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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.
>
>

>> 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