A great book full of hard-to-find information on milk. Well-written and compelling. it tells a sad but all too common story of large corporations ruining a once marvelous product in the name of industrialization and profit-maximization. Small family farmers got screwed in the process.

Raw milk is it! I had raw cream for the first time a couple years ago. Had to buy it illegally since its illegal here in Virginia (its also illegal to ship across state lines-thanks Ronald Reagan!). its quite amazing and provides a warm tingle in the belly. People I know that react to dairy in bad ways tolerated the raw stuff. So I tend to agree with Schmid that pasteurization may be the real culprit when it comes to dairy allergies. Raw milk contains enzymes and beneficial bacteria that aid in its own digestion. Raw cream sours naturally into something akin to sour cream; it doesnt putrefy like the pasteurized stuff. Raw milk contains as much vitamin C as orange juice. Unfortunately, its mostly destroyed by pasteurization. I imagine its probably completely gone after ultra-pasteurization.

You can get sick from any food thats contaminated, including pasteurized milk. if raw milk is produced in sanitary conditions it is quite safe and resistant to infection (unlike pasteurized milk). People have died from eating lettuce contaminated with bacteria, but I dont see anyone demanding pasteurization of all lettuce (thank God). Why is milk singled out for compulsory destruction? People deserve to make their own health choices and health freedom. Small farmers ought to be able to sell unprocessed, unpasteurized foods to consumers. Compulsory pasteurization laws ought to be repealed.

Full-fat dairy products dont cause heart disease, contrary to the review above. Neither saturated fat nor cholesterol have been shown to cause heart disease and many cultures around the world eat large quantities with no ill effects. Sat fats are actually quite good for you. See "The Cholesterol Myths" and books by Bruce Fife. There is a compelling case that pasteurized milk causes heart disease. it goes like this: Homocysteine causes heart disease, and homocysteine is reduced by vitamins B6 and folic acid. Guess what happends to vitamins B6 and folic acid during pasteurization? Thats right-they are destroyed.

Way to go Al! exposing the lies and deception of the right wing has never been so funny. The right uses lies to advance their agenda because thats the only way they can manipulate the public into supporting them. 7% of the public wants weaker environmental regulations, and the 7% are in charge.

Franken gives me hope that we can take back our country from the extremists currently in control .

Right-wing conservatives just dont get it. In the dubious 'War on terrorism', Shrub and his ilk believe that they can 'teach terrorists a lesson', and discourage them from attacking by attacking them first. This is absolutely backwards. Invading other countries and harrassing other peoples encourages terrorism, violence and conflict. The War on Terrorism, as currently being advanced by Shrub will make the terrorism problem even worse because it will motivate more right-wing conservative Muslims to join the ranks of terrorists.

So, right-wing conservatives in the US are a lot like right wing conservative Muslims in that both think they can attack their way out of the problem. Both groups need to understand they are very similar in how they respond to attacks: by attacking back. The result is a cycle of violence that Liberals and other fair-minded people watch in dumbfounded amazement and horror. Liberal Israelis and Liberal palestinians know exactly what I am talking about.

So discard right-wing conservative thinking when it comes to the War on terrorism. it hasnt worked for Israel, and it wont work for us. What will work is if the War on Terrorism is replaced with a War on Poverty and Oppression.

I have learned a lot from this book. The research cited in Stolls book is pretty amazing. DHA and EPA are powerful compounds for correcting mental dysfunction.

People taking these drugs need to be aware of the serious long term side effects of SSRIs. SSRIs have never been tested for safety long-term. Thats not good because many people are taking them long term-for years, that is.

The side effects that Dr Glenmullen has observed include Parkinsonism (e.g. facial tics), which indicates damage to the brains dopamine system. Facial tics may sound like a mild side effect, but they are an indication of possibly serious brain damage that may result in parkinsons disease later in life. In this way, SSRIs are similar to antidepressants used in the 1960s, which also cause tics, and were later found to cause brain damage.

Other side effects noted by Glenmullen are agitation, suicidal ideation, sexual dysfunction, dependence, and withdrawal. Some withdrawal symptoms he observed were so severe as to be debilitating for several months.

Depressed people should be aware that natural alternatives (no, I am not talking about St John Wort) exist and have been demonstrated in placebo controlled trials. 5-HTP, for instance has been favorably compared to SSRIs with greatly reduced side effects. Other nutraceuticals useful for depression include fish oils, B vitamins, and ginko biloba. Depressed people should also be aware that food allergies can cause depression (sometimes severe depression) in some people. For more info on this stuff, see Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine by Murray/Pizzorno.

Glenmullen also does a good job of ripping apart pharmaecutical industry lies and manipulations: how they currupt science with influence in research centers, how they pay off litigants so that they can say to the public they have never lost a court case over SSRI-triggered murder, and how they got prozac approved with inadequate research. Oh yeah, and how the FDA helps them every step of the way.

For those who doubt the link between SSRIs and violence/aggressive behavior, consider the following:

An interesting footnote to the phenomenon of SSRI-induced violence is how antidepressants are initially screened. Researchers cant give untested compounds to humans, and they cannot ask animals if they are depressed. So how do they select promising antidepressant drug candidates? What they do is give the drug to monkeys and look for an INCREASE in dominating/aggressive behavior by observing their behavior closely. For example, they will look for increased domination over an introduced monkey in a cage having several drugged monkeys. So, according to pharmaceutical companies (e.g. Eli Lilly) who strongly deny ANY link between SSRIs and violence, the logic here is thus: in primates, aggressive behavior is caused by antidepressants and this link is so strong it can be used for drug discovery, but in humans aggressive behavior is absolutely not caused by the same compounds. I dont find this logical at all, of course. It is, I believe, a big lie (wouldnt be new thing for pharmaceutical companies)...

Pizzorno has a gift for writing about medicine. He seamlessly shifts between general concepts and specific, illustrative examples. This book is simply amazing. Its the best book I have ever read on natural medicine. Its not a collection of recipes for how to use supplements; its a clear, understandable explanation of why and how they work. If you want to understand why natural medicine works, read this book.