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30-07-02, 08:48 AM
Milk is GOOD/HALAL for everybody?
The Holy Quran clearly states that (cows) milk is good for humans to drink:
Quran 16:66
And verily in cattle (too) will ye find an instructive sign. From what is within their bodies between excretions and blood, We produce, for your drink, milk, pure and agreeable to those who drink it.
It's even being served in the afterlife's Heavenly Garden:
Quran 47:15
(Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and rivers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds of fruits; and Grace from their Lord. (Can those in such Bliss) be compared to such as shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given, to drink, boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)?
Not surprisingly the Halal Digest from januari 2001 states:
( http://www.ifanca.org/newsletter/2001_01.htm )
This month we take a look at dairy products. Of course, all dairy products originate with milk. Milk has been mentioned in the Quran four times, twice directly and twice indirectly.
.....
Milk has also been described as a drink of Paradise.
.....
As produced from the cow (or other Halal animal), milk is Halal.
So (cows) milk is a real good and healthy drink and a blessing from Allah for all & each of mankind.....? How to evaluate the following then?
Findings from modern research sketch a somewhat different picture:
(Note: this post is not about mother's milk for babies. For babies, mother's milk IS the ideal food (cows milk, however, is NOT the ideal food for babies). This post is about cows (and other animals) milk being consumed by humans after the weaning stage).
No Milk - Introduction
http://www.nomilk.com/intro.htm
There are many millions of people who must be cautious about consuming milk and milk by-products. For this group, there are four principle reasons for their caution:
1. Lactose Maldigestion, also known as Lactose Intolerance, or (incorrectly) as lactose allergy. The digestive system does not produce enough of the lactase enzyme to break down the complex lactose sugar into simpler sugars. The lactose sugar ferments in the small intestine, producing gas, bloating, cramps, and diarrhea.
2. Milk Allergy. This is a true allergic reaction by the body's immune system to one or more of milk's proteins, such as casein or lactoglobulin. The resulting symptoms typically include swelling, itching, bronchospasm, hives, hypotension or shock, abdominal cramps and diarrhea.
3. Casein Intolerance. This is when the immune system of the body produces IgA and IgG antibodies to casein, a milk protein. The community avoiding casein are the people afflicted with autism.
4. Villous Atrophy. This is discussed in the Medline abstracts found in the Educational Institution section below. For these people the casein milk protein causes the intestinal villi to flatten, much like it does when gluten is consumed by somebody that is intolerant to gluten.
METABOLIC FOOD DISORDERS
http://www.fao.org/docrep/meeting/X2670e.htm
The symptoms characteristic of lactose intolerance include bloating, flatulence, abdominal cramping, and frothy diarrhea. Lactose intolerance affects a large number of people worldwide. Lactose intolerance is more frequent among certain ethnic groups (African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, Asians, certain Jewish groups, and Arabs) affecting as many as 60 - 90% of older adults in those groups. The prevalence among Caucasians is about 6 - 12%.
"Lactase Deficiency: The World Pattern Today" - T. Gilat, Israel J Med Sci (1979), 15:369:
(no link available)
"Condition caused by an absence of lactase: Lactose intolerance which causes cramps, bloating and diarrhea when dairy products are consumed. People who are naturally lactose intolerant: 20% of Caucasians and up to 90% of people of African and Asian descent."
Scientists Uncover Genetic Basis for Lactose Intolerance
http://prof.usb.ve/jpino/jj%2033.htm
It's a strange irony that the substance we depend on for nutrients early in life can trigger unpleasant symptoms when we consume it as adults. But in North America alone, lactose intolerance—the inability to digest the main sugar in milk—affects more than 30 million adults, mostly of African or Asian descent. Northern Europeans, on the other hand, tend to retain the ability to break down lactose.
Now new research, published in the February issue of the journal Nature Genetics, has finally revealed the long-sought genetic basis for lactose intolerance.
Studying the DNA of nine extended Finnish families, Leena Peltonen of the University of California, Los Angeles, and colleagues discovered two DNA variants located outside the lactase gene itself that correspond to lactose tolerance and intolerance. Importantly, lactose-intolerant members of the Finnish families shared the same DNA variant found in lactose-intolerant individuals from Germany, Italy and South Korea, among others, which suggests to the researchers that lactose intolerance has ancient roots. Indeed persistent lactase activity, they say, may have only evolved with the advent of dairy farming, around 10,000 years ago.
