On Feb 8, 4:49?pm, Nad R wrote:
Sweetheart, that article is bullshit. The author of the article is
trained
as a secretary. The hypothesis about homogenized milk is the
brain child of Kurt A Oster, MD.
I looked all over for a peer-reviewed medical journal article by
Kurt A Oster, MD, to no avail. It would appear that his
publications are vanity press stuff. True, he was a cardiologist,
but he retired in 1974.
I did find a respectable source that debunked his alleged findings.
Here's the abstract from that article:
During the processing of marketed milk, homogenization reduces fat
droplet size and alters interface composition by adsorption of casein
micelles mainly, and whey proteins. The structural consequences depend
on the sequence of the homogenization and heat treatments. Regarding
human health, homogenized milk seems more digestible than untreated
milk. Homogenization favors milk allergy and intolerance in animals
but no difference appears between homogenized and untreated milk in
allergic children and lactose-intolerant or milk-hypersensitive
adults. Controversies appear regarding the atherogenic or beneficial
bioactivity of some casein peptides and milk fat globule membrane
proteins, which might be enhanced by homogenization. In children prone
to type I diabetes, early cow's milk consumption would be a risk but
no link was observed in the general population and the effect of
homogenization has not been studied. In the current context of obesity
and allergy outbreaks, the impact of homogenization and other
technological processes on the health properties of milk remains to be
clarified.
"Does homogenization affect the human health properties of cow's
milk?"
Marie-Caroline Michalski and Caroline Januel
Trends in Food Science & Technology
Volume 17, Issue 8, August 2006, Pages 423-437