Robert Cohen wrote:
>
> Anne Davidson wrote:  Do Lact-Aid pills prevent a reaction to milk?
>
> Dear Anne,
>
> Reaction to milk?  Take one pill for lactose and one to counter the
> affect of each of the following bioactive substances in milk.  Then say
> a prayer each time you drink from the "pure white wholesome hormonal
> liquid."
>
> PITUITARY HORMONES: PRL, GH, TSH, FSH, LH, ACTH, Oxytocin
>
> STEROID HORMONES: Estradiol, Estriol, Progesterone, Testosterone,
> 17-Ketosteroids, Corticosterone, Vitamin D
>
> HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES: TRH, LHRH, SOMATOSTATIN, PRL-inhibiting factor,
> PRL-releasing factor, GnRH, GRH
>
> GASTROINTESTINAL PEPTIDES: Vasoactive intestinal peptide, Bombesin,
> Cholecystokinin, Gastrin, Gastrin inhibitory peptide, Pancreatic
> peptide, Y peptide, Substance P, Neurotensin
>
> THYROID AND PARATHYROID HORMONES: T3, T4, rT3, Calcitonin, Parathormone,
> PTH peptide
>
> GROWTH FACTORS: IGFs (I and II), IGF binding proteins, Nerve growth
> factor, Epidermal growth factor and TGF alpha, TGF beta, growth
> inhibitors MGDI and MAF, Platelet derived growth factor
>
> OTHERS: PGE, PGF2 alpha, cAMP, cGMP, Delta sleep inducing peptide,
> Transferrin, Lactoferrin, Casomorphin, Erythropoietin
>
> Perhaps a company like MONSANTO can make a pill or cocktail containing
> all of these wonderful ingredients for those of us who no longer drink
> milk!  I cannot begin to imagine the synnergistic affect of these
> bioactive substances consumes in each sip of milk!
>
> MILK, WHAT A SURPRISE!
>
> Robert Cohen
>
> (SOURCE: HORMONES AND GROWTH FACTORS IN MILK, CLARK E. GROSVENOR, ET.
> AL, ENDOCRINE REVIEWS, VOL 14, NO 6, 1992)