Food Allergies - When Eating Is Risky
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/CONSUMER/CON0266d.html
Lactose intolerance, for instance, is sometimes mistaken for milk allergy. Lactose intolerance is a problem of digestion due to an enzyme deficiency, with cramps and diarrhea the common hallmarks. Estimates are that about 80 percent of African- Americans have lactose intolerance, as do many people of Mediterranean or Hispanic origin. It is quite different from the true allergic reaction some have to the proteins in milk. Unlike allergies, intolerances generally intensify with age.
WHEN MILK MAKES YOU SICK
http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/tp.milk3.html
(very slow-loading site, be patient)
Except for certain populations of Western humans, milk consumption stops ( or is greatly reduced) with weaning. It also happens that in animals and most humans there is a decline in the level of production of lactase with aging. Lactase is the enzyme that digests milk sugar. (Curtis).
Evolution in pastoral ancestors that kept dairy animals, in populations of Europeans and some Africans, is thought to have produced the modern people who are lactose absorbers throughout adult life. There may have been a selective advantage in that group during times when milk and dairy products were relied on almost exclusively for nutrition during shortages of other foods (Houts). About 10,000 years have passed since the milking of domestic animals was begun. Nigeria is a case that demonstrates the significance of this lifestyle on human evolution. In the southern region, where conditions are not favorable for cattle, milk is not part of the diet. People there develop lactose intolerance. In contrast, a nomadic tribe that has been raising milk cattle for thousands of years remain lactose tolerant. Most African Americans are descendants of the nonpastoral tribes from Western Africa and do not tolerate lactose well. (Keeton and Gould)
In Caucasians only about 15% develop lactose intolerance while 80-90% of the African American and Asian populations are affected.
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Thank you for reading.
Any comments?
The Holy Quran clearly states that (cows) milk is good for humans to drink:
Quran 16:66
And verily in cattle (too) will ye find an instructive sign. From what is within their bodies between excretions and blood, We produce, for your drink, milk, pure and agreeable to those who drink it.
It's even being served in the afterlife's Heavenly Garden:
Quran 47:15
(Here is) a Parable of the Garden which the righteous are promised: in it are rivers of water incorruptible; rivers of milk of which the taste never changes; rivers of wine, a joy to those who drink; and rivers of honey pure and clear. In it there are for them all kinds of fruits; and Grace from their Lord. (Can those in such Bliss) be compared to such as shall dwell for ever in the Fire, and be given, to drink, boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels (to pieces)?
Not surprisingly the Halal Digest from januari 2001 states:
( http://www.ifanca.org/newsletter/2001_01.htm )
This month we take a look at dairy products. Of course, all dairy products originate with milk. Milk has been mentioned in the Quran four times, twice directly and twice indirectly.
.....
Milk has also been described as a drink of Paradise.
.....
As produced from the cow (or other Halal animal), milk is Halal.
So (cows) milk is a real good and healthy drink and a blessing from Allah for all & each of mankind.....? How to evaluate the following then?
Findings from modern research sketch a somewhat different picture:
(Note: this post is not about mother's milk for babies. For babies, mother's milk IS the ideal food (cows milk, however, is NOT the ideal food for babies). This post is about cows (and other animals) milk being consumed by humans after the weaning stage).
No Milk - Introduction
http://www.nomilk.com/intro.htm
There are many millions of people who must be cautious about consuming milk and milk by-products. For this group, there are four principle reasons for their caution:
1. Lactose Maldigestion, also known as Lactose Intolerance, or (incorrectly) as lactose allergy. The digestive system does not produce enough of the lactase enzyme to break down the complex lactose sugar into simpler sugars. The lactose sugar ferments in the small intestine, producing gas, bloating, cramps, and diarrhea.
2. Milk Allergy. This is a true allergic reaction by the body's immune system to one or more of milk's proteins, such as casein or lactoglobulin. The resulting symptoms typically include swelling, itching, bronchospasm, hives, hypotension or shock, abdominal cramps and diarrhea.
