Got Mucus?
My nightstand is always overflowing with cookbooks, diet books, nutrition guides, and stats. I am obsessed! Anyway, I’m reading a fabulous diet book right now and finding it to be pretty darn accurate, especially when it comes to the dairy devil. It’s called Skinny Bitch and we’ve all seen it in every store. I’m gonna water down their analogy on dairy (cause it’s wicked gross and hilarious), but to me it was one of those AH HA moments.
So Thanksgiving is coming up. You may go home and visit your mom. When you arrive and need a snack will you latch on and suckle? EW!!!! When we look at nature do we see animals nursing beyond their youth? The answer is no. Also, do you see a gorilla milking a rabbit? A deer suckling a tiger? Nope. Breast milk of any kind is intended for the specific species and it is only for the early stages of life during the baby’s biggest growth spurt. Cow’s milk grows a 90-pound calf into a 2,000 pound cow over the course of two years. And we wonder why we’re overweight!
Here’s a good factoid: We need the lactase enzyme to digest lactose but between the ages of 18 months and four years we lose 90-95% of that enzyme. So basically we are all pretty much lactose intolerant. But it’s MUCH bigger than that and it’s quite simple too. Dairy products are disease producing. High protein diets (dairy and animal meat) create a highly acidic state in the body (remember we’re all about the pH and alkalinity), dairy load us up with mucus, stops up our colons, and creates an environment for cancer cells to thrive in.
But where will I get my calcium Kris? Dairy ain’t the place loves! Moo juice actually leaches calcium from your body. Check this out: the countries with the highest consumption of dairy also have soaring rates of osteoporosis. Are ya connecting the dots? Milk is also one of the most common causes of food allergies and congestion (mucus) and high cholesterol. Got milk? No thanks. I get my abundant amounts of calcium from leafy greens like kale, collards, cabbage, kelp, mustard greens, seaweeds, sesame seeds (the best source), chickpeas, broccoli, watercress, raw nuts, and lots of other plant friends. No stress on the body, mind, colon, or environment. How nice!
We have been led to believe that milk is an essential part of good health. In reality, dairy milk contributes to the overall breakdown of our systems. If you really can’t see yourself giving up milk and meat, at least choose the best quality. Raw foodies advocate the use of raw (unpasteurized) goat’s milk as an alternative to cow’s milk because it doesn’t have casein, it’s easier to digest, and it is closer to the consistency of human milk. You can also wean yourself off cow’s milk with rice, oat, almond, or soy (in moderation – I’m not a big advocate) as well. Meat should be organic, grass fed, and consumed in SMALL portions. Picture it as a side dish next to loads of veggies and a big salad. The American Dietetic Association came up with a good visual: The average serving of meat, it says, should be to the size of a deck of cards. Not a football or shingle. Capiche?
This information can be tough to swallow for folks who were raised on animal products. It certainly was for me. I grew up across the street from a dairy farm! My grandmother was a chef who cooked up a hunk of flesh daily. Tongue-and-Spam sandwiches were a favorite in our house. Looking back, I can see why becoming a veggie-head was easy for me!
Agribusiness doesn’t rely on quality; they push quantity, speed, and the increasing demands for cheaper products. As a result, the animals now raised for our consumption are jacked up with hormones, antibiotics, herbicides, pesticides, and other medications that ultimately find their way into our rivers, land, and bloodstreams. We shouldn’t just ask why organics are so damn expensive; we should ask why crap food is sooo cheap!
On more factoid and off ya go: Dr. T. Colin Campbell, professor emeritus of nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University, teaches that one of the biggest causes of cancer is a diet that is higher than 10% animal protein! Americans eat way more than that. He estimates that “80% to 90% of all cancers, cardiovascular diseases, and other degenerative illness can be prevented, at least until very old age, simply by adopting a plant-based diet.” WOW!
Big food for thought today. What do you think?
Peace & Veggies and no moo juice,
K
Updated: September 14, 2011
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Hi Kris and EVERYONE ELSE ! NYC Diva signing in here – bilateral breast cancer, 2 hot nodes and a little leakage from them…finished chemo but rethinking radiation – has anyone been to the Burzynski Clinic in Houston ? Outstanding 21st century stuff going on down there – you want tumor suppression ??
Talk to you all soon !
Kelli – I know it’s very hard to fit all this healthy stuff into my schedule, between 2 kids, work and numerous canSer doc appointments but this seems to work for me.
On Sundays I do my shopping for my organic veggies. What I am going to use in my juices I was and place in an individual bag for each day of the week (for me it’s one cuke, 2 stalks of celery, some broc, a small apple and this week a 1/2 lemon). Then each morning all I have to do is grab a preloaded ziploc bag and don’t have to do much thinking.
My snacks consist of celery, carrots and some pre-packaged salad mix (still trying to locate organic but it’s better then junk food) and walnuts. Sugarsnap peas are a yummy snack for on the go as well.
Still working on the dinner aspect of it. By time I get home from work we usually end up ordering out so I still need to work on that.
Hope this helps a bit.
Ginger
Hey everyone :) I was reading through some more of Kris’ blog posts that I need to catch up on, Im now into the october posts lol…anyway I have noticed that a certain “blogger” more like a total spammer keeps spamming Kris’s posts- I’m talking 4-5 posts in a row with their website etc. right now blogger doesnt have a feature to block certain bloggers who spam etc.. (theres nothing wrong with sharing a website but dont spam it everywhere) but you can request this feature, and any other feature you’d like to have etc. to bloggers wishlist- heres the link below-
Kris has better things to do with her time and energy than spend it removing spam…so lets all help out and email blogger!
in the bottom box say something to the effect of being able to block spammers, or certain bloggers etc..
http://help.blogger.com/?page=wishlist
just so you can see a good example- these are spam that Kris even removed but it just keeps coming back, and these posts are everywhere at least 1-3 times on every single post..look at this-Im mean-common this is ridicoulus-this is all on the same day-
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Thanks everyone!!
