 2001 6:56 am Subject: - SECOND OPINION The Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has added a featured column to their website, that asks: What’s Wrong With Dairy Products? There are 23 references to this “Second Opinion” from America’s respected medical organization. I take great pride in the fact that in 1997 I worked with PCRM on reference number 13, providing them with the IGF-I milk/cancer connection. Some of PCRM’s conclusions, based upon real science: Milk is touted for preventing osteoporosis, yet clinical research shows otherwise. Dairy products contribute significant amounts of cholesterol and fat to the diet. Several cancers, such as ovarian cancer, have been linked to dairy consumption. Insulin-dependent diabetes is linked to consumption of dairy products. Lactose intolerance is common among many populations. Consumption of milk may not provide a reliable source of vitamin D in the diet. Milk proteins, milk sugar, fat, and saturated fat in dairy products may pose health risks for children and lead to the development of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and formation of athersclerotic plaques that can lead to heart disease. Click on PCRM’S link, and send it to a friend or loved one: http://www.pcrm.org/health/Info_on_Veg_Diets/dairy.html Robert Cohen 626 From: Robert Cohen Date: Sat Jun 30, 2001 3:45 am Subject: PREVENTING BURNOUT I love SATYA, a monthly magazine of vegetarianism, environmentalism, animal advocacy, and social justice. http://www.satyamag.com Each issue is a work of art, and this month's journal addresses a theme common to all activists: Burnout! Many activists, myself included, were asked to describe in a few words how we prevent burnout. My favorite line was written by PETA strategist Bruce Friedrich: "I have only been active in social justice causes full-time for about 12 years, so it’s a bit humbling to be reflecting on avoiding burnout. Who knows: perhaps next week, I’ll throw up my hands and go to work at the Lexus dealer around the corner. That said, I feel no closer to burnout than I did 12 years ago, so I humor myself with the idea that I’m doing something right." Here's the NOTMILKMAN'S remedy for preventing burnout: http://www.satyamag.com./jul01/rcohen.html If you are a catlover, you'll enjoy Catherine Clyne's editorial: http://www.satyamag.com./jul01/editorial.html Charles Margulis heads for the kitchen! I love his recipe for sanity: http://www.satyamag.com./jul01/margulis.html Other anti-burnout solutions from: Carol Adams, Sarah Seeds, Redwood Mary Michael J. Cohen, Karen Davis, Norm Phelps, Marc Bekoff, Jack Norris & Joan Zacharias: http://www.satyamag.com./thismonth.html Robert Cohen 627 From: Robert Cohen Date: Fri Jul 6, 2001 4:10 pm Subject: L0OKING FOR MR. GOODBAR A KISS IS JUST A KISS It’s summer, and I’ve got three teenaged daughters, and they love (ugh) the Backstreet Boys…so to make a very long story short, after attending an awesome animal rights conference in Washington, D.C., I drove my girls to Hershey, PA, for their midsummer’s night dream concert. Most animal rights activists eat a vegetarian diet. Some of those vegetarians are vegan. Vegans eat no animal products. Some people call themselves “vegan,” but admit to occasionally “cheating.” Many of those wanna-be vegans have a chocolate addiction. As I stood in line to settle my hotel bill, I chatted with a well-known vegan, a man who condemns animal abuse of all sorts. One thing he does love is food. He raided his hotel room’s refrigerator, and I listened, as witness, to his list of overpriced snacks: Two mini bottles of vodka at $6 per shot. Two cans of orange juice. One package of potato chips. One bag of M&Ms. Chocolate? Now, that’s NOT vegan! Before entering Hershey’s outdoor stadium, my kids and I went on a tour of Hershey’s Chocolate Town facility. We sat in a Disney-style train, and watched cocoa beans dance, and learned the chocolate story. My daughters laughed in nervous anticipation of my comments after passing display after display of Holstein cows and a Got Milk truck. We watched as reconstituted cocoa powder was mixed with milk protein and turned into a shiny and satiny like chocolate-brown latex paint. That’s when it hit me: latex paint. The tour music played a catchy chocolate song, while a narrator revealed that water is evaporated from milk to produce Hershey’s candy bars. Eighty percent of milk protein is casein. Casein is used to make paint. Casein is used to make plastic. Casein is a tenacious glue. Casein is used to make cheese. And now I’ve realized that casein is also used to manufacture milk chocolate. Duh. At the end of the tour, everybody gets a free candy bar. Their treat becomes our trick. I did not eat mine, and headed straight for the Hershey’s gift shop to check labels. Product after product revealed the same order of ingredients. First sugar. Then milk. In third place was chocolate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. A dose of casomorphine addicts the user. Robert Cade, M.D., identified this milk opiate as a cause of attention deficit disorder. Chocolate is sweet brown cheese. Concentrated hormones and allergenic milk proteins. Does it taste great? Of course it does. Is it vegan? No whey! Do the kids love it? Of course they do. Their bodies mature before their time. Their behaviors shock parents and teachers. Got hormones? Get Hershey’s! Anybody looking for Mr. Goodbar? The chocolate kiss of death. Robert Cohen 628 From: "David Rietz" Date: Sat Jul 7, 2001 11:12 am Subject: - CHICKEN FEED Robert Cohen is away. He asked me to post this. Dave Rietz, Webmaster _________________________________________ CHICKEN FEED Fifty-eight years ago on this date (July 7, 1943), 2,739 Jews were herded into trucks and driven to train stations. They were then pushed into cars normally used to transport cattle to slaughterhouses and sent to one of many of Germany or Poland's concentration camps. Between 1939 and 1945, on 2,200 days, more than six million Jews suffered similar fates. Each individual life was precious, and every man, woman, and child suffered a series of painful indignities before death. One young boy who escaped Poland's Warsaw ghetto, Alex Hershaft, became the founder of FARM. This past week, FARM sponsored the largest animal rights conference of the new millennium. Today, July 7, 2001, more than 27 million farm animals will suffer in much the same way that humans suffered during the Holocaust. Factory farm life in no way resembles the tranquil lie depicted on milk cartons. Chickens and pigs, turkeys and cows, lambs and ducklings all live the greatest part of their lives on farms and die horribly violent deaths resulting from finely honed stainless steel blades. Upon leaving the farm, separation from the only life they know becomes trauma. Transportation to the death factory provides more than just a few moments of fear. The violent head slams stun gentle creatures for just a moment. Many wake up to feel the executioner's knife slicing across and through muscle fibers, veins, and neck arteries. Animals scream and cry. I have heard a pig's protests. I have felt the chilling effects from their collective ear-shattering agonized dying statements. They cry because they hurt. They cry because they are scared. They cry one last cry with a final breath which often ends with the gurgling sound of a creature drowning on his or her own blood. Last week, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) claimed a small victory. Their pressure resulted in a fast food chain's dramatic announcement. Burger King issued a press release revealing that they would require their suppliers to compassionately raise and slaughter animals for human consumption. While others danced, I carefully read the B.K. Press release. Animal rights activists claimed a victory for those animals who continue to die. The chickens would be allowed to live their Entire lives in a larger crate than had been traditionally used. Frank Perdue's chickens are routinely stuffed into crates that allow an average of 47 square inches of floor space per bird. Federal guidelines recommend 75 square inches per bird as a more compassionate home. Burger King announced that they would recommend Four percent more space, or 78 square inches. I was attending the animal rights convention When I read that press release. I went to the hotel's front desk and borrowed a scissors and ruler. I cut two pieces from different colored construction paper. One piece was 8 2/3 inches square. The second was 8 7/8 inches square. When one overlapped the other, a thin border represented Burger King's compassionate statement for chickens. When you do the same, you will feel a sense of sadness. An entire life will be spent standing on wire. That bird's space will occupy an area equal to the size of a computer mousepad. I would not wish that upon a pigeon or a parakeet. Even a canary deserves more space to live her life than the confinement offered by chicken producers for their birds. Eat