Show Holy cow Now milk does the body no good Milk important source of calcium or childrens children's nutritional nightmare in today's world Andrew Ridley Staff Writer T WAS an evil omen an almost al al- al almost almost I IT most surreal scene There pictured on the front page of The Salt Lake Tribune sat Dr Benjamin Spock with a sinister black carton labeled anemia Other nearby cartons labeled s heart disease and diabetes sat in squalid bliss Milk the snowy snoW white tonic that kids are are supposed to drink four or was vas it five times-a- times day is accused of contaminating ing the nations nation's children Milk and cookies never will be the same Spock and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine appeared in a Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day Sept 29 news conference condemning milk as nutritionally nutritionally nutritionally nutrition nutrition- ally worthless saying it may contribute to the onset of allergies allergies allergies aller aller- gies and in a recent study was as linked to juvenile diabetes There is no reason to drink cows cow's milk at any time in your life said Frank A. A Oski director director director tor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hopkins Hopkins Hop Hop- kins University It was designed for calves It was not designed for humans and we should all stop drinking it today this afternoon Oski who wrote a book in 1977 called Dont Don't Drink Your Milk believes that milks reputation reputation reputation tion as a rich calcium-rich food is largely overrated Nevertheless Oski counsels we should eat kale broccoli and fish to meet the recommended dose of calcium have to eat five or six pounds of broccoli a day to get the calcium you need said Von Mendenhall professor sor of food science That calcium calcium calcium cal cal- is available in just three cups of skim milk The Utah Dairy Commis Commis- sion has called into question whether the recommendations of the physicians physician's committee are in the mainstream of think think- ing The physicians physician's committee is an extremist group with an animal rights agenda said Karen Barker manager of the Utah Dairy Commission Although Although Although Al though Dr Spock is a in in- fant child specialist his popularity during the SOs and cannot carry his credibility in the Barker noted the studies on diabetes and allergies applied to less than 1 percent of children Those results were then extrapolated extrapolated extrapolated ex ex- ex- ex to the entire childhood population she said The American Medical Association Association Association As As- released a statement saying they were alarmed by bythe bythe bythe the allegations that milk is dangerous and there is absolutely absolutely absolutely ab ab- ab- ab no scientific proof to support such a claim Spock 89 urged parents especially subsequent mothers to use breast milk Breast milk is the best milk for babies he 41 yr 1 LL r 1 l. ir If k J 4 p. p l JJ f. f tf 4 f f f j. j o i ri j 7 X j l 2 Horizon photo Ed Lie Milk the lynchpin of the legendary four food groups is accused of contaminating the nations nation's children said The dairy industry agrees that breast milk is the preferred food for children under age one However the industry states cows cow's milk is an important important important tant source of nutrients for children beyond that age |