Lactose Intolerance ...and the wrong type of cow!

Goats milk is where it's at, especially if you have gut issues....goats milk is much easier on our system than cows milk....

http://www.mtcapra.com/benefits-of-goat-milk-vs-cow-milk/

http://altmedangel.com/milkcomp.htm

follyism said...
Gee London_Gal, only the most comprehensive study on diet and disease known as The China Study has shown that high carb, low fat lifestyle reduces the chances of you getting bone disease, heart disease, diabetes, cancer etc etc. Must be some sort of conspiracy theory.

I will admit to having to Google The China Study. It seems the book made quite an impact in the US but to be perfectly honest it did not register at all on the radar in the UK. All I could find on a UK search were a couple of reader reviews on Amazon. This probably explains a lot. This was not a study that was taken seriously in an academic sense. It was, as far as I can ascertain, not published in the US as a scientific study and it was not even published by an academic publishing house. It was a book aiming for the mass market which appears to have garnered a lot of press and probably made the publishers very happy indeed, but what it does not appear to be is a credible piece of scientific research. You may as well read "The Psychology of Harry Potter" which is, it seems, another title available via the same publisher.

I previously posted a link to another site examining the contentions within this hitherto unknown (to me) book and looking again there is another interesting piece which looks at the peer reviews of Cambell's book - or more often Cambell's own research which contradicts his own findings. Helps to balance the argument I think: rawfoodsos.com/2011/07/31/one-year-later-the-china-study-revisited-and-re-bashed/

lookforcure asked:
I would like to know if Amish people ever heard about ulcerative colitis. They eat natural organic foods.

I don't know about Amish but there is a famous health/diet study of Seventh Day Adventists that showed how their diet greatly reduces disease. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventist_Health_Studies

UC is not mentioned in this article but one can suppose it is less because colorectal cancer is 62% lower in SDA's.

from sdada.org/position.htm
The vegetarian diet recommended by Seventh-day Adventists includes the generous use of whole grain breads, cereals and pastas, a liberal use of fresh vegetables and fruits, a moderate use of legumes, nuts, seeds. It can also include low fat dairy products such as milk, yogurt and cheeses and eggs. It is best to avoid high saturated fat and cholesterol foods such as: beef, lamb, pork, chicken, fish and seafood. Coffee, tea and alcoholic beverages provide few nutrients and may interfere with the absorption of essential nutrients.

The weird thing is that the SDA diet is pretty close to what I was eating when I got UC except that I also ate seafood and some soy products too and I don't know if SDA people eat soy or not (sounds like they don't eat seafood).

i was a strict vegan for ten years - it's taken me almost that long to recover - go figure !

so are you saying that e-coli or sa****nella caused my uc, in addition to or instead of all the grains i was eating ?

soooo, you don't believe that food causes uc ?

Soystud,
not the actual food, but the bacteria in the food plus antibiotics.
The "wrong" food on the other hand can cause cancer, heart disease, diabetes....

sooo, does all food contain bacteria ? so then the bacteria can't be the problem, right ? otherwise, what would we eat ? i'm confused ?????

soystud, Of course all food contains some bacteria, and with our immune systems (due to IBD) being malfunctioned and attacking harmless bacteria, it only stands to reason that food/diet could very likely be a trigger for IBD.

It is more than just diet, as we know. If they have a diet high in fermented foods though and very low use of antibiotics, that, with a lifestyle led in close proximity to animals, should make them low in UC incidence, asthma and allergies in general? I don't know though much about the culture.

France has the wrong sort of cows too, it is Guernsey and Jersey you need to visit for the "right" cows. This milk is sold in the UK but I only see it as full fat and given the new studies showing that concentrated milk fat may encourage taurine conjugated bile which may feed "bad" bacteria that thrive in "bad" bowels, still have to be careful with too much milk fat if you are a milk drinker