PERSIAN GULF: New alert over dairy products - (Gulf Daily News)
May 11, 2008 – 10:25 pmConsuming dairy products such as milk, cheese and yogurt could cause hormone problems, weight gain and lowered immunity in children, says a top nutritionist.The problem with dairy products is they contain natural and artificial hormones that are harmful to our health, claims Bahraini nutritional therapist Alia Almoayed.
“Cows are injected with up to 59 hormones and 52 kinds of antibiotics daily,” she told the GDN.
“All of these hormones can cause hormone imbalance in children, it can affect growth and make them go into puberty sooner, it can cause weight problems and can lead to infertility.
“Even without this, dairy products create mucus in the body and children get congested more often. Infections are more severe so they need antibiotics. And mucus blocks the system and lowers immunity as a result.”
Children with learning difficulties, speech delays and recurrent ear infections significantly improve if dairy is taken out.
Ms Almoayed was responding to the Health […]
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