Oh, the milk subject gets my blood boiling.
It’s really unfortunate that the milk industry continues to force feed “misleading” information down our throat.
I was recently reading a parenting magazine and came across a BRUTAL article written by registered dietitian that had the purpose of overcoming several common myths about cow’s milk.
Sadly, the article got it all WRONG. It’s pretty scary that such poor quality information is ending up in our nation’s leading magazines.
Readers beware.
Just another reason NOT to get your health information from popular media.
With that said, I put this video together to go over 9 myths about milk and reveal the truth about the many of the misconceptions that were mentioned in this article.
Enjoy…
If you like this kind of information and would like more in-depth knowledge about proper human nutrition and health (including more scientific truths about milk and other foods) then…
Good video, Yuri.
You make an excellent point in the quality of our nutrition sources is more important than the quantity. Fruit and Veg has always been a better source of vitamins and minerals than cows milk could ever be. & It is scary that any dietician could put forward these arguments!
Todd
Great article Yuri ~ You need to do a show or quick video on butter versus margarine. And then also state how a company like BECEL has a number one sponsor, which is the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Just another marketing scam by food manufactures trying to make people believe margarine is okay to consume. When in reality it’s JUNK
Peter
Hey Yuri,
Great video post! We get bombarded almost daily with advice to drink pasturized milk. The milk industry is still incredibly powerful and governments rely on their tax revenues.
Since I visited the website – notmilk.com I decided to severly limit my intake of milk. I now buy almond milk and love the stuff! I now only have cows milk in the odd cup of tea.
Maha
What about the recent study that was circulated around a lot about the use of low-fat chocolate milk as a recovery drink after vigorous exercise being more effective than any of the other typically used recovery drinks? The alleged explanation was that it contains the right carbohydrate to protein ratio for allowing the muscles to recover quicker and you don’t feel sore the next day… I have tried this and it seems to work at least to some extent… Just curious if you that’s also nonesense…
To be honest, I think you’ll never be able to convince the world that milk is not good for kids or humans in general. It’s such a deeply ingrained belief for most people that I don’t see how we’ll ever get rid of it… But it’s good that someone like you is trying to spread the word. It would be really nice if you can refer me to some of the actual scientific studies behind your point of view. You are the first fitness coach whose expertise I actually trust, but as a scientist myself, I like to see the facts to be 100% convinced.
Thanks for the video.
Savo
Yuri … what about sesame? How much of it is our daily need ? Sorry for the bad english!
Savo
Yuri what about sesame ? Can we get our daily need for Ca from it ? And how much sesame is needed for our daily need ?
vivian
Thank you for this video! Hope a lot of people will see this! Importent information….
Rese
Hi Yuri,
I’ve enjoyed your stie and info and am taking it to heart. It is extremely helpful when you give alternatives, as you do in this informative video. That’s the problem my family is having. How to slowly and deliberately replace years-long, bad habits. We’re in crisis and I want to make changes and there is so much information out there that it can be overwhelming. So I need to take baby steps. So, if we are a typical family eating cereal and a bowl of milk and I announce to the stubborn naysayers in my home, namely my beloved hubby and son :>), than I need to present them and myself with alternatives. Don’ t do this. These are the reasons. Do this instead. If you were to recap this milk info what would be your number one thing to remember and do for newbies. I say “do” because knowledge apart from application is useless for me. Thank you for what you do and I appreciate you post and am encouraging myself and family to attempt a more excellent way to live .
with admiration and respect
Govinda Sundar
I do not agree cow milk is a human poison. This is too misleading.
Milk that comes from protected cows and in small quantities are very health for human body. This is one of the reason that cow is sacred in India.
Shilpi Mahajan (@culturecurry)
Hi Govinda, In India cows are still not poisoned with pesticides, Milk is not homogenized and pasteurized and therefore we can claim its healthy. Raw milk is the healthiest but where do y find raw milk any more?
Amanda
So true Yuri!
I have a milk allergy so I’m hypersensitive to all of the milk mis-information out there. Canadian Living magazine is particularly notorious for this sort of thing. I remember about 8 years ago they had a full page spread (monthly) on the many benefits of milk written by a registered dietician, and if you looked at the fine print it said that this person actually worked for the dairy board of Canada. What really bothered me about that was that it didn’t say at the top of the page “advertisement”, and it was just made to look like any other page in the magazine. It might as well have said “propaganda” at the top of the page. Of course this is the same magazine that comes out with the free recipe “milk calendar” every year.
Another one that made me furious was when Quaker Oats instant oatmeal (which I loved to take on camping trips for a quick breakfast) suddenly introduced new packaging that said “Now with more calcium!” and a quick scan revealed that they had added Modified Milk Ingredients to their plain instant oatmeal. A few years later they removed it again (maybe after enough people complained?)
Thanks for making this video, we must fight the real milk myths out there.
chris
Hi Yuri, agree with what you say wholeheartedly. From what sources would you recommend I get Probiotics into my food? Here in Ireland cows are fed on grass without pesticides which is why the “quality” of milk is deemed to be among the highest in the world. We also have a system here whereby you know the very cow and farm from where your steak came from. We holiday in France every year and always lose weight eating produce from the markets. Harder to do in a damp, wet climate like Ireland.
Meredith
Yuri, I always want to watch your videos, but I never have the ability to watch a video. Any chance you could post a transcript of what you say, or even a summary? Words would work a lot better for my situation.
Angela Kilcrease
Yuri thanks for sharing info.,
I thought this guy really does want to help people get healthy or he wouldn’t be giving out so much info. for free.
So I purchased the “Eating for Energy” package. It is easy to understand and very indepth all at the same time.