I’ve been hearing lately that part of the problem with osteoporosis is not about how much calcium your body has but how much magnesium your body has. Basically that if you don’t have enough magnesium you start essentially leeching calcium from your bones causing osteoporosis. This is the short explanation at least and I haven’t done a lot of follow-up research on it either.
I would love to see if anyone else has heard this or can find some solid research on it.
THE biggest problem with dairy in my opinion is about how our dairy comes from unhealthy cows, fed an unhealthy diet and then heat treated and homogenized in order for it to not make us obviously sick. Someone else already mentioned the skin and pus.
I will admit that I “bought” a cow … cow share that is and get un-pasturized, un-homogenized, organic, grass fed, no hormones or antibiotics cow – milk that I make my yogurt, vinegar cheese, yogurt cheese and sometimes even make my own butter from (and where there’s homemade butter there’s old fashioned buttermilk.) I haven’t made ghee from the butter yet… I use the raw milk in my coffee or teas and drink an occasional glass without any of the allergic repercussions I had with grocery milk (mucous and sneezing.) I’m personally pretty miserable without dairy and meat though (I’ve tried going completely without before and it’s just not good for me overall personally. I’m not saying this is the best nutritional choice for everyone.)
Raw goats milk is harder to find and is more expensive even not raw. Honestly I haven’t found any around here not even as a goat share. Closest I can come is pasteurized organic, grass fed at the local co-op grocery.
Raw local honey is getting easier to find. I like Stevia but for some things it just doesn’t replace the sugar for me. Same goes for the agave syrup. I tend to hit up the honey and dark brown sugar more than those two but I do keep them all because the less white sugar (beet sugar) the better. I also keep real maple syrup on hand.
As for soy, I don’t eat it unless it’s fermented soy such as real soy sauce, real tofu or real miso and non GMO. Otherwise I get mucous-y from eating soy products like soy milk.
I have a breville juicer – run it through the dishwasher top rack and scrub the blade so it’s super simple the clean. Love it and my cuisinart blender/food processor. INVEST in your health. Good tools will last a long time too.
A good resource for veggies is http://www.localharvest.org/csa/
Even if you don’t want to do a community supported agriculture program (CSA) this may help you find organic farmers. Also – farmers markets and locally owned co-op groceries are a good resource as well (there’s a national co-op directory for those who travel a lot and need to be able to find them across the country.)
BTW – I don’t have cancer … I just somehow came across this blog and saw that a lot was really similar to my recent nutritional interests. I am eating more raw, more veggies, a little less meat, a lot less wheat (and when I do eat it I try for whole grains instead of bleached white), less hydrogenated oils (I try not to buy these all together but sometimes something will sneak in), less high fructose corn syrup, and no splenda (chemically altered sugar makes me sleepy.)
Oh I almost forgot: Ezekiel 4:9 and Genesis 1:29 breads are sprouted grain breads made by a company called Food for Life. They’re available many places that sell organic foods but you have to think to check the freezer for them instead of where you normally find bread.
ALSO don’t forget your PETS’ nutrition!!!
I was somewhat interested in nutrition in the last few years as it’s helped me decrease my allergies immensely but I have become a little obsessive about nutrition since one of my cats had acute on chronic kidney failure at the end of August. I did a lot of research for him and they now get an organic canned soft food. I tried the home cooked route (if you go home cooked you need to supplement) and also tried a little organic chicken raw and they wouldn’t eat it so canned organic soft food was the compromise and it’s easier on me … he has to have sub-q fluids daily as it is but otherwise he’s running around as if he were perfectly healthy now.
You would be disgusted by what they are allowed to put in pet food! Even the expensive stuff – EVEN THE PRESCRIPTION PET FOOD! ICK!
I’m sure I’ll end up thinking of more later… there’s so much to say about nutrition!
PS – I’m not the same Hilary that posted earlier either … I just realized we both said we need meat which between the name and that comment makes us look like the same person.
The more recent comment was Hilary Baumann (me!) And I’ll sign my full name if I comment again in the future. :)
Do all Hilarys need beef now and again I wonder? :) Actually my blood type is O as well.
I did find a little information on Magnesium and how it interacts with Calcium. Also this seems like a pretty good site for base information on nutrients and some foods.
http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=75#summary
Also heres the info on Calcium (it has a list of foods’ calcium levels so you can find some milk alternatives for your calcium needs):
http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=45#summary
Just wanted to let you know I love the new website and super excited about all the great info!!! I could read your stuff for hours! Just the way you explain everything makes it so much easier to understand! Love ya Kris, don’t know what we would do without ya!
Hi Kris :)
I love reading your blogs and thought I would say ‘heya lady’
I’m a practitioner of TCM (traditional chinese medicine) and have been a student of ayurvedic, mayan, chinese, native american and western herbal medicine and lifestyles since I was 19. (I’m 30 now)
Hearing about your progress and your views on health (especially this one on dairy) is awesome! It really solidifies everything I’ve learned about Cancer and how to treat it. What I’ve learned through the way of TCM and reading case studies is that Cancer is primarily a emotional stagnation combined with depressed immune system unable to (or overloaded by) a toxic environment.
Your story is definitely something I will love to pass on to my patients to encourage them to live. All of the patients that I have treated that made amazing progress…really were the ones who stayed positive and realized their role in their own illness. Usually, it takes something (an idea, emotion, lifestyle choice) that one has to give up to change their health.
I’m curious if you have had any acupuncture or herbal therapy?
many many blessings!!!
xoxo
Juli
November 4, 2007