Milk Or Poison
ARE
WE DRINKING MILK OR TOXIC POISON?
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Food
Adulteration |
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Food adulteration is the act of intentionally debasing
the quality of food offered for sale either by the admixture or substitution
of inferior substances or by the removal of some valuable ingredient. Food is
declared adulterated if: |
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Throughout life, not a day goes by
when we don't taste the ubiquitous milk in some form or another. We are
convinced that it is a 'complete food' that takes care of all our nutritional
needs. Yet, is it really so? Is milk and other milk products really all that
healthy?
"Milk!" The very word is comforting. "How about a nice cup
of hot milk?" The last time you heard that question; it was from someone
who cared for you. In fact, the entire matter of food, especially milk, is
surrounded with a great deal of emotional and cultural conditioning. More so in
India because we revere Lord Krishna who was a cowherd in his childhood.
"I grew up with the ayurvedic wisdom that milk and milk products are
essential, not only as nutrients but also because they have medicinal
value,". For instance, eye infections could be cured with human milk. When
fatigued, there was nothing like a glass of fresh hot milk.
Milk is our very first food. In infancy, it is a link of love with our
mother, and our only way to survival. As we grow up, mother's milk is replaced
by cow's, buffalo's, or even goat's milk. We Indians are a nation of milk
drinkers. Nearly all of us—infants, children, adults and the aged—drink milk.
We consume several hundred gallons a year, and add to that milk products, such
as cheese, butter, curd, khoya and sweets. So, can there be anything wrong with
milk?
We constantly hear messages that assure us: "Milk is good for
you." Our dietitians insist: "You've got to have milk, or where will
you get your calcium from?" Nutritionists have also been harping for years
that dairy products are an 'essential food group'. "And why not?".
Milk is nutritious and affordable. It remains drinkable for a long time, if
refrigerated. Its nutritional value remains unchanged." "This is not
the milk from plastic bags nor is it homogenized in any way. I get it directly
from the dairy farmers."
What's the scare all about? "If cows or other milch cattle are
injected with antibiotics or thirst-promoting chemicals to increase their milk
produce, or they are fed on greens grown with artificial fertilizers and
pesticides, obviously we are consuming these poisons with the milk,"
"Milk preservation techniques play their own role and in the end, what we
get is a harmful white liquid."
Just think, that the milk which is deliver at your door
steps early in the morning by the milkman or purchased by you from the
milk-booth or dairy is pure? Daily glass of milk is healthy, think again.
Milk is considered as good for health, your doctor will agree so also your
grandma.
For many, milk is nutritious and energetic, in short a
wholesome diet in itself. A matter of purity, it’s time for rethinking for the
matter of purity of milk. Milk is being adulterated with harmful substances
such as Caustic Soda, Detergent, Urea, Refined soya been Oil etc.. That on this
issue one TV channel earlier flash the news, inspite of this our government
machinery failed to restrict the manufacturer of Synthetic Milk.
Now in Maharashtra the farmer/dairyman, milkman are
injecting Oxytocin drug for getting the instant and excess milk. That
the milkman instead of offering “quality cattle feed comprising mineral and
vitamin mix, to enhance the producing capacity of milk,: injecting the “Oxytocin”
drug to the animals in the morning as well as in the evening. In fact the
injecting of the Oxytocin for quick release of milk from udder is wrong
practice; the hormone is harmful to human being too.
In fact Oxytocin
is a natural hormone that causes the uterus to contract. Oxytocin is
used to induce labor, strengthen labor contractions during childbirth, control
bleeding after childbirth, or to induce an abortion. Oxytocin
(ox-i-TOE-sin) is a hormone used to help start or continue labor and to control
bleeding after delivery. It is also sometimes used to help milk secretion in
breast-feeding.
That testing of the Oxytocin in milk is difficult;
once injected into cattle the hormone breaks down in the body in a couple of
minutes, but remains its harmful effect. That from the many research, it is
noticed, that if the Oxytocin injected cattle’s milk is analise in the
lab, it brings about changes in the milk and it may not show up, the other
minerals, fats and proteins in the milk changed. Moreover, it’s not just
animals alone who pay a price for the hormone injection. People drinking the
same milk are also at risk.
According to the Animal Welfare Board. A substantial part
of the Oxytocin could be seeping into milk. And children are most
susceptible to its effect. It is known to impair both hearing and eyesight
and result in loss of energy and exhaustion. Unfortunately people who
consume this milk do not know that the milk has Oxytocin; there can be
problem like neo natal jaundice, eyesight, gastric problems. It can also
lead to puberty.
The prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 has made the
indiscriminate use of Oxytocin a punishable offence. The Act says” if
anyone injects a milk animal with any substance to improve lactation which is
injurious to the health of animals, he shall be filed Rs.1,000 or jailed for up
to two years or both. The animal shall also be confiscated by the government.
That preparing the synthetic milk or use of Oxytocin as
stated above is serious business of corruption. That on one side on television
and in media the government machinery is advertising that drink a full glass of
milk. That every time before drinking a
cup of milk everyone might have to think twice.