>
> In our long-time-ago ancestors' time, people used *much* more energy 
> per day, just in obtaining food, than the average human today. They 
> had to chase game, walk many kilometres, digging up roots, picking 
> fruit, etc. Their food was unprocessed, mostly low-energy-high-fibre. 
> They ate much larger quantities of food overall than we do, so had no 
> problem getting the micronutrients they needed each day, including 
> calcium.
>
> Fast-forward to modern Western diets and lifestyles. We (generally) 
> eat mostly ad lib high-energy-low-fibre foods (and not enough fruit 
> and vegetables, which have the most nutrient-dense micronutrients, ie 
> vitamins and minerals), we expend very little energy to obtain our 
> food or to live in general, so in order to maintain a healthy weight 
> (not all of us do that either!), we have to eat a lot less in overall 
> quantity. This limits the intake of critical micronutrients, so that 
> we need to choose individual foods carefully, to make sure we meet our 
> requirements for minerals and vitamins. 
So, the answer to this problem in my eyes would be to return to the diet 
of our ancestors... starch-based, whole foods, Vegan diet, right?  Ever 
hear of Dr. McDougall?  He (as well as others; Barnard, Fuhrman, Ornish, 
etc...) have done a tone of research on the human diet and have found 
that the rich western diet is really horrible for our bodies and is what 
is causing so much illness in our society.  Cow's milk is not the answer 
to this problem.  The addition of all of the extra protein in cow's milk 
causes our bodies to leach calcium from our bones and we end up with 
weaker bones.  There isn't one study out there, that I am aware of, that 
proves that adding cow's milk to a diet improves calcium absorption or 
the density of bones (Even the ones funded by the dairy industry).  
Cow's milk is made for baby cows... now that's simple.

-Jeannine Jacobs, CLE

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