Dr. Mark Hyman writes in HuffingtonPost.com Dairy: 6 Reasons You Should Avoid It at All Costs He has the following YouTube video …
Dr. Walter Willett said in a FrontLine interview that …
“The huge push for high consumption of dairy products is really not based on good science.”
Dr. Cordain writes the following about why milk is unhealthy …
“Drinking of cow’s milk or other species’ milk by children and adults is an unhealthy practice that increases the risk of many chronic diseases and adds no micronutrients to the diet that cannot be obtained from fresh vegetables, fruits, meats, seafoods and nuts. Human’s have no nutritional requirement for cow’s milk.”
There are some evidence that suggests there might be a link between casein and Type 1 diabetes. For example, the paper “A1 beta-casein, type 1 diabetes and links to other modern illnesses” says …
“people with Type 1 diabetes have enhanced levels of antibodies to beta-casein and in particular A1 beta-casein … high milk intake in children linked to high incidence of diabetes”
A1 beta-casein (as opposed to A2 beta-casein) is found in milk that comes from certain breeds of cows. Here they are talking about Type 1 diabetes which is an autoimmune disease.
Another study titled “Antibodies to bovine beta-casein in diabetes and other autoimmune diseases” found that subject with Type 1 diabetes, Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA), and Coeliac disease has increased levels of antibodies to beta-casein as compared to age-matched control groups.
Kurt Harris’ Archevore diet framework has one tip that advises …
“If you are allergic to milk protein or concerned about theoretical risks of casein, you can stick to butter and avoid milk, cream and soft cheeses”.
Butter does have very small amount of casein. But depending on your sensitivity to casein, it may or may not be tolerable. If not, try ghee (clarified butter) which has even less casein to the point of virtually none. See forum thread “Casein in Butter” on celiac.com.
Milk and dairy product contains lactose which is a disaccharide sugar and is on the “avoid list” of FODMAP foods if you are doing a Low-FODMAP type of diet.
Mat Lalonde says in a Chris Kresser podcast that …
“I say the casein can be problematic, lactose can be problematic, so the best macronutrient, the least problematic macronutrient in dairy is the fat”
HowStuffWorks.com writes that …
” Dairy is one of the most commonly reported food allergies”