By Francis Pottenger, Jr., MD
Summary: "There is no question that pasteurized milk and milk from poorly fed cattle produces osteoporosis in the experimental animal." This quote by Dr. Pottenger, whose famous cat experiments in the 1930s established that malnutrition is inherited, sums up the great paradox of pasteurized milk: Americans drink it by the gallon believing they are strengthening their bones, but in truth it does the opposite, as shown by animal experiments going back decades. In this fascinating article, Pottenger discusses a study organized in 1933 by a farmer whose aim was to produce the finest milk possible from his cows. With the aid of a group of scientists, he discovered some basic principles of milk production that have been long ignored by the American dairy industry and health "experts" alike. Not only does pasteurization destroy the nutritional value of milk, they showed, but the health of the cow greatly determines whether the milk she produces is beneficial or deleterious. "When the health of the cattle fails," Pottenger explains, "the nutritional factors of milk will decline and partly metabolized food nutrients will produce sensitizations not only in the cow but in those who use the milk." The implications of this statement are almost beyond belief. Pottenger also describes the long-ignored Wulzen anti-stiffness factor. (For more on this, see "Wulzen Factor" in these archives.) From Modern Nutrition and Annual Review of Biochemistry. Reprint 27A, 1962.
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