Bovine IGF-1 "plug and play cancer fuel" IGF-1 FDA regulators concluded that genetically engineered milk was safe to drink because hormones in milk could not survive human digestion. (basically, the FDA "proved" that breast feeding cannot work!) The publication of a new peer-reviewed scientific journal article will have people responding to the 'GOT MILK' question by asking: "GOT CANCER?" TIMELINE 1979 Scientists discovered IGF-I. 1989 Scientists learned that IGF-I was an identical match in the cow's body and the human body. 1994 FDA encountered the biggest controversy in their history by approving the genetically engineered bovine growth hormone known as BGH (aka BST). When that hormone is injected into cows, levels of IGF-I in milk increase by about 80%. 1998 IGF-I was called the key factor in the growth and proliferation of prostate cancer (Science - January, 1998) and breast cancer (The Lancet - May, 1998). 1999 IGF-I was identified as the key factor in the growth of lung cancer (Journal of the National Cancer Institute -January, 1999). The Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Page 1231) said this about IGF-I levels in people who drink milk: "Serum IGF-I levels (blood levels) increased significantly in the milk group . . . an increase of about 10% above baseline--but was unchanged in the control group." This blockbuster scientific finding contradicts every major conclusion made by FDA scientists, and sends a chilling warning to ice cream eaters. GO MILK? GOT POWERFUL HORMONES! Article: http://www.notmilk.com/deb/100399.html\ The following ten references provide converging lines of evidence that focus upon one central point. There are hundreds of millions of different proteins in nature, and only one hormone that is identical between any two species. That powerful growth hormone is insulin-like growth factor, or IGF-I. IGF-I survives digestion and has been identified as the KEY FACTOR in breast cancer's growth. IGF-I is identical in human and cow. If you believe that breast feeding "works" to protect lactoferrins and immunoglobulins from digestion (and benefit the nursing infant), you must also recognize that milk is a hormonal delivery system. By drinking cow's milk, one delivers IGF-I in a bioactive form to the body's cells. When IGF-I from cow's milk alights upon an existing cancer... ____________________________________________ "Human Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) and bovine IGF-I are identical. Both contain 70 amino acids in the identical sequence." Judith C. Juskevich and C. Greg Guyer. SCIENCE, vol. 249. August 24, 1990. ____________________________________________ "IGF-I is critically involved in the aberrant growth of human breast cancer cells." M. Lippman. J. Natl. Inst. Health Res., 1991, 3. ____________________________________________ "Estrogen regulation of IGF-I in breast cancer cells would support the hypothesis that IGF-I has a regulatory function in breast cancer." A.V. Lee, Mol-Cell- Endocrinol., March, 99(2). ____________________________________________ "IGF-I is a potent growth factor for cellular proliferation in the human breast carcinoma cell line." J.C. Chen, J-Cell-Physiol., January, 1994, 158(1) ____________________________________________ "Insulin-like growth factors are key factors for breast cancer growth." J.A. Figueroa, J-Cell-Physiol., Nov., 1993, 157(2) ____________________________________________ "IGF-I produces a 10-fold increase in RNA levels of cancer cells. IGF-I appears to be a critical component in cellular proliferation." X.S. Li, Exp-Cell-Res., March, 1994, 211(1) ____________________________________________ "IGF-I plays a major role in human breast cancer cell growth." E.A. Musgrove, Eur-J-Cancer, 29A (16), 1993 ____________________________________________ "IGF-I has been identified as a key factor in breast cancer." Hankinson. The Lancet, vol. 351. May 9, 1998 ____________________________________________ "Serum IGF-I levels increased significantly in milk drinkers, an increase of about 10% above baseline but was unchanged in the control group." Robert P. Heaney, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 99, no. 10. October 1999 ____________________________________________ "IGF-1 accelerates the growth of breast cancer cells." M. Lippman Science, Vol. 259, January 29, 1993