the bird, share the guilt. A life of torturous discomfort is interrupted only by the welcome sting of death. Animal rights activists cheered when speakers congratulated those people who supported the ethical treatment of animals. What victory is there in self delusion? Robert Cohen 630 From: "David Rietz" Date: Mon Jul 9, 2001 10:21 am Subject: - LISTEN TO THIS! ***TONIGHT*** ***TONIGHT*** ***TONIGHT*** ***TONIGHT*** ***TONIGHT*** (Midnight Monday - 5 AM Tuesday, EST) Robert "NOTMILKMAN" Cohen will appear on nationally syndicated talk radio! New York's number one radio station is WOR, 710 AM. Right after Dr. Joy Browne's show ends, Cohen will be appearing on Joey Reynold's program late this evening, early tomorrow... Joey is Mr. Nice Guy of Night Radio from coast-to-coast over the WOR radio network. Joey also manufactures a cheesecake for Bloomingdales and other specialty gourmet food stores. Ready for early July fireworks? LISTEN LIVE ON THE INTERNET: http://www.wor710.com/ CALL JOEY & ROBERT WITH YOUR COMMENTS: 800-321-0710 Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 631 From: "David Rietz" Date: Fri Jul 20, 2001 8:43 pm Subject: - WHAT HE DID ON HIS SUMMER VACATION Dear friends, On Thursday, I called Bruce Friedrich of PETA at their London office. Bruce is a brave man, as the following British tabloid photo demonstrates! http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/ap/20010719/wl/britain_bush_lon120.html If I looked as good as Bruce, I would probably do the same. God save the Queen! Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 632 From: "David Rietz" Date: Sat Jul 21, 2001 9:25 am Subject: - MAINSTREAM MEDIA DISCOVERS NOTMILK Dear Friends, The following sound like comments taken from my lectures. They were actually written by Christina Pirello, a reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News. Her article appeared on Wednesday, 7/19/01. "...dairy foods should be placed on the official hazardous food list with their own surgeon general's warning." "...dairy products now are being questioned by many experts. Because the nutrients are so concentrated, the problems that dairy food creates read like a laundry list." "...dairy food is instrumental in causing compromised immune function, allergies, brittle bones, obesity and a variety of reproductive disorders." "...fats and cholesterol in milk clog arteries, contributing to heart disease." "...dairy cows are fed antibiotics, which in turn attack the flora and villi in the intestines of the consumer, contributing to digestive trouble." "...estrogen (and other hormones) being fed to dairy cows has been linked to breast and prostate cancer, as well as the onset of early puberty." "...is there life without dairy? Sure. Try going without them for a week. You'll see a difference in your well-being that you didn't think possible." The entire article: http://dailynews.philly.com/content/daily_news/2001/07/18/features/FCO L18F.htm Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 633 From: "David Rietz" Date: Sun Jul 22, 2001 9:05 am Subject: - USDA INVESTIGATES NOTMILKMAN FOR BIO-ERRORISM GUESS WHO CAME TO BREAKFAST? This week, the United States Department of agriculture continued its ongoing investigation of yours truly by sending two special agents from the Inspector General's office to my New Jersey home. How would you like to be investigated for terrorism by a powerful government agency? Two of my daughters were very upset and had trouble sleeping the night before. I felt that witnesses were essential, so I invited Karen Mahaboir, a reporter with the Bergen Record, Northern New Jersey's largest newspaper, to sit in on the meeting. I also invited my dad. During the interrogation, my daughter Lizzy snapped a photograph of special agent William Squires. Lizzy captured a tiny piece of my profile in the far left of the photo. The reporter is sitting on the couch. Unfortunately, Lizzy did not get a full photo of Agent Irena Tutco. Agent Tutco was by far the prettier of the two investigators. http://www.notmilk.com/graphcs/usdaagent.jpg Agent Squires was not happy that his likeness was captured on film. He was also not happy that a member of the press was present, and commented that this had never happened to him before. I replied that this was a new experience for me too--the first time that I was being investigated for terrorism. The reporter was allowed to remain, and she took very good notes. I was informed that a complaint had been filed against me. I asked for a copy of that complaint, but my request was turned down. The Sixth Amendment of the Bill of Rights in America's Constitution guarantees that a citizen has the unalienable right to know his accuser, but that right seems not to be applicable during "payback time." I told agents Squires and Tutco that my first book "MILK-The Deadly Poison" incriminated Monsanto, the company that now sells the genetically engineered bovine growth hormone. I gave them each a copy of a recent column that I wrote about George Bush's "Monsanto" cabinet. Their boss, USDA Secretary Ann Veneman, once worked closely with Monsanto. So, too, did Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas once served as Monsanto's attorney. Will I survive such a power play? http://www.notmilk.com/pelican.html After writing the above column, many of you warned me that I would soon be deeply mired in stinky bovine excrement. Such warnings seem to have come to pass. I asked Special Agent Squire if it was against the law for one to say that he or she would bring Mad Cow Disease or Foot and Mouth Disease from England to America. I was informed that an individual could be charged with a crime if his or her action satisfied four criteria: 1) made the threat 2) intended to carry out the threat 3) be aware that such a threat was a violation of the law (I asked Agent Squire what law prevented someone from making such a threat, but he was unable to cite a statute) 4) acted upon that threat I told the two investigators that I was going to visit Scotland in July of 2002, and that I would tiptoe through the tulips and bring Hoof and Mouth back to America and spread it around. I then asked them to immediately arrest me, hoping that the publicity would help to sell my new book. They declined to do so. Well, friends, I'm still a free man, and I am certain that USDA continues to probe for ghosts in my closet and yours. I feel safe knowing that USDA's $40 million dollar bio-terrorism budget is being wisely spent to protect your family and mine. JUST FOR THE RECORD: What will it take for USDA to investigate FDA? What will it take to review the key study leading to approval of Monsanto's genetically engineered bovine growth hormone? FDA refuses to release that study, despite the fact that Inspector General Richard Kusserow promised in 1992 that the study would be released in its entirety. The study was authored by Richard, Odaglia, and Deslex. Most people who know the issues recognize that study as one lasting for 90 days on 360 laboratory rats. In fact, the study lasted for 180 days. FDA approved the hormone for America's food supply because they found no biological effects on lab animals. After day 90, every animal treated with Monsanto's hormone got cancer. If you eat pizza or ice cream, you ingest that same hormone. Investigate that, agents Squires and Tutco! Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 634 From: "David Rietz" Date: Tue Jul 24, 2001 11:54 am Subject: - Corrected URL link to USDA graphic Dear Friends, Lizzy (my 11-year-old daughter) gets credit for this photo of a USDA agent sitting in my living room investigating me for BIO-TERRORISM. http://www.notmilk.com/graphics/usdaagent.jpg The original article: USDA INVESTIGATES NOTMILKMAN FOR BIO-ERRORISM http://groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/message/633 Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 635 From: "David Rietz" Date: Wed Jul 25, 2001 9:38 am Subject: HOT INTERVIEW - LIVE - 1PM EST TODAY Today, July 25, 2001 1 PM EST Robert "Notmilkman" Cohen will be interviewed by Meria Heller http://www.NetRadioLive.com/meria.html Regards, Robert Cohen 636 From: "David Rietz" Date: Fri Jul 27, 2001 2:28 pm Subject: - SEND A LETTER TO THE PHILADELPHIA NEWS Dear Friends, Last week, the Philadelphia Daily News published A condemnation of milk and dairy products. Today's edition (7/27/2001) contains a letter from a milk supporter: "MILK IS GOOD FOR YOU Christina Pirello's claims are misleading,inaccurate and inconsistent with policies of our most trusted health organizations. She contends that antibiotics and hormones `fed' to dairy cows have adverse effects on humans. Dairy products are subject to 17 inspections. If not perfect, it's thrown away and never reaches your table. As for saturated fats and cholesterol, a wide variety of low-fat and fat-free dairy products are available. Dairy foods are recommended by leading national health organization to achieve proper calcium intake. Milk's role in preventing