The first falsehood the book provides is that the chemicals injected into the bovines to increase milk production get passed 'onto you' and can do harm to you. This is not true at all. The whole point of the class of hormones they inject into cattle are to not pass onto the people who drink or consume the byproducts of these animals. The whole point of the type of hormones bovines are given is that they cannot cause any harm upon you. If people were literally injecting materials such as these hormones directly into your blood stream, yes it would, but these hormones are lost mostly through the pasteurization process, and even then get digested (like if it were nothing).
In my region we have the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) and they openly will call this claim nonsense, and that Milk is just fine to drink. http://www.wrha.mb.ca/features/nutrition/myth-15.php .
Some people can be incredibly behind on their facts, there was an extensive study done by the FDA on this very subject... in 1993. As men's health notes on hormones in milk if it is healthy (http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/dairy_products/Do_Hormones_Make_Milk_Unhealthy.php#ixzz29N9ql9IE ) :
Not unless you're injecting the milk. Here's the full story: In 1993 the FDA approved the use of recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) in cattle. This practice resulted in greater milk production at less cost to the dairy farmer, a savings that has been passed on to you at your local supermarket. But it has also sparked much controversy, because rBGH boosts milk's concentration of insulin-like growth factor (IGF), a hormone that's been linked to cancer.
Unlike steroid hormones, which can be taken orally, rBGH and IGF must be injected to have any effect. That's because the process of digestion destroys these "protein" hormones. So drinking milk from hormone-treated cows doesn't transfer the active form of these chemicals to your body. However, there is one ethical downside to consider: It's not good for the cows. Canadian researchers discovered that cows given hormones are more likely to contract an udder infection called mastitis.
Just as a point I wanted to point out:
This book is endorsed by the cult that is purely anti-scientific cult PETA.
Reviewer of the book "Skinny Bitch", who has a biology background with a focus on nutrition
Kelly A. Mchale, notes:
As a person who has a biology degree with a focus on nutrition, an advanced biology teacher, vegetarian, and a marathoner/triathlete, I was interested to read a book that may give me strategies to use myself and to interest my students in eating better. This book started well and then changed courses quickly. The scientific evidence in this book is just WRONG. It is riddled with inconsistencies and hypocrisies including that you shouldn't eat meat because it is rotting flesh and vegetables are living when you eat them. Unless you are eating them off of the plant, vegetables are also dead and decaying (look what happens to fruits and vegetables when they are not eaten in a timely fashion). They also say that you shouldn't eat processed foods, which I totally agree with, but then go on to advocate for veggie/vegan products that taste like meat which are incredibly processed but according to them are still good because they are vegan. With a statement of " A no-nonsense, tough-love guide for savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous!" you would have thought it would be all about good things to eat and how to exercise to lose weight. Not so, this is just a manifesto on how bad the meat industry is and how bad the government is. This book actually made me angry because I didn't buy this book to be inundated with these two women's opinions about the government and their dislike of all meat products. This book is not worth the money or time unless you want to read two women's rants about how everyone should be vegan.
With this in mind I cannot recommend this book, since its entire message is "you can't be healthy unless you are vegan". If you want reliable information, go study some science, or grab your information from a reliable source not some author or cult who you cannot trust. There are more misinformed facts about how milk is processed out there. What we must remember about Milk is it is an animal byproduct. You must expect biological matter to be present from a biological source. It is pretty ignorant to expect purely synthetic expectations when it comes to products made by animals. You don't go buying an apple expecting it won't have seeds from being a crop... same here. It is a fallacy to apply such standards for food products produced in a lab to something farmed. Do you not think the same can be found in milk produced by our own species? It is ridiculous.
Have a beautiful day! Don't forget to enjoy some milk!
D R Page
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