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Other sources of the vitamins and minerals
found in raw whole milk
Yet
we could attain optimal health without dairy
foods. Price discovered groups with complete
resistance to dental decay and chronic disease
using no dairy foods; their diets invariably
included other rich sources of animal fats,
calcium, and other minerals. The soft ends
of long bones were commonly chewed, and the
shafts and other bones were used in soups.
Modern
medicine has discovered the importance of
a substantial intake of calcium. Several recent
studies have linked high blood pressure and
other problems with chronic subclinical calcium
deficiency, including increased incidence
of colon and prostate cancers in men and osteoporosis
and osteoarthritis in both men and women.
Paradoxically, other problems are associated
with high consumption of dairy foods; this
has not gone unnoticed by researchers, nutritionists,
and nutrition minded physicians. The importance
of the quality and freshness of milk products
lies behind the paradox. This concept has
not been considered in attempts by today's
medical community to explain the health effects
of dairy foods.
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