As if the dairy industry hasn’t been hit hard enough from the economic downturn it continues to face assault from animal activists and vegans.  One interesting point being the definition of the term natural and what makes Soy products “Natural”. 

if you look at almost every Soy product you will find that contrary to popular believe, it actually contains a cow milk protein.  This protein known as casein is typically what causes so many problems that we have with dairy products such as sinus congestion, constipation and even asthma symptoms.  One main reason it causes these problems is because this protein is difficult for humans to digest.   If you actually look at the makeup of human breast milk you will find that it is greatly different from cow’s milk.  Cows require casein in larger quantities than humans which is why human breast milk contains casein in a much smaller quantity.  This also raises an interesting question, why are we the only species on the planet that drinks another species’ milk?  It’s also interesting to note that we as a species drink milk throughout adulthood where other species only drink milk right after birth for a relatively short period of time.  Even yogurt’s coloring is derived from an insect derived natural coloring.  So the important question raised by all of this is, just how natural are all these so called alternatives?     

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