What's in your milk?

Recently Mister Wonderful shared with me an article as to why we don't buy just any old plain milk. 

Most of you that have followed me for a while, know we drink a lot of 

almond milk

 here. Since October is pretty much cancer awareness month, this is why I am sharing this with all of you.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. If you're a woman, your chance of getting breast cancer in your lifetime is about one in eight.

Researchers at a breast cancer conference stated that up to one-third of breast cancers could be avoided by making different lifestyle choices, such as the foods you choose to eat.

There is one food you may be surprised to learn, that is  directly linked to breast cancer—and that is pasteurized dairy in the form of milk or milk products.

The risk lies in consuming milk from cows treated with a synthetic, genetically engineered growth hormone called rBGH, and unfortunately, this applies to about one third of the dairy cows in America.

When you consume dairy products from these cows, every product made from their milk is contaminated with this dangerous hormone—be it cheese, ice cream, yogurt, butter—or just plain milk.

Cows are injected with rBGH to boost their milk production. 

The good think is many products are now labeled as rBGH-free. For example, Polly-O string cheese in the smaller size is labeled rBGH-free (although the giant bulk pack from Costco is not).

Any dairy product labeled as organic cannot, by definition, contain rBGH.

Whole Foods Market confirmed to me that 365 Brand products do not contain milk from cows given rBGH.

Stonyfield Farms also confirmed to me that none of their products contain milk from cows given rBGH.

Starbucks uses rBGH-free dairy in all beverages.

All of the following companies sell rBGH-free milk. This information came from Wikipedia, each with a citation, and appears accurate.

Dean Foods

Wal-Mart

Kroger

Costco

Winder Farms (a home delivery dairy and grocer in Utah and Nevada)

Safeway in the northwestern U.S.

Publix

Braum’s

Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club “Great Value” brand milk is rBGH-free but may not be labeled as such.
Mister Wonderful and I buy the GREAT VALUE milk too, when we don't want certain things we eat/cook with to have that Almond taste to it.

Good Milk!

Yogurt

Dannon is 80% rBGH-free. Yoplait appears to be rBGH-free. Whole Foods 365 Brand, Stonyfield, and all organic yogurt is rBGH-free. I’ve read that, in the northeast, Trade Joe’s yogurt is from Stonyfield, which would make it rBGH-free, but I have no confirmation on this from the company.

So after reading all of this, I thought to myself, 

so what's the difference between a milk that is rBGH-free and organic?  Why should I buy organic milk versus just regular milk that is rBGH-free?

 Just remember this...

for milk to be organic, the cows cannot be given artificial hormones, so by definition organic milk is rBGH and rBST free.

However, if milk is rBGH/rBST free but not organic, the farmer is not required to meet organic standards like organic feed, adequate space, and limits on medications.

What are you drinking/cooking with at your house? 

THINK BEFORE YOU BUY!!!!!! 

Don't be a cheapskate! 

Your life depends on it! 

Yogurn