I've just finished my PhD in maths. While relaxing I decided to surf in and review this great book. I stopped drinking milk about 3 years ago. I used to drink whole milk because I found out about the chemicals used to get the fat out. Anyway, why keep drinking something that tastes bad and makes you feel 'sticky'. Now I'm leaner, feel better and happier. What more can one ask from a dietary change?
I decided to buy the book out of curiosity and I found it very interesting and informative. I'll give some information contained in the book which can help you even if you don't buy it.
Basically the author started out investigating the difference between rBST milk and 'normal' milk. Well the difference is about %26 increase in IGF-1 for a start. If you haven't heard, IGF-1 is a growth hormone (or Insulin Growth Factor 1 of 5) which can help grow cancers cells as well as normal cells. The FDA says that the IGF is broken down by stomach acids. Now it doesn't take a genius to know that milk buffers stomach acidity, ask mum, i.e., your mum knows better than the FDA. Also tell her that there are numerous publications on the link between IGF and breast and ovarian cancer to name a few.
The shocker is that the IGF-1 content in normal milk is the same magnitude as the free IGF-1 in an adult. So why waste money on steroids?