3. Casein Intolerance. This is when the immune system of the body produces IgA and IgG antibodies to casein, a milk protein. The community avoiding casein are the people afflicted with autism.
4. Villous Atrophy. This is discussed in the Medline abstracts found in the Educational Institution section below. For these people the casein milk protein causes the intestinal villi to flatten, much like it does when gluten is consumed by somebody that is intolerant to gluten.
METABOLIC FOOD DISORDERS
http://www.fao.org/docrep/meeting/X2670e.htm
The symptoms characteristic of lactose intolerance include bloating, flatulence, abdominal cramping, and frothy diarrhea. Lactose intolerance affects a large number of people worldwide. Lactose intolerance is more frequent among certain ethnic groups (African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, Asians, certain Jewish groups, and Arabs) affecting as many as 60 - 90% of older adults in those groups. The prevalence among Caucasians is about 6 - 12%.
"Lactase Deficiency: The World Pattern Today" - T. Gilat, Israel J Med Sci (1979), 15:369:
(no link available)
"Condition caused by an absence of lactase: Lactose intolerance which causes cramps, bloating and diarrhea when dairy products are consumed. People who are naturally lactose intolerant: 20% of Caucasians and up to 90% of people of African and Asian descent."
Scientists Uncover Genetic Basis for Lactose Intolerance
http://prof.usb.ve/jpino/jj%2033.htm
It's a strange irony that the substance we depend on for nutrients early in life can trigger unpleasant symptoms when we consume it as adults. But in North America alone, lactose intolerance—the inability to digest the main sugar in milk—affects more than 30 million adults, mostly of African or Asian descent. Northern Europeans, on the other hand, tend to retain the ability to break down lactose.
Now new research, published in the February issue of the journal Nature Genetics, has finally revealed the long-sought genetic basis for lactose intolerance.
Studying the DNA of nine extended Finnish families, Leena Peltonen of the University of California, Los Angeles, and colleagues discovered two DNA variants located outside the lactase gene itself that correspond to lactose tolerance and intolerance. Importantly, lactose-intolerant members of the Finnish families shared the same DNA variant found in lactose-intolerant individuals from Germany, Italy and South Korea, among others, which suggests to the researchers that lactose intolerance has ancient roots. Indeed persistent lactase activity, they say, may have only evolved with the advent of dairy farming, around 10,000 years ago.
Food Allergies - When Eating Is Risky
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/CONSUMER/CON0266d.html
Lactose intolerance, for instance, is sometimes mistaken for milk allergy. Lactose intolerance is a problem of digestion due to an enzyme deficiency, with cramps and diarrhea the common hallmarks. Estimates are that about 80 percent of African- Americans have lactose intolerance, as do many people of Mediterranean or Hispanic origin. It is quite different from the true allergic reaction some have to the proteins in milk. Unlike allergies, intolerances generally intensify with age.
WHEN MILK MAKES YOU SICK
http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/tp.milk3.html
(very slow-loading site, be patient)
Except for certain populations of Western humans, milk consumption stops ( or is greatly reduced) with weaning. It also happens that in animals and most humans there is a decline in the level of production of lactase with aging. Lactase is the enzyme that digests milk sugar. (Curtis).
Evolution in pastoral ancestors that kept dairy animals, in populations of Europeans and some Africans, is thought to have produced the modern people who are lactose absorbers throughout adult life. There may have been a selective advantage in that group during times when milk and dairy products were relied on almost exclusively for nutrition during shortages of other foods (Houts). About 10,000 years have passed since the milking of domestic animals was begun. Nigeria is a case that demonstrates the significance of this lifestyle on human evolution. In the southern region, where conditions are not favorable for cattle, milk is not part of the diet. People there develop lactose intolerance. In contrast, a nomadic tribe that has been raising milk cattle for thousands of years remain lactose tolerant. Most African Americans are descendants of the nonpastoral tribes from Western Africa and do not tolerate lactose well. (Keeton and Gould)
In Caucasians only about 15% develop lactose intolerance while 80-90% of the African American and Asian populations are affected.
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Thank you for reading.
Any comments?