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008 071206s2007 nz b 001 0 eng d
010 _a 2007534361
020 _a9781877333705 (pbk.)
035 _a(Nz)11515169
035 _a(OCoLC)174104003
035 _a11515169
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_cDLC
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_dDLC
042 _alccopycat
050 0 0 _aRA602.M54
_bW66 2007
100 _aWoodford, K. B.
_925042
245 1 0 _aDevil in the milk
_b: illness, health and politics : A1 and A2 milk
_c/ Keith Woodford.
260 _aNelson, N.Z. :
_bCraig Potton Publishing,
_c2007.
300 _a237 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliography (p. 209-218) and index.
505 0 _aBeginnings — Milk and casomorphins — Population studies of heart disease — The trials and science of heart disease — Population evidence for type 1 diabetes — Diabetic rodents and scientific disclosure — The science and big picture of type 1 diabetes — Autism and schizophrenia — Allergies, intolerance, and auto-immunity — Breeding A2 cows — The food safety game — Business battles: getting A2 milk to market — Bringing it all together.
520 _aThis groundbreaking book is the first to be published internationally that examines the link between one of the proteins in the milk we drink and a range of serious illnesses, including heart disease, Type 1 diabetes, autism and schizophrenia. These health problems are linked to a tiny protein fragment that is formed when we digest A1 beta-casein, a milk protein produced by many cows in New Zealand, Australia and other western countries. Milk that contains A1 beta-casein is commonly known as A1 milk, whereas milk that does not is called A2. Originally all milk was A2 until a mutation affecting some European cattle occurred some thousands of years ago. Herds in much of Asia, Africa and parts of southern Europe remain naturally high in A2 cows. A2 milk from selected cows is now marketed in much of Australia, and in parts of the USA and New Zealand. In Devil in the Milk Keith Woodford, Professor of Farm Management and Agribusiness at Lincoln University in New Zealand, brings together the evidence published in more than 100 scientific papers. He examines the population studies that look at the link between the consumption of A1 milk and the incidence of heart disease and Type 1 diabetes; he explains the science that underpins the A1/A2 hypothesis; and examines the research undertaken with animals and humans. The evidence is compelling: we should be switching to A2 milk. This is an amazing story, one that is not just about the health issues surrounding A1 milk, but also how scientific evidence can be moulded and withheld by vested interests, and how consumer choices are influenced by the interests of corporate business. Now revised with a Postscript that updates the story to the present day, Devil in the Milk remains a book of enormous public importance.
650 0 _aMilk
_xHealth aspects.
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