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NUTS AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR COW'S MILK 

 By Dr. J. H. Kellogg, Battle Creek, Michigan 



For ages, cow's milk has been a staple food, especially in highly 

 civilized communities. Recent researches and observations have clearly 

 shown, however, that in spite of its great value as a hum>an foodistuff, 

 it is not perfectly adapted to human needs. Valuable as cow's milk 

 is as a staple food for adults, it has a few serious drawbacks. 



1. The casein of cow's milk forms in the stomiach tough curds 

 which sometimes cause indigestion and autointoxication. This is the 



'reason that cows milk causes sour stomach in some persons and makes 

 others "bilious," especially persons suffering from acidity. 



2. Cow's milk is deficient in iron. It contains only one-third as 

 much iron as does human milk. Infants and adults fed on cow's milk 

 become anemic. 



3. Some infants are "sensitized" to cow's milk so that its use 

 even in small amounts may give rise to severe symptoms of poisoning. 

 Many infants die annually from this cause. 



4. Many adults are sensitized to cow's milk and suffer in conse- 

 quence from headaches, asthma, urticaria, eczema and other skin erup- 

 tions, and are relieved of these disorders when milk is rigidly ex- 

 cluded from the diet. 



5. Cow's milk, like other animal products, may carry the germs of 

 tubercular disease and other infections to which cows are notably 

 subject. Milk is never perfectly safe unless it is known that the cows 

 which produce it are subject to frequent and competent inspection to 

 insure their freedom from disease. 



6. Cow's milk, from the conditions under which it is produced, 

 is always more or less contaminated with filth of a most repulsive char- 

 acter. Every drop of ordinary commercial milk contains thousands of 

 manure germs, derived from the intestine of the cow. Even certified 

 milk is not wholly free from this undesirable element. 



7. Many persons suffering from autointoxication find it necessary 

 to exclude milk from the diet in order to change tlie intestinal flora 



