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Crohn's Disease: The Dairy Connection

Crohn's disease is a gastrointestinal condition that plagues victims with

extreme stomach pain and diarrhea. One reporter described Crohn's disease this

way: " [T]hink of the worst stomach flu you ever experienced. Then imagine trying

to live with that every day. ...This is a disease characterized by pain and

extreme embarrassment. Those who have it don't talk about it. " 1

More than 500,000 Americans are ill with Crohn's disease; the United States has

the highest incidence of the disease in the world.2,3 There is strong evidence

suggesting that many, if not most, of these people were infected by drinking

milk from cows infected with a similar illness known as e's disease. e's

disease is caused by a type of bacteria called Mycobacterium avium subspecies

paratuberculosis, or MAP.4 Medical reports show that up to 75 percent of

patients with Crohn's disease test positive for MAP bacteria.5 A national study

of U.S. dairy farms found that 22 percent of U.S. dairy cow herds have at least

a 10 percent infection rate of MAP.6

Professor Hermon- of St. 's Hospital in London and an expert on

Crohn's and MAP states, " The risk that viable MAP is being transmitted to people

via the milk supply is very, very high. The evidence is overwhelming. " 7 He

states further, " [MAP] is certainly responsible for between 60 per cent and 90

per cent of all cases and I would think that it is more likely to be 90 per

cent. " 8

To protect yourself from the misery of Crohn's disease, it is wise to avoid

consuming any animal bodily fluids, especially dairy products. Learn more about

the connection between dairy products and Crohn's disease from this report by

Dr. Greger.