osteoporosis and in providing calcium, vitamin D and other nutrients has long been established. Deanna Rose, Registered Dietitian" Why not give the Philadelphia News your opinion: views@phillynews.com Here's my letter: Dear Editor, In her 7/27/01 letter to the editor, Deanna Rose, a registered dietitian, wrote: "Dairy products are subject to 17 inspections. If not perfect, it's thrown away and never reaches your table." Consumers Union and the Wall Street Journal both tested milk samples in the New York area and found 52 different antibiotic residues. The EPA recently tested Ben & Jerry's vanilla ice cream and found it to contain 1200 times the safe level of dioxins. Many bacteria are not killed by pasteurization. One Example, mycobacterium paratuberculosis, was found in 100 percent of Crohn's patients and zero percent of those not having Crohn's disease. All of the references to the above statements can be found at the www.notmilk.com website. In the final version of his book, Child Care, Dr. Benjamin Spock wrote: "Cow's milk has become a point of controversy among doctors and nutritionists. There was a time when it was considered very desirable, but research has forced us to rethink this recommendation ... dairy products contribute to a surprising number of health problems." Robert Cohen Executive Director Dairy Education Board 201-871-5871 637 From: "David Rietz" Date: Sat Jul 28, 2001 1:11 pm Subject: - A-Z QUIZ Dear Friends, Robert Cohen's new book, MILK A-Z includes a multiple choice quiz. Here are the first five questions: 1)The Townsend Medical Letter for Doctors said this about cow's milk: a)Adult humans require cow's milk for optimum health. Adult cows need human milk for optimum health. Adult dogs should drink pig's milk for optimum health. Adult pigs require aardvark milk for optimum health. b)Cream cheese has been shown to be an effective decay preventative dentifrice that can be of significant value when used in a conscientiously applied program of oral hygiene and regular professional care. c)Cow's milk hormones, saturated fat, and cholesterol offer enormous benefit for young children. A diet of concentrated milk products (cheese, ice cream, and butter) will insure that our subscriber base remains healthy, as will the future cash flow of physicians who read this newsletter. d) Cow's milk has been linked to a variety of health problems, including: mucous production, hemoglobin loss, childhood diabetes, heart disease, athersclerosis, arthritis, kidney stones, mood swings, depression, irritability, and allergies. 2) The most powerful growth hormone produced in a cow's body (and found in cow's milk) is identical to the most powerful growth hormone in the human body. That hormone is called IGF. IGF stands for: a)I've Got Flatulence b)Idiots Grow Fat c)Icelandic Gouda's Fabulous d)Insulin-like Growth Factor 3)The Lancet, Journal of Cellular Physiology, and European Journal of Cancer have all identified IGF as: a)A food supplement that removes wrinkles, freckles, cellulite, zits, and elevates I.Q. points. b)The most powerful aphrodisiac found in food. c)The thick mucous-like substance in cow's milk proteins responsible for the profitability of the Charmin toilet paper company. d) The key factor in the growth and proliferation of breast, prostate, and lung cancers. 4)At the first sign of heat treatment (pasteurization), many bacteria in milk: a)Begin a mating ritual that embarrasses even the most permissively liberal of microbiologists. b)Begin to gag, then lose the contents of their tiny bacterial pouches, secreting their body wastes and toxins into the milk. c)Perspire nano-liters of sweat before dying, their lifeless bodies drowning and adding subtle flavors to the milk. d)Form spores. Spore is a Greek word for seed. When the milk cools, spores re-emerge into their original bacterial forms. 5) Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis is: a)The name of the Serbian general turned priest who won the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize by writing the award winning book, "When NATO Bombs Drop, Forget the Child, Save the Cow." b)Something that your mate will not believe you caught from a toilet seat in a public restroom. c)The polite thing to say to a Flemish dairy farmer who sneezes liters of phlegm. d)A bacterium found in many of America's dairy herds and 100% of Crohn's disease patients. These bacteria are not destroyed by pasteurization, and cross the species barrier from cow to human. ___________________________________________ Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 638 From: "David Rietz" Date: Sun Jul 29, 2001 9:29 am Subject: - MILK A-Z QUIZ (6-10) Dear Friends, Five more questions from the quiz in the new book MILK A-Z: 6)A leading diabetes journal(Diabetes Care) wrote the following in 1974: "More than 20 well-documented studies have prompted one researcher to say the link between milk and juvenile diabetes is `very solid." The dairy industry's response was to: a)Design a chocolate milk mustache advertisement that used Rugrats, children's cartoon characters to promote milk drinking for infants. b)Design milk ads using Pokemon characters and Kermit the Frog to promote the consumption of milk for young children. c)Neither A nor B d)Both A and B 7)The Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Medical School (Frank Oski) and America's most famous pediatrician, Benjamin Spock, agreed upon this treatment for childhood ear infections: a)Both physicians studied at the French Institute of Van Goghzia, and agreed that surgical removal of the ear would effectively eliminate ear infections. b)Both physicians recommended that surgical implants be considered for children suffering from ear infections. c) Both physicians agreed that ritalin, valium, and a continuous diet of Benadryl and other anti-histamines would be an appropriate therapy to treat chronic ear infections. d) Both physicians recommended a protocol in which all milk and dairy products should eliminated from the diets of all children. 8)Saturated bovine fat contained in milk, cheese, ice cream and other dairy products: a)Is necessary for human brain development, cognitive functioning, and become precursors for neural transmitting substances. b) Is a vital component of human synnovial fluid that lubricates the joints. c)Have been identified as the key factors in "getting the juices going." d) Have been identified as the single-most causative factor of America's obesity epidemic, and the link to heart disease being America's number-one killer. 9)Cows treated with the genetically engineered bovine growth hormones produce milk that has been proven to: a)Result in more snaps, crackles, and pops per standard bowl of Rice Krispies. b)Be identical to naturally occurring milk. c)Promote weight loss, reduce flatulence, and eliminate cellulite. d)Result in an increase of insulin-like growth factor, a hormone identified as the key role player in fueling the growth of human breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, and colon cancer. 10)An epidemiological study of mortality rates in 24 nations found that consumption of these foods resulted in the highest correlation coefficient to heart disease: a)Fresh vegetables, particularly broccoli and rutabaga. b) Beans, beans, NOT good for the hearty, the more you eat, the worse for the artery. c)Whole wheat berries and barley (these large uncooked grains get stuck in arteries causing coronary thrombosis. d) Milk and dairy products. Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 639 From: "David Rietz" Date: Mon Jul 30, 2001 8:22 am Subject: - MILK A-Z QUIZ (11-15) Dear Friends, More QUIZ questions from Cohen's new book MILK A-Z: 11)The Journal of Pediatrics revealed that cow's milk proteins can cause blood loss from the intestinal tract, reduce the body's supply of iron and cause anemia. The recommended therapy: a)Add powdered iron filings to your next bowl of cereal with soy milk. b)Bite the bullet. a)Drink a twelve-ounce glass of human breast milk with your cookies. b)Avoid all cow's milk and dairy products. 