In 1992, the New England Journal of Medicine reported a study done in Finland on children ages 4 to 12. They measured the antibodies in these children against BSA (bovine serum albumin). Of the 142 children with juvenile diabetes, every single one had an antibody titer greater that 3.55 and not one of the 79 nondiabetic children had an antibody titer greater than 3.55. The complete lack of overlap of serum antibodies of these two populations lead to some very productive studies in understanding the relationship of cow’s milk intake and incidence of juvenile diabetes. One study in Chile found that genetically susceptible children who were weaned too early onto cow’s milk—before three months of age—had a risk factor for juvenile diabetes of 13.1 times greater than children who did not have a genetic proclivity or who were breastfed for at least three months. Another significant study in the United States found that children with a genetic tendency who were weaned onto cow’s milk before three months had a Type-1 diabetes incidence 11.3 times greater than those who did not have a genetic tendency and who were breastfed for at least three months. The general statistical view is that anything more than three to four times higher is considered a significant finding. Charting the degree of milk consumption from birth to age 14 against the onset of Type-1 diabetes reveals the correlation between milk consumption and Type-1 diabetes. It is no accident that Japanese children, who have the lowest milk consumption, have 1/36th the incidence of Type-1 diabetes than do the children from Finland, who had the highest consumption of milk. Gabriel Cousens, MD There Is a Cure for Diabetes - Revised Edition Dr. Cousens next Diabetes Recovery Program begins October 23rd! ow.ly/zJ5Sn
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