Wow and eye opening about how body wants to balance minerals, acid etc… it all makes since. Thanks for not dumbing it down , but making it simple!
I don’t do face book…so glad you have this site.
I will pass your site on to others who want to understand how the body works…!
Now…I look at my body as a bunch of chemicals and puting in chemicals and how it reacts…a totaly new way of approaching understanding of eating!
Thanks again,Angela Kilcrease
Patrick
I’m usually with you Yuri, but I disagree on skim milk, I think it’s fairly healthy for you. Low in fat, and plenty o calcium, protein. If your body can tolerate lactose that is.
Dr. Fabio Corsini Motta
That’s a good one!! be carefull with the ones misleading us to wrong conception in our nutrion.
Atenciosamente;
Dr. Fabio Corsini Motta – ABQ:0486
Instituto Paulista de Quiropraxia – IPQ
Luz
I Agree with you Patrick, I meant to mention that in my comment, if is organic safer and better
Luz
I agree with Maha’s comments about the belief that milk is absolutely necessary; however, the fact remains that any physiology text will tell you that milk and dairy products are the best sources of calcium mainly because it’s true.
What they neglect to point out is that cow milk is rendered practically useless after being pasteurized and homogenized, not to mention the horrible diets cattle is forced to eat- here in the USA- so what’s the point of drinking it? (I recommend eating only lean, organic, red beef because is high in Iron and protein)
That being said, calcium absorption is complicatad, suffice it to say it’s not just about adding Vitamin D, and Magnesium, but eating a diet rich in proteins and fat (yes fat- the good fats) increases calcium and magnesium absortption, especially when we workout because then the demand for these minerals increases.
The solution in my opinion, is to avoid milk or limit consumption, but absolutely take calcium and mineral chelated supplements for best absorption, especially if you are a vegan.
For Vitamin D nothing beats daily exposure to sun rays, at least 10-15 min/day . For stronger bones? Resistance training of some kind.
Luz
Arthur Vinnitsky
Amazing! I couldn’t have said any of that better myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get ‘em tiger!!!
Cathi Boswell
I bet the study from which the registered “dietician” got his or her information was paid for by the American Dairy Association.
Mike
Yuri,
The article was indeed featured in Canadian Living magazine.
vikas
hey Yuri,
but skimmed milk is supposed to be good as it doesnt digest properly and takes the visceral fat with it when the person poops.isnt it??
Sarah Anderson
Hi Yuri,
Thanks so much for this recording. I have been following you for nearly a year now and it is slowly changing my life. I am part of the statistics who have suffered from a fractured hip at the age of 24. I am passionate about nutrition and I am in ore of how knowledgable you are and I am striving to be the same. I am I personal trainer and Pilates instructor and I also work at a health food shop. I am currently studying a naturopath diploma. I am seriously thinking of also doing your course. I also wanted to ask you if you recommend and books or magazine subscriptions that i could read to learn more.
I am getting to a stage that I have finally started eating right and now want to be able to talk about why I have cut out dairy and other processed crap to my friends and family. I understand the concept and benefits of why I have done it but I don’t know enough to talk to them techniquly with facts to them.
You have really inspired me and I want to be able to share it and teach others too.
I look forward to hearing from you soon
Kind regards
Sarah
Betina Secemski
Than you Yuri for this great video! This is what I tell my patients in my practice, one on one. It is great when I see this infor being propagated to thousands!! Keep on this great work you do!
nathan
I can’t find your reference list full of peer reviewed scientific journal…
Keisha
Love the information here!!!!! I am now eating less meat and daily because I found out that they grow fibroids!!!!! But I do have a question….does anyone know how to get rid of the common wart???? I have tried eating them off with acid. I have tried apple cider vinegar. I tried clear nail polish. Nothing works. I have come to the conclusion that I need something that tackles this virus from the inside. I have researched this but the sites always list some home remedy. I removed them with a remedy then get relief. But then they came back in the same spot. New ones appear too! Does anyone know of anything? Thanks so much for the help.
Joe
Yuri,
This question is off topic, however I am looking for your opinion. What are your thoughts or experience of Fenugreek? I have a friend who sprouts the seed and then uses the sprouts on salad. I am thinking about trying it. You help is appreciated. Thanks.
Joe
LC
Hi Yuri,
I love almond milk and I just became aware through a blog post bohttp://jennifersway.org/a-celiac-in-the-city/did-you-know-there-are-politics-in-your-food/#.T9PXxCd5mc0 about an ingredient in most almond milk brands called Carrageenan, the blog has negative views on it. What is your take on this additive and does the brand you buy contain this?
Thanks Yuri, your videos and posts are very informative;-)
lucy
hi,
Just a curiosity, are you a physiotherapist? In some countries kinesiologist and physiotherapists are the same.
Yuri
No, I’m not a physio.
Suzanne
Yuri, Is so correct with is analysis. If you have not watched the documentry “knives over Forks” you should. It talks about why dairy consuming countries have osteoporosis , which Yuri touched on. Also they found a switch that turns cancer on and off.
Also make don’t buy almond milk. Buy the almonds at your local health food store. Soak 1 cup of organic almonds over night and (remove skins if possible) blend at high speed with three cups filtered water. Then strain in a nut bag and you have three cups of good almond milk for cereal, smoothies, or whatever. My 12 year old daughter loves it. No additives and no preservatives.
Phillipa Thomas
Hi Yuri,
You are pretty much the only source on nutrition i’ve come across on the internet that I trust. I would love to know your thoughts on ‘mono fruit island’ and mono meals. Are they benefical? Is water fasting for prolonged periods benefical?
Appreciate if you get a chance to reply, thank you