12)According to the New England Journal of Medicine, "Chronic diarrhea is the most common gastrointestinal symptom of intolerance of cow's milk among children." As a parent, what is the best method of eliminating this messy problem? a)Eliminate the source. Sell your children to the next band of gypsies moving through your neighborhood. b)Save cork stoppers from champagne bottles, and use `em when they're needed! c)When the condition occurs, add one cup of corn starch to three tablespoons of prune juice, stir well, and use a number seven syringe to inject the paste directly into your child's stomach cavity. d)Eliminate all milk and dairy products from your child's diet. 13)Should milk consumers worry about harmful bacterial infections resulting from milk and dairy consumption? Which statement(s) is/are true? a)According to the Journal of Dairy Science, butter readily supports growth of salmonella at room temperature, but refrigeration or freezing for brief periods does not eliminate it. Salmonella can remain viable in butter for up to 9 months. b)According to the New England Journal of Medicine, listeria organisms excreted in cow's milk "escape pasteurization, grow well at refrigerator temperatures, and are ingested by consumers." c)According to leading food journals, curing alone may not be a sufficient pathogen control step to eliminate Salmonella, listeria, and E. coli from cheese. A drop of sour milk may contain more than 50 million bacteria. d)All of the above 14)Lactose intolerance affects 75% of the world's population. Symptoms include bloating, flatulence, abdominal pain and diarrhea. An effective cure for eliminating lactose intolerance is: a)Having elective stomach-staple surgery, tying off your intestines, and satisfying future nutritional needs by intravenous feeding. b)Investing your assets in a portfolio that includes the Pampers diaper company and Johnson's baby powder, buying a year's supply of adult stay-dries, and drinking all the milk you want. c)Taking an antidote, lactaid, so that you may tolerate the poison, milk. d)Don't drink your milk. 15)Normal cows become Mad Cows after: a)Their mothers force them to drink three glasses of human breast milk each day. b)They witness their mothers and sisters being loaded onto packed trucks and shipped to slaughterhouses. c)They are injected with genetically engineered hormones that swell their udders to painful proportions which require three milkings per day. d)They are fed blood meal, bone meal, and flesh from their relatives. Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 640 From: "David Rietz" Date: Tue Jul 31, 2001 8:32 am Subject: - MILK A-Z QUIZ (16-20) Dear Friends, Questions 16-20 found in the new book MILK A-Z: 16)Nutritionists and food scientists agree: Humans need to eat protein. Eighty percent of milk protein is a substance called 'CASEIN.' When casein is isolated from milk, it can be used: a) In the manufacturing process for plastic. b) As a glue to hold together wood in furniture. c) As an adhesive to attach a label to a beer bottle. d) All of the above. 17)Please read the following statements carefully. Which ONE is NOT true? a)Countries with the highest rates of osteoporosis, such as the United States, England, and Sweden, consume the most milk. China and Japan, where people eat much less protein and dairy food, have low rates of osteoporosis. b)Osteoporosis is caused by a number of things, one of the most important being too much dietary protein. Dietary protein increases production of acid in the blood which isneutralized by calcium mobilized from the skeleton. Increasing one's protein intake by 100% may cause calcium loss to double. c)Data from the 12-year Harvard study of 78,000 women indicate that women consuming greater amounts of calcium from dairy foods had significantly increased risks of hip fractures, while no increase in fracture risk was observed for the same levels of calcium from nondairy sources. d)American women have been consuming an average of two pounds of milk per day for their entire lives, yet thirty million American women have osteoporosis. Therefore, drinking milk prevents bone loss. 18) Dioxins are highly toxic by-products of industrial processes including chemical and municipal waste incineration. These compounds penetrate the environment via air, water and soil and are then incorporated in food chains. The level of dioxin in a single serving of the Ben & Jerry's World's Best Vanilla Ice Cream tested was almost 200 times greater than the safe daily dose determined by the Environmental Protection Agency. What did Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's fame have to say regarding dioxins? a)"Our containers are environmentally friendly, and dioxin-free, so just dump the ice cream, and eat the container." b)"I just had quadruple bypass heart surgery. Please put your question in writing, and I'll have my staff get back to you." c)"We never realized you'd be supremely nuts to continue eating our Natural Nutty-Nuts Supreme Surprise." d)Before the test):"The only safe level of dioxin exposure is no exposure at all." (After the test):"It's in the environment." 19) Do pesticides end up in milk, cheese, and butter? Which one of the following statements is NOT accurate? a)A 1988 FDA survey of milk samples from grocery stores in 10 cities found that 73% of the samples contained pesticide residues. b)More than 2,200 samples of cow's milk were tested in India, and 85% of the samples contained pesticides levels above human tolerance limits. c)The pesticides chlordane and heptachlor cause cancer, harm the immune system and are endocrine disruptors. Dairy cattle in Oahu were fed pineapple leaves containing heptachlor residues. As a result, the local milk and dairy supply remained contaminated for years. d)According to the National Fluid Milk Processors, no pesticide residues have ever been found in milk and dairy products. 20)Milk contains somatic cells, which are dead red and white blood cells. Another name for somatic cells is "pus cells." America's Food and Drug Administration sets the legal standard for the allowable number of pus cells that can be sold in milk. One liter of American milk may contain no more than: a)75 hundred pus cells b)75 thousand pus cells c)75 million pus cells d)750 million pus cells Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com/azbook.html 641 From: "David Rietz" Date: Wed Aug 1, 2001 6:54 am Subject: - MILK A-Z QUIZ (21-25) Dear Friends, Here are the final 5 of 25 questions contained within the quiz in Robert Cohen's new book MILK A-Z: 21)Which of the following statements did not appear in the British medical journal Lancet? a)Hypersensitivity to milk is implicated as a cause of sudden death in infancy. b)Those infants who died of SIDS expressed inappropriate or inflammatory responses suggesting violent allergic reactions to a foreign protein. Lung tissue and cells showed responses similar to bronchial wall inflammation in asthma. c)Those who consumed cows milk were fourteen times more likely to die from diarrhea-related complications and four times more likely to die of pneumonia than were breast-fed babies. Intolerance and allergy to cow's milk products is a factor in sudden infant death syndrome. d)Children under the age of two years who consume more that one-pint of fortified brandy before going to bed are prone to sudden infant death. 22)On March 23, 1971, Secretary of the Treasury, John Connally said to President Richard Nixon (recorded on a Watergate tape): "These dairymen are organized, they're adamant, they're militant, and they're massing an enormous amount of money that they're going to put into political activities." What motivated Connally to make this statement? a)Dairy reps had placed the severed head of a dairy cow in Nixon's bed, making him an offer he couldn't refuse. b)Richard Nixon had just been presented with a compromising surveillance photo of JFK, RFK, and Marilyn Monroe sporting what appeared to be the dairy industry's first milk mustache ad. c)President Nixon had just been given a $10 gift certificate to Dairy Queen from dairy industry representatives in the Oval Office. d)President Nixon had just been given a $3 million cash gift from dairy industry representatives in the Oval Office. 23)Children are taught in first grade that Vitamin D is the "sunshine vitamin." Vitamin D is a steroid hormone and is synthesized in one's body after skin is exposed to sunlight. Which statement about vitamin D is NOT true? a)Adults need 10-15 minutes of sunlight, two or three times a week to ensure proper Vitamin D levels. b)Vitamin D is toxic in overdose. Consuming as little as 45 micrograms of Vitamin D-3 in young children has resulted in signs of overdose. Testing of 10 samples of infant formula revealed seven with more that twice the Vitamin D content reported on the label, one of which had more than four times the label amount. c)Vitamin D increases aluminum absorption, and high aluminum levels in the body may cause an Alzheimer's-like disease. d)If boys and girls do not drink milk with Vitamin D added, when they turn 40, their bones will become brittle, and break, and they'll need hip replacement surgery. 