Milk increases chances of multiple birth

By Russell Eaton


A USA study shows that drinking dairy milk significantly increases the chances for women to have twin babies. The study was published in the 'Journal of Reproductive Medicine' and shows that milk-consuming mothers have a 13% higher chance of a multiple birth compared to mothers who avoid dairy milk. Women who avoid all kinds of dairy products were found to have a 20% less chance of having twins compared to milk-consuming women. (Mechanisms of Twinning: Effect of Diet and Heredity on the Human Twinning Rate, May 2006).

The study shows that this is due to cow hormones known as 'IGF-1'. These hormones are present is all types of dairy milk. All recent studies show that IGF-1 is responsible for several types of cancer and other diseases in humans who consume milk.

Gary Steinman of the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, USA, who conducted the study, took a sample of more than 1000 women who were consuming only vegetables and observed that these women had five times less chances of bearing twins compared to omnivorous ones. Dr. Steinman suggests that animal-product foodstuffs, especially dairy foods, can increase the chance of releasing more than one egg during ovulation, which could lead to a double fertilization.

This study is also supported by other findings showing that in some populations where dairy farming is traditional, the rate of twin birth is high. This adds further support to the vast amount of research showing how IGF-1 in dairy milk is so harmful to human health.

Anybody consuming dairy milk will ingest this harmful bovine growth hormone, and this plays havoc with the natural hormonal balance of the human body. Giving birth to twins or triplets is an aberration in the human species, not a sign of good health.

Worse still, the combination of IGF-1 and estrogen in dairy milk is known to greatly accelerate early puberty in young girls and boys. This in turn can make people more prone to getting a variety of cancers in adult life.

The onset of early puberty in girls causes moodiness, depression, aggressiveness, social withdrawal, behavioural problems, and a greater tendency to become addicted to drugs, smoking and alcohol. Worse still, it is known that early puberty in a girl can greatly increase the risk of osteoporosis after the menopause.

"There are several reasons why dairy products raise a woman's hormone levels causing a variety of hormone-dependent problems from early onset of menstruation (menarche) to PMS and uterine fibroids - but one is unique to cow's milk: cows are milked even while they are pregnant. As a result of the pregnancy, cows secrete high levels of estrogen into their milk." Source: Janowski T., 'Mammary Secretion Of Estrogens In The Cow', Domest. Anim. Endocrinol. 2002 Jul; 23(1-2): 125-37.

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