A2 milk in the news

[Guest guest]

An article that debunks the A1/A2 theory: http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v59/n5/abs/1602104a.htmlSee if this sounds fishy to you:

There is no way to find out if your cows are A2 because the test is only available to a select few.The select few are spreading this info that milk from A1 is bad. They say that only their milk is assured to be A2.

Plus, if you want to guarantee A2 genetics, you need to buy their breeding stock. Here is a snippet from the article listed above: " A company, A2 Corporation was set up in New Zealand

in the late 1990s to test cows and market milk in several countries

with only the A2 variant of -casein, which appeared not to have the disadvantages of A1 -casein.

The

second part of this review is a critique of the A1/A2 hypothesis. For

both DM-I and CHD, the between-country correlation method is shown to

be unreliable and negated by recalculation with more countries and by

prospective studies in individuals. The animal experiments with

diabetes-prone rodents that supported the hypothesis about diabetes

were not confirmed by larger, better standardised multicentre

experiments. The single animal experiment supporting an A1 -casein and CHD link was small, short, in an unsuitable animal model and had other design weaknesses.

The

A1/A2 milk hypothesis was ingenious. If the scientific evidence had

worked out it would have required huge adjustments in the world's dairy

industries. This review concludes, however, that there is no convincing

or even probable evidence that the A1 -casein of cow milk has any adverse effect in humans.

This

review has been independent of examination of evidence related to A1

and A2 milk by the Australian and New Zealand food standard and food

safety authorities, which have not published the evidence they have

examined and the analysis of it. They stated in 2003 that no

relationship has been established between A1 or A2 milk and diabetes,

CHD or other diseases. " ~

[Guest guest]

I understand your

skepticism. I read as much as I could about this since I provide milk to a

number of special needs people. However, I have seen a difference between cows

milk I found in my herd that was A1 and the milk that is A2----personally, I

have 2 daughters who prefer goats milk, and do better, re: congestion on goats

milk. When they drank milk from my A1 predominate cow (some cows produce both

at different levels) they get congested a bit, when they drink the A2 it does

not happen.

There is a DNA test

that determines A1/A2 in the US.

It runs app $25 a cow.

A2 genetics also is

reflected in the beef. It is a hard thing to think about when there are so very

many Holstein (A1 predominate) genetics out

there, both in milk and meat.

I personally am

convinced that the A2 hypothesis has validity. I am working to eliminate all A1

genetics from my herd, including beef. I am going to British white sires

for beef , and keeping an A2 jersey bull for dairy.

Gearld Fry, a

frequent contributor to ACRES USA, and a really great guy---who has been at a

number of WAPF conferences, can have A2 testing. ( for more info on

Gearld see http://www.bakewellrepro.com

& http://www.bovineengineering.com/index.html

)

www.Majesty Farm.com

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only thing that ever has. "

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From: RawDairy [mailto:RawDairy ] On Behalf Of Merry Scho

Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008

7:42 AM

To: rawdairy

Subject: A2 milk in the

news

An article that debunks the A1/A2 theory:

http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v59/n5/abs/1602104a.html

See if this sounds fishy to you:

There is no way to find out if your cows are A2 because the test is only

available to

a select few.

The select few are spreading this info that milk from A1 is bad.

They say that only their milk is assured to be A2.

Plus, if you want to guarantee A2 genetics, you need to buy their breeding

stock.

Here is a snippet from the article listed above:

" A company, A2 Corporation was set up in New Zealand in the late 1990s to

test cows and market milk in several countries with only the A2 variant of -casein,

which appeared not to have the disadvantages of A1 -casein.

The second part of this review is a critique of the

A1/A2 hypothesis. For both DM-I and CHD, the between-country correlation method

is shown to be unreliable and negated by recalculation with more countries and

by prospective studies in individuals. The animal experiments with

diabetes-prone rodents that supported the hypothesis about diabetes were not

confirmed by larger, better standardised multicentre experiments. The single

animal experiment supporting an A1 -casein

and CHD link was small, short, in an unsuitable animal model and had other

design weaknesses.

The A1/A2 milk hypothesis was ingenious. If the

scientific evidence had worked out it would have required huge adjustments in

the world's dairy industries. This review concludes, however, that there is no

convincing or even probable evidence that the A1 -casein

of cow milk has any adverse effect in humans.

This review has been independent of examination of

evidence related to A1 and A2 milk by the Australian and New Zealand

food standard and food safety authorities, which have not published the

evidence they have examined and the analysis of it. They stated in 2003 that no

relationship has been established between A1 or A2 milk and diabetes, CHD or

other diseases. "

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