24)What has NOT been identified as a cause of acne? a)Acne occurs when steroids (androgens) stimulate the sebaceous glands within the skin's hair follicles. These glands then secrete an oily substance called sebum. When sebum, bacteria and dead skin cells build up on skin, the pores become blocked, creating acne. b)About 80 percent of cows that are giving milk are pregnant and are throwing off hormones continuously. Progesterone breaks down into androgens, which have been implicated as factor in the development of acne. Hormones found in cow's milk include: Estradiol, Estriol, Progesterone, prolactin, and oxytocin. c)The Journal of Endocrinology studied the effects of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factors (IGF-1), alone and with androgen, on sebaceous epithelial cell growth. IGF-I was the most potent stimulus of DNA synthesis, contributing to the increase in sebum production during puberty. d)Acne is caused by frogs, sugar, snails, spice, puppy dog tails, and everything nice. 25)What is NOT true about the vegetarian NOTMILK lifestyle? a)According to the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, there is a positive correlation between a vegetarian diet and reduced risk for obesity, coronary artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and cancer. b)According to the British Medical Journal, vegetarians often have lower mortality rates from several chronic degenerative diseases than do non-vegetarians. Significant athersclerosis is rare in peoples whose diet over the life span is predominantly vegetarian and low in calories, saturated fat, and cholesterol. c)According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, vegetarian diets low in fat or saturated fat have been used successfully as part of comprehensive health programs to reverse severe coronary artery disease. d)Vegans live an average of two decades less than meat-eaters and milk drinkers which is just fine with carnivores, who are saved from having to listen to twenty or more years of irritating lecturing, preaching, and bragging. Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com ------------------------------------------- View the WHOLE test with graphics and ANSWERS at: http://www.notmilk.com/nmquiz.html ------------------------------------------- 642 From: "David Rietz" Date: Thu Aug 2, 2001 11:06 am Subject: - HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD, PART 1 Dear Friends, In case you missed any part of the MILK QUIZ... Here are the 25 questions and answers: http://www.notmilk.com/nmquiz.html MILK A-Z Should you buy the book? BUY ALL MEANS! Doug Graham (a Florida chiropractor) purchased 136 copies. He bought 20 copies a few weeks ago and has since re-ordered two cases (58 per case!) The new book is incredible, if I do say so myself. Harriet Beacher Stowe's novel (Uncle Tom's Cabin) started the Civil War. Milk A-Z will destroy the dairy industry. Our mission is to get it into the hands of millions of Americans. Buy ten today. Donate a copy to your library, to your school, give a copy to friends and relatives. Buy a case! Save the book for stocking stuffers. Give the book instead of Chanukah gelt. I've got special prices for bulk purchases. Your $15 for one book saves a family of four! :) Your $100 buys a dozen books. I'll pay for the shipping. We need a benefactor. Your $100,000 donation will place a book into every library in America. (12,000 libraries). Can there be anything more important than teaching all Americans the adverse effects of milk and dairy? Please---join the anti-dairy movement. Join the Dairy Education Board. Make a difference. Call 1-888-NOT-MILK to make a purchase. Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 643 From: "David Rietz" Date: Fri Aug 3, 2001 12:14 pm Subject: - GUESS WHAT'S COMING IN SEPTEMBER? WOULD YOU LIKE A NOTMILK POSTER? http://www.notmilk.com/graphics/azposter.jpg This poster should hang in the hallways of your child's school. This message should be displayed in the nurse's office. If schools reject this poster while promoting the message supplied by the milk processors, imagine the possibilities? GOT LITIGATION? The Dairy Education Board is prepared to file suits in every state in America. Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 644 From: "David Rietz" Date: Sat Aug 4, 2001 3:00 pm Subject: - THE HEALING POWER OF SOY'S ISOFLAVONES Dear Friends, While I am away, a few friends have submitted GUEST LETTERS for the NOTMILK letter. Monique N. Gilbert has written a wonderful book About SOY products, called: Virtues of Soy: A Practical Health Guide and Cookbook" I have read the book, and will be doing a review during the month of September, at which time I also plan on writing a series of columns relating to soy. http://www.virtuesofsoy.com THE HEALING POWER OF SOY'S ISOFLAVONES Numerous reports indicate that,because soy is high in isoflavones, it can prevent illness and promote good health. Isoflavones are a class of phytochemicals, hich are compounds found only in plants (phyto means plant). They are also a type of phytoestrogen, or plant hormone, that resembles human estrogen in chemical structure yet are weaker. By mimicking human estrogen at certain sites in the body, isoflavones provide many health benefits that help you to avoid disease. Isoflavones are found in soybeans, chick peas and other legumes. However, soybeans are unique because they have the highest concentration of these powerful compounds. Soy contains many individual isoflavones, but the most beneficial are genistein and daidzein. Isoflavones show tremendous potential to fight disease on several fronts. They have been shown to help prevent the buildup of arterial plaque, which reduces the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke. Isoflavones may help reduce breast cancer by blocking the cancer-causing effects of human estrogen. They may also prevent prostate cancer by hindering cell growth. Isoflavones can fight osteoporosis by stimulating bone formation and inhibiting bone resorption. They may even relieve some menopausal symptoms as well. Soy isoflavones have antioxidant properties Which protect the cardiovascular system from Oxidation of LDL (the bad) cholesterol. Oxidized LDL cholesterol accumulates in the arteries as patches of fatty buildup which blocks the flow of blood, resulting in atherosclerosis. Genistein inhibits the growth of cells that form this artery clogging plaque. Arteries damaged by atherosclerosis usually form blood clots. This can lead to a heart attack if the clot goes to the heart, or a stroke if it goes to the brain. Being a weak form of estrogen, isoflavones can compete at estrogen receptor sites, blocking the stronger version naturally produced by the body from exerting its full effect. Since high blood levels of estrogen are an established risk factor for breast cancer; weaker forms of estrogen may provide protection against this disease. Genistein has been found to hinder breast cancer as well as prostate cancer. Results from a new University of California study show that genistein slowed prostate cancer growth and caused prostate cancer cells to die. It acts against cancer cells in a way similar to many common cancer-treating drugs. Isoflavones also play an important role in protecting and maintaining strong and healthy bones. Evidence shows that genistein and daidzein prevent bones from breaking down. Independent studies conducted at the University of Illinois and the University of Hong Kong concluded that consuming soy isoflavones can increase bone mineral content and bone density. Another study at the University of Texas suggested that isoflavones may also stimulate bone formation. By preserving bone health, increasing bone mass and inducing bone turnover, researchers noted the potential role of soy isoflavones in preventing, and possibly even reversing, the effects of osteoporosis. The North American Menopause Society suggests that soy isoflavones can also be a natural alternative to estrogen replacement therapy for relief of mild menopausal symptoms. It may help offset the drop in estrogen and regulate its fluctuations that occur at menopause. Many women have reported a reduction in their hot flashes and night sweats when they regularly consume soy foods, like tempeh or tofu. All these findings suggest eating soy foods, natural sources of isoflavones, can protect and enhance your overall health. Isoflavones work together with soy protein in fighting disease. Studies show that isoflavones account for approximately three-fourths of soy's protection, while its protein is responsible for about one-fourth. The best way to consume isoflavones is in food form, so that you can benefit from all of soy's nutrients and beneficial compounds. The highest amounts of isoflavones and soy protein are found in tempeh, whole soybeans (like edamame), textured soy protein, soynuts, tofu and soymilk. Researchers recommend consuming at least one to two servings a day. A serving is equal to 1 ounce of soynuts; 4 ounces of tempeh, textured soy protein (cooked), or edamame; or 8 ounces of soymilk. For those new to soy, I recommend slowly adding it to your diet, until you develop a taste for it. In spaghetti sauces, replace ground beef with textured soy protein. Use tofu instead ricotta cheese in lasagna, or make herb dips with it in a food processor. Use soymilk to cream soups or make smoothies. People on the run can always eat soynuts. Tempeh is one of the easiest soy foods to prepare. To make a grilled tempeh sandwich, just cut it into slices, sprinkle on some soy sauce, saute with sliced onions and pile it on some bread. Remember, you will only continue to eat healthy foods if they taste good. So, experiment and have fun trying out new ways to enjoy