the reasons you should avoid most dairy
at all costs
now you’ll notice that i said most dairy
which does mean that not all dairy is
bad
but here’s the thing dairy products in
the united states come from a breed of
cow such as a holstein which contains a
highly inflammatory milk protein called
casein a1
now casein a1 is a lectin-like protein
and it’s actually caused by a mutation
in cow’s genes in northern europe about
a thousand years ago it wasn’t always
this way
most cows ancient cows have a gene that
makes casein a2
but this gene makes an aberrant gene
called casein a1 now in fact in my
practice most people who think that
they’re lactose intolerant in fact are
actually reacting to the casein a1
molecule
so
you don’t have to give up yogurt or
cheese you just have to know to choose
the right dairy products the ones that
are free of the casein a1 protein
now there are cows that still exist most
are in southern europe that make only
casein a2 in their milk a much safer
protein
the guernsey cow is one example and the
swiss brown cow is another there’s also
a belgian blue cow
interestingly enough there is a cow in
the united states called the jersey cow
that is makes half casein a1 and
half casein a2
luckily in the united states we now are
beginning to see
products made with a2 milk and they’re
labeled a2 on the carton and they’re
more and more and more available now
these milk products are much closer to
what our ancestors would have consumed
now if you want more information about
this topic check out episode
176 of my podcast i talk with the
alexandres one of the only a2 dairy
farmers in the u.s
now you might ask if this stuff is so
good for us
why aren’t there a lot of dairy farmers
using a two cows
unfortunately the whole steam cow is
much heartier
and gives more milk so that through the
years the guernsey cow which is the best
cow for a2
has been put out to pasture because it’s
not as hardy and it doesn’t give much
melt and so
unfortunately
most of the milk in the united states is
from a holstein and it’s the wrong cow
now that’s an important point i have
lots of my patients say i drink or i use
organic milk
it’s grass-fed milk
isn’t that okay and the answer is no
because most of our cows in the united
states make the wrong form of milk
now is milk that’s a2 good for you well
