How Many Pus Cells Are In Your Milk



Would you feed your child milk if you knew that a glass contained 500 pus cells? 100? 50? Most people answer that they would not accept milk with any pus in it at all for their own children.
 
We see all kinds of ads, and your pediatrician confirms, that milk is an important nutrient that kids need to grow up and build a strong and healthy body. The well advertised "milk moustache" ad claims that "Milk Does a Body Good." However in the April 10, 2004 issue of Hoard's Dairyman, the National Dairy Farm Magazine, there are reports of the number of pus cells in Californian milk. Pus cells you ask?
 
It turns out that standard dairy cows are medicated with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) to stimulate a much higher than normal milk production. This causes severe stress that results in mastitis, an infection of the udders of sick and stressed cows. This infection is, of course, treated with antibiotics, helping to breed more antibiotic resistant organisms. It is literally unbelievable that one liter (a little over a quart) of Californian milk contained 298 million pus cells in 2003, 11 million more pus cells than it contained in 2002.
 
You might console yourself by saying "but milk is pasteurized. Surely the cells are cleared!" No, they are not cleared, they are only heated. So your kids drink dead pus cells. There is a slight consolation: some other states' milk contains a much higher pus cell count than California's. Alabama's has an average of 444 million cells; Nevada's has less: ‘only' 443 million; while Florida's milk has the highest count: 548 million pus cells per liter, or nearly 130 million per 8-oz glass. Even that is well below the USDA's allowable U.S. standard of 750 million pus cells per liter, above which milk must be consumed in the state in which it is produced!
 
Most of the top executives in the USDA come straight out of the cattle industry, and return to lucrative jobs in that industry after their stint in the USDA where they make regulatory rulings favorable to cattlemen, instead of protecting the consumers who pay their salary. So what can you drink instead of milk?
 
How about fresh carrot juice. Freshly pressed carrot juice from organic carrots contains adequate protein, minerals and necessary nutrients to nourish the body better than milk was ever able to do. At the same time it builds up the immune system and helps the kids to avoid colds and flu. A little centrifugal juicer and some organic carrots will do the trick. And the kids will probably enjoy pressing their juice!

This article was written by Charlotte Gerson of the Gerson Institute as seen in ‘Food Matters'.

Source - www.gerson.org


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don't believe the hype commented on 04-Nov-2009 11:11 PM5 out of 5 stars
Mastitis in breastfeeding mums is an infection in the breast caused by a blocked milk duct,which is caused by the breast not being fully emptied at every other feed not because the mum is sick and stressed or on hormones. Mastitis does need antibiotics to clear it up all whilst still feeding bub. The best way to unblock the milk duct and literally move the infection is by breastfeeding on the infected breast until it has cleared. Believe me, the relief is instant. Do you all honestly think that infected (mastitis) breast milk doesn't have pus in it? If you were breastfed...you have at some stage had some pus in your milk...get over it!
cheryl commented on 09-Nov-2010 10:43 PM5 out of 5 stars
true, but its from human to human! It is not caused by fully emptying the duct, it is by nursing more than usual, like a cow that is pushed beyond normal capabilities.The relief is not instand. I have six children, and have had it with a few. Not only is there pus, but major antibiotics since these cows are milked constantly. If you treat a cow normally, you only have milk part of the year. Be aware of the milk industry!
Anna Fisher commented on 19-Dec-2010 02:25 AM5 out of 5 stars
Cows are overbred, maltreated babies in a shed.
Literally raped beyond anything nearing pleasure THAT in itself is wrong in ANY MEASURE!
She mourns the loss of her sweet and precious, frisky baby
Yet you prong her with probes and prongs acting like she's sick and lazy
Yes, in fact it has been verified
That your workers covered dangers and helped you with the lies
$ 815 the US subsidizes for the pound of ground beef that the SCHOOL DISTRICT and GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZES
When will the world wake up and see clearly
You must help them to see what we do and advertise cheerily
We are what we eat we are what our children witness
Besides vegans who dance and sing are healthier with fitness
Teach them right respect the womb
$12 trillion WOMBYN it's our day SOON
Stop sponsoring kids lunch at noon with pus in the stomach
We're headed for gloom and may I ask one more small task
Can you remove the high fructose there is to much
Too few veggies some days it's ketchup or bust
No more ground nuggets the children don't need them
Laced with government egg base and crumbs and some monosodium glutamate
In LA you can get, chocolate, strawberry, or white lactose free
No juice, no water just DAIRY FAITHFULLY
More than two thirds of the lunches are smothered with cheese
OMG, $$$ they get it's MORE than HUNCHES
Oh, presidents promote the dairy slaughter, abuse and lies, deceit and dishonesty
Can't we all live in perfect harmony
Let nature happen, don't let them fool you honestly
Truth is always ugly commented on 31-May-2011 03:38 AM5 out of 5 stars
It's hideous. Milk companies keep telling us how graced those nectar of nature is, but they did not allow your acknowledgement of the truth. Cow's milk aren't even meant for human in the first place, why would nature allows mammael secretion of different
species to be cross-fed? There must be reasons aren't they? Pus, antibiotics, and excessive calciums.. Human aren't living on a steel skeletal structure, human milk provided us with more than enough. stop stealing from other species, and stop the torments
on these animals.
Anonymous commented on 29-Dec-2011 02:05 AM1 out of 5 stars
The somatic cells found in milk are cells that, yes, can be found in pus, however they cannot be considered pus. That would be like saying a cup of sugar can be considered a cookie. In fact, these somatic cells help to fight infection and strengthen immunity.
Pus contains many other cells such as red blood proteins, neutrophils, etc. Saying that the cell-count in milk that is approved by the USDA allows us to be selling and drinking pus is absurd.
Liz commented on 01-Mar-2012 04:46 PM5 out of 5 stars
I also read an article by the dairy industry talking about levels of pus cells in milk. I don't know anything about the science of cow pus cells or how they affect humans on a medical level. All I know is I'm so grossed out reading about cow pus cells
in milk its turned me off dairy FOREVER. No exaggeration.
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