soy. Monique N. Gilbert is a Health Advocate, Recipe Developer, Soy Food Connoisseur and the author of "Virtues of Soy: A Practical Health Guide and Cookbook" (Universal Publishers, $19.95, available at most online booksellers). monique@chef.net Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 645 From: "David Rietz" Date: Sun Aug 5, 2001 7:22 am Subject: - SOY PREVENTS BREAST CANCER Dear Friends, Here is the second of three SOY articles that I've found worthy of sharing with you. The original study appeared in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2001;86:3045 REUTER'S HEALTH REPORTS: Soy Protein Suppresses Breast Cancer Hormones Thursday, August 2, 2001 By Suzanne Rostler Antioxidant compounds found in soy foods have been shown to reduce levels of hormones associated with breast cancer risk in women. Now, the results of a small study suggest that other factors associated with soy may also play a role in lowering cancer risk. The investigators found that nine healthy, premenopausal women who consumed a diet containing soymilk in which most of the antioxidant compounds, isoflavones, had been removed, produced less estrogen and progesterone than they produced before they added soy to their diets. Other reproductive hormones were not affected by the diet, which was also low in animal protein and high in fiber, the researchers report. According to the study in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, estrogen levels fell as soy protein and fiber intake increased. However, Dr. Lee-Jane W. Lu, the study's lead author, stressed that it is not yet clear which dietary compounds caused the change in hormone levels. ``The important finding from my study is that it is not too hard to lower a woman's...female hormone,'' she told Reuters Health. "By replacing--not supplementing--a portion of one's energy intake (with) soy, one can lower one's female hormones.'" Estrogen can stimulate the growth of some types of breast cancer cells and is thought to play a role in the development of some cases of breast cancer. Women with a higher lifetime exposure to estrogen--for instance, those who got their first period at an early age, those who do not have children and women who do not breastfeed-- may face a higher risk of breast cancer. The hormone progesterone also contributes to breast cancer risk by helping tumors to grow. "Our results may have implications for breast cancer prevention by soy dietary intervention," according to Lu and her colleagues at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. In the study, researchers measured levels of estrogen, progesterone, sex hormone-binding globulin, luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) in women before they began the diet. LH and FSH stimulate ovarian function. The women followed the diet, which included 36 ounces of soymilk containing less than 5 milligrams of isoflavones daily, for one month. The study diet contained more carbohydrate and less protein than the women's usual diets, the report indicates. Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 646 From: "David Rietz" Date: Mon Aug 6, 2001 11:21 am Subject: - SOY: THE REAL SCIENCE Dear Friends, Here is the third of three SOY articles that I've recently enjoyed, and find important enough to share with you: http://www.drkoop.com/dyncon/article.asp?at=&id=3735 Is soy safe? Some quotes from the article, written By Sharon Howard, R.D. "Soy products contain five known classes of anti-cancer agents, including phytoestrogens. Natural soyfood sources of phytoestrogens are recommended as part of a therapeutic and prophylactic diet instead of isoflavone supplements, because the foods contain all the potential anti-cancer agents ingested by apparently protected populations of women with lower rates of breast cancer." Dr. Koop and Sharon looked to the soy-eating Japanese and Chinese women to find truth: "Studies of Chinese and Japanese women indicate that they have one fifth the rate of breast cancers of U.S. women and that they consume from 10 to 50 grams per day of soy protein in contrast to 1 to 3 grams per day consumed by Americans. This translates to 20 to 80 milligrams of isoflavones consumed per day by Asian women compared to U.S. women whose intake is less than 5 milligrams per day." Now for the real science, thanks to Koop.com: "Isoflavones are very similar in structure to estrogen and are able to bind estrogen receptors, though they exhibit only a weak estrogenic effect: only one-hundredth to one-thousandth that of estradiol. Since high levels of estrogen have been linked to breast cancer and other hormone-related cancers, isoflavones may work by binding estrogen receptors and blocking the harmful effects of the more potent form of estrogen, thus functioning as an overall antiestrogen (Claire Hasler, University of Illinois)." Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 647 From: "David Rietz" Date: Tue Aug 7, 2001 7:30 am Subject: - GOT LOUSY BOWEL MOVEMENTS? According to a recent report released by the National Association for Continence, which studies bathroom behavior, the average American spends 55 minutes per day sitting on the toilet. What is he or she doing in there? Having one or more lousy bowel movements, that's what. Who are these folks who run the incontinence group? According to WEBSTERS DICTIONARY: "Incontinence is the inability of the body to control the evacuative functions." Thank goodness there is an organization that cares about American's toilet habits. They even have an Internet website: http://www.nafc.org Somewhere in America, there are companies who delight in our inabilty as a nation to have normal bowel movements. Could this be Mr. Whipple's conspiracy? Does he want us to keep squeezing the Charmin so that its softness eases the irritable "evacuations" that plague most Americans? Do the folks at Charmin and other toilet paper manufacturers want us to have an easier time of it, and in doing so, spend less time in the bathroom and use less toilet paper? I think not. One wonders if the people at nafc.com take into account what the average American is eating. Dogs and cats eat dog and cat food. They have no problems evacuating their bowels. I've seen 'em in the act. I've danced around their firm healthy deposits on neighborhood sidewalks. I've seen horses and cattle deposit their droppings, and my own guinea pig has never had a problem with incontinence. Of course, he eats no mozzerella. Nor does he eat Ben & Jerry's ice cream either. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT Eighty percent of the protein in milk and dairy products is CASEIN, the same tenacious glue used to hold together the wood in furniture. Eat CASEIN and one will produce histamines, then quarts and quarts of mucous. The mucous does not seep through human pores. What goes in one end, goes out the other. The average American eats 666 pounds per year of mucous-forming milk and dairy products. That represents more than enough mucous and incontinence to sink the continent of Atlantis. How does one discover the lost continent and lose the incontinence? Discover the fountain of youth, NOTMILK. Give up milk and dairy products for just one week. During that time you will expel a gallon or more of mucous. Got normal bowel movements? After just one week, you will improve. You will no longer sit on the toilet for 55 minutes like the average American. Give up milk and dairy, and you'll be flush with good health. There's only one thing keeping you from being as regular as Kitty and Fido. Give up the dairy, and you'll recapture 50 of those 55 minutes that are spent on ceramic thrones paying tribute to America's dairy industry. Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 648 From: "David Rietz" Date: Wed Aug 8, 2001 8:11 am Subject: - SCHMUCK OF THE YEAR Dear Friends, There are many translations for the Yiddish word, schmuck, but my application of that word is used to describe an individual who meets with the gods on Mount Olympus and gives them the middle finger. He is the man who is completely without a clue. He is Robert Dowling, M.D. During the month of June, Dowling's Louisville, Kentucky, patient was given just thirty days to live. After a lifetime of abuse, this man's cardiovascular system sent a series of signals, all bad, to himself and his attending physician. A lifetime of abuse can translate into a painfully short future. What hath man wrought this time? A new artificial heart was implanted into Dowling's patient. He's the first human ever to receive a fully self-contained machine inside of his chest. The "AbiorCor pump" was implanted on July 2, a day that will live in history. Thirty days after the surgery, the man and his physician enjoyed a one-month anniversary celebration commemorating his survival. The lead researcher/physician, Robert Dowling, M.D., had this to say: "The goal of all of us working together is to give patients of this device a good quality of life…" How did Dr. Dowling honor his patient? By staging a party for the guest of honor, and serving him ice cream and cheesecake. Mr. Artificial-Heart-Recipient may have a bionic heart, but his arteries have been saturated by a lifetime of cholesterol and saturated animal fat. Dr. Dowling most certainly made a bad cardiovascular system just a little bit worse. His symbolic gesture immortalizes a physician's arrogance. Many doctors believe that diet has nothing to do with sickness. Dr. Dowling is the schmuck of the year, and receives my version of the ignoble prize. PS: Ben of Ben & Jerry's fame recently had quadruple heart bypass surgery. One wonders whether his physician threw him a party too. http://www.notmilk.com/benheart.html Would you eat ice cream and cheesecake after having life-saving heart surgery? Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 649 From: "David Rietz" Date: Sun Aug 12, 2001 8:08 am Subject: - P IS FOR PROSTATE CANCER Blake Graham is a nutrition student in Perth, Australia. He has been researching links between milk consumption and prostate cancer, and has sent us dozens of scientific references. We share one dozen of those citations with you today. Please pass this information to any friend of relative who currently has prostate cancer, or any male dairy consumer over the age of 40. _______________________________________ "For prostate cancer, epidemiologic studies consistently show a positive association with high consumption of milk, dairy products, and meats." Giovannucci E., Adv Exp Med Biol 1999;472:29-42 _______________________________________ "Cases also reported more frequent consumption of milk and other dairy products and meat, but no significant difference was noted for vegetable intake." Talamini R, Br J Cancer 1986 Jun;53(6):817-21 _______________________________________ "Higher intake of meat and dairy products has been associated with greater risk of prostate cancer..." Willett WC, Salud Publica Mex 1997, Jul-Aug;39(4):298-309 _______________________________________ "Positive correlations between foods and cancer mortality rates were particularly strong in the case of meats and milk for breast cancer, milk for prostate and ovarian cancer, and meats for colon cancer." Rose DP, Cancer 1986 Dec 1;58(11):2363-71 _______________________________________ "Diet appears to be a major determinant in the incidence of prostate cancer. In a case-control study conducted in Athens, Greece, we found that dairy products, butter and seed oils were positively associated with risk of prostate cancer, whereas cooked and raw tomatoes were inversely associated." Bosetti C, Eur J Cancer Prev 2000, Apr;9(2):119-23 _______________________________________ "Diets high in dairy products and meats are related to higher risk of prostate cancer incidence or mortality in most ecologic, case-control, and prospective studies." Giovannucci E., Cancer Causes Control 1998, Dec;9(6):567-82 _______________________________________ "Suggestive positive associations were also seen between fatal prostate cancer and the consumption of milk, cheese, eggs, and meat. " Snowdon DA,Am J Epidemiol 1984, Aug;120(2):244-50 _______________________________________ "The strongest and most consistent effects are positive associations with animal products such as red meats, eggs and dairy foods, and possibly by implication, fat." Giles G, Ireland P., Int J Cancer 1997; Suppl 10:13-7 _______________________________________ "Among major food groups, milk and dairy products as well as added lipids were marginally positively associated with risk for prostate cancer." Tzonou A, Int J Cancer 1999, Mar 1;80(5):704-8 _______________________________________ "High consumption of dairy products was associated with a 50 percent increased risk of prostate cancer. " Chan JM, Cancer Causes Control 1998 Dec;9(6):559-66 _______________________________________ "Positive trends in risk were found for consumption of cured meat and milk products. " Schuurman AG, Br J Cancer 1999, Jun;80(7):1107-13 _______________________________________ "Biomarkers, including testosterone and insulin-like growth factor, and nutritional factors, especially meat, fat, and dairy intake, have been linked to greater risk of disease. " Chan JM, Semin Cancer Biol 1998, Aug;8(4):263-73 _______________________________________ Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 650 From: "David Rietz" Date: Mon Aug 13, 2001 9:16 am Subject: - SOY CONSUMPTION AND THYROID FUNCTIONING Dear Friends, Last week, I posted a series of articles pertaining to soy consumption. I've been away, and returned to find thousands of EMAILS which included a few hundred comments about those soy articles. The most frequently occurring concern of readers of the NOTMILK column dealt with soy consumption and human thyroid functioning. I've found a recent article addressing that concern: SOY AND THYROID FUNCTION: STUDIES SHOW LITTLE EFFECT By Mark Messina, Ph.D. There has been much discussion of late over the possible adverse effects of soy consumption on thyroid function in both infants and adults. In fact, researchers from the National Center for Toxicology (NCTR), which is part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, have even expressed some concerns. But concerns about effects of soy on thyroid function are not new. The first report that soybean produced goiter in iodine-deficient rodents was published in 1933. Subsequent animal studies published in the 1930s and 1940s produced similar findings. However, iodine fortification of the diet was shown to largely eliminate this problem, although soy-fed animals required approximately twice as much iodine to prevent enlarged thyroids as animals fed soy-free diets, and in some cases, slight histological abnormalities of the thyroid gland still persisted. In the late 1950s, 10-15 cases of goiter were identified in infants fed non-iodized soy flour-based infant formula. However, this type of formula has not been used since the 1960s. Today, soy formula is based on soy protein isolate and is fortified with iodine. No cases of goiter in infants, due to the consumption of soy protein isolate-based iodized formula as is used today, have been reported in the scientific literature. Unfortunately, no studies solely designed to study the effect of soy formula on thyroid function in infants has been conducted. Still, given the millions of infants fed soy formula over the past three to four decades, it is reasonable to assume that if a problem existed, more than likely it would have been reported upon by pediatricians in the medical literature. There are, however, at least limited data suggesting that infants with congenital hypothyrodism who consume soy formula require about 25 percent more synthetic hormone than infants with congenital hypothryoidism on non-soy formulas. But this may not be a systemic effect, since fiber supplements also necessitate that patients increase their thyroid hormone medication. This suggests soy, like fiber, may interfere with either the absorption of thyroid hormone (in the case of medication), or may interfere with reabsorption by interrupting the enterohepatic circulation of thyroid hormone. Furthermore, a recently conducted human trial showed no effects of isoflavone supplements on thyroid function. And several other human studies have also found little or no effect of soyfoods. One study conducted in Japan did find that soy Consumption was associated with adverse effects (increase TSH levels) on thyroid function in older women, including an increase incidence of goiter. Women in this three-month study consumed 30 g/ day of pickled soybeans stored in rice vinegar. However, this study suffers from many design flaws, and although these results should not be ignored, they directly conflict with the results from several, better-designed studies. For example, recent work from the University of Minnesota indicates that the consumption of isoflavone-rich soy over a three-month period had little effect on thyroid hormone levels in either pre- or post-menopausal women. And a recent double-blind study involving 38 postmenopausal women over the age of 64 who were not on hormone therapy, found no differences in thyroid function, based on measures of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), total thyronine (T4), and triiodothyronine (T3), between women given daily either a placebo or a supplement that provided 90 mg of isoflavones (expressed as aglycone units). Overall, there appears to be little reason to think that in healthy adults, either soy isoflavone supplements, or soyfoods, will exert adverse effects on thyroid function. Even the NCTR researchers acknowledge that soy is not likely to be a problem in iodine-replete individuals. In contrast, arguably, in people who are predisposed to goiter or who are consuming marginally iodine sufficient diets, soy could conceivably a risk factor for goiter. So, it is important to note that as many as 10 percent of post-menopausal women may have subclinical hypothyroidism. This group may be sensitive to the adverse