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From: "Adrienne Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
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>
> I wonder if increase in breast cancer rates correlates with the massive
> screening done in certain countries, especially the US. Do other
> countries have
> lower rates or are the cancers undetected or do they not include the
> pre-cancers
> that are often counted as cancers in the US??
I sure wish I could locate the research that I am basing my statement on. I
only remember that the researchers felt that pasteurization of milk had
something to do with the rise in breast cancer. Sorry.
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>
>> I'm not sure about clean unprocessed dairy not being paleo and I know
>> this
>> has been discussed here many times but you have a point about the growth
>> hormones.
>>
Well, it sure sounds Neolithic to me.
>
> It seems logical that cow's milk is for baby cows. But why is it then
> that
> only bovine IGF-1 is identical in structure to human IGF-1?
Yes, it is weird and unfortunate. I am probably not the only one who knows
women who drink three or four glasses of low-fat or nonfat milk daily in
order to "get enough calcium." I have to bite my tongue when I'm in a
restaurant....
Kath