effects of weak goitrogens. The iodine status of the U.S. population is considered adequate, although there is a downward trend in iodine intake and subsets of the population may have marginal intakes. In conclusion, there is no reason to restrict soy consumption over concerns about the impact on thyroid function. When consuming large amounts of soy, it is important to make sure iodine intake is adequate. But of course, all people, regardless of their dietary pattern, need to consume sufficient amounts of iodine. Any concerns about the effect of soy on thyroid levels can be definitively addressed by having thyroid hormone levels measured. Even this step is not unordinary, since the American Thyroid Association recommends that all people have their thyroid hormone levels checked every five years beginning at the age of 35. _______________________________________________ Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 651 From: "David Rietz" Date: Tue Aug 14, 2001 8:39 am Subject: - PARTY WITH PAUL MCCARTNEY! They said that milk sucks! http://www.milksucks.com They taught college kids that beer was healthier to drink than milk! They tried to teach NYC Mayor Rudy Guiliani that his prostate cancer may have been linked to a milk hormone, IGF-I. I love these People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals who collectively call themselves: PETA In less than four weeks, PETA will be hosting the party of parties on New York City's Park Avenue, and you're invited! It takes a lot of money to wage war against those who promote milk and dairy products, and PETA relies upon millions of dollars in donations. Tickets to PETA's Saturday, September 8th, 2001 star-studded black tie gala will be held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and are available for $500 per person. ($225 of which is tax deductible) Rub elbows with Paul McCartney! The gala party will be hosted by: Pamela Anderson, James Cromwell, Bill Maher, and Rue McClanahan. Other celebrities serving on the gala committee include: Ringo Starr, Peter Max, Oleg Cassini, Sally Kirkland, Rita Moreno, Olivia Newton-John, Dyan Cannon, Rebecca DeMornay, Peter Falk, Alicia Silverstone, Marty Ingels, and Oliver Stone. Admission to the event includes a cocktail party and the finest gourmet vegan dinner in New York City's culinary history. aldorf Astoria chefs have been instructed to construct the Waldorf salad with Nayonnaise! To purchase tickets online: http://www.petaparty.org For more information or to purchase] tickets by phone, call Allison Smith at: 757-622-7382 Please support PETA's sometimes goofy but always important work by attending. Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 652 From: "David Rietz" Date: Wed Aug 15, 2001 8:48 am Subject: - 4 OBNOXIOUSLY DISGUSTING WORDS What four words are worse than fingernails scraping on a chalkboard? What four words pruduce the gagging response in some people, and instant nausea for others? What are the four most horribly obscene words in the English language? I hate to hear them directed at me, and I take little pleasure in having to use this phrase: "I ­ told ­ you ­ so." One week ago today (August 8th 2001), I bestowed the SCHMUCK OF THE YEAR award upon Robert Dowling, M.D. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/message/648 Doctor Dowling had implanted the `Abicor' artificial heart pump into his dying patient and celebrated one extra month of life by serving that patient ice cream and cheesecake. Dr. Dowling explained why he would feed his critically ill artificial heart recipient saturated animal fat containing casein, a tenacious glue and mucous forming protein. "The goal..is to give patients.. a good quality of life.." Let's follow up on Dr. Dowling's patient. How did he react to the cheesecake and ice cream? Mr. Abicor-recipient suffered a severe setback, and is now on a ventilator to assist his breathing. The unidentified patient has a buildup of mucous and secretions in his lungs. He is too weak to expel that mucous, so the artificial breathing machine must be used to keep him alive. Eat casein and produce histamines, then mucous. The reaction is often delayed, occurring 12-15 hours after consumption. Few people note the ill effects because milk and dairy products represent 40% of what the average American eats (about 666 pounds per American per year), and these proteins are continuously eaten. By eliminating ALL milk and dairy for just one week, most people note the differences, which include less mucous, better sleep patterns, more energy, better bowel movements, clarity of thought, and muscle, bone, and back pain relief. Why don't physicians know this? Could the fact that nutrition is not a required course of study in medical school have anything to do with Dowling's ignorance? The Abicor device can be a lifsaver, but dairy-loving doctors like Dowling can be hazardous to one's health. Please share the following (which appeared in the Journal of Allergy and Immunology in March of 1998) with your physician so that he or she does not repeat Dowling's folly: "Cow's milk is one of the most frequent food allergens. Whole casein appears to be highly allergenic...85% of the patients presented a response to each of the four caseins. " Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 653 From: "David Rietz" Date: Thu Aug 16, 2001 2:09 pm Subject: - SOLD OUT WOULD YOU TAKE THE MONEY? Demi Moore gave in to Robert Redford's indecent proposal by selling her body and soul for $1,000,000 in a Hollywood movie. Would $1,000,000 tempt you to do the same? Imagine that you are the only child of a billionaire whose greatest wish is to have you take over the family business. Would you walk away from millions of dollars and a life of ease and luxury if the nature of that business offended you? John Robbins did just that. His father, Irv Robbins, along with his uncle, Burt Baskin, founded what would become the largest ice cream company in the world. Rejecting a legacy, Robbins went on to write a book that would change the world, Diet for a New America. His new book, The Food Revolution, is certain to become a classic. John's own legacy was to become the spiritual leader of America's vegetarian movement. John Robbins founded EarthSave, which today stands as the largest vegetarian organization in America. IT'S PARTY TIME On September 13, 2001, EarthSave's New York City chapter will host their first ever event, featuring Howard Lyman as guest speaker. Time: 6:30 ­ 10 PM Address: Brownie's 74 Trinity Place New York, NY Price which includes dinner and lecture: $20 EarthSave members, $22 non-members Howard Lyman is an ex-cattle rancher who became an author, activist, and co-defendant with Oprah Winfrey in the Texas cattle ranchers' lawsuit. Make your reservation today. Don't wait. This event will be sold out. For more information, call 212-696-7986, or visit EarthSave New York's web site: http://nyc.earthsave.org e-mail nyc@earthsave.org If you miss this event, make plans to attend EarthSave's second New York event on October 11th. I'll be the guest speaker on that date. Robert Cohen http://www.notmilk.com 654 From: "David Rietz" Date: Fri Aug 17, 2001 8:40 am Subject: - THEY PUT MILK IN FRUIT SALAD WHY DO THEY PUT MILK IN FRUIT SALAD? Many people are so terribly allergic to milk and cheese that death may occur soon after ingestion. FDA recognizes that problem and requires food manufacturers to list the presence of ALL dairy products and components on labels as a warning to those who cannot tolerate the deadly poison. Often times, manufacturers do not comply with FDA's directive. Yesterday (August 16, 2001),the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recall for 'Hawaiian Delight Fruit Salad' because the product contains undeclared skim milk. Questions concerning this and other recalls can be directed to the FDA at: 1-888-INFO-FDA. FDA also issued two other recalls for the presence of undeclared milk products in food items: Butterscotch Bits and Eileen's Butterscotch Chips Chocolate Lace Brand dark chocolate products FDA also issued recalls for: Rels Chicken & Cheese Fajitas. Why? GOT LISTERIA? Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria bacteria can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, and nausea. Listeria can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal infections in infants, the elderly, and persons with chronic diseases, with HIV infection, or those taking chemotherapy. GOT CHEESE CUBES? FDA has also issued a recall alert for Biery Cheese cubes, manufacturers of 8 to 10 oz. packages of Horseradish, Colored American, White American and Colored Colby Cubes because of possible listeria contamination. KILLER BACTERIA IN MILK The fact that dangerous microscopic organisms are teeming and swarming in milk and dairy products is more than repulsive. It's unhealthy! When presented with the facts, it's a wonder that anybody would consume body fluids from diseased animals. 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