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This is a collection of articles on the topic of health and wellness from a Christian, biblical viewpoint.

“Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.” (Is 53:4)

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” (1 Pe 2:24)

"He heals all of my diseases." Ps 103:1-5

“He sent His Word and healed them.” (Ps 107:20)

"'But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord, (Jer 30:17a)

It is my prayer that these articles will lead you to pray earnestly and seek the Lord's face, regarding your own health and wellness, and that of those you love.  If you are not well, I pray that the Lord would heal you, and if you are well, then I hope something you find here will help you stay that way. 

The Bible is Our Guide	Checking Your Heart	All Foods are Clean
Eat What is Set Before You	Fasting	Eating Real Food
The Cause of Disease	The Role of Demons	The Power of God to Heal
When We Are Not Healed	Physical Exercise	White Poison
Some Foods Damage, Others Heal	Taking Care of Your Body	What Does the Bible Say About Vaccines?
Going from Cursed to Cured	Healing is in the Atonement	The Benefits of Eating Well
Is it a Sin to Take Medicine?	Maintaining Your Healing	Coronavirus Origin, Reason, and Remedy
Thoughts Directly Affect Your Destiny	Neurosurgeon Explains How to Break Addiction	Rewiring the Brain: Connecting Neuroscience, Faith, and Healing
Renewing the Mind: The Intersection Neuroscience and Scripture	How to Heal the Sick - Charles and Francis Hunter	The Dark Side of Dairy
The Perils of Dairy

Attribution notice: Scripture quotations taken from the NASB.

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

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The Dark Side of Dairy

Introduction and Context

In my previous article called White Poisons, I identified four white poisons that are a fundamental part of the Standard American Diet (SAD). In this article, I want to provide a summary of the core points, key insights, and conclusions of a particular episode of Hard Copy that investigates the claims behind milk consumption, particularly challenging the long-standing belief that "milk does a body good." The segment introduces author Robert Cohen, who critically examines the ingredients and health implications of milk produced by American dairy farms.

Genetically Engineered Hormones in Milk Production

• American farms inject cows with genetically engineered hormones to produce excess milk beyond natural needs.
• Though calcium content in milk is often cited as a health benefit, leafy green vegetables contain more calcium per serving than milk.

Food Item	Calcium Content (mg/100g)
Human breast milk	33
Potato chips	40
Beans	50
Chickpeas	150
Amarantha grain	267

Dairy products are criticized as a poor calcium source because milk's high protein content inhibits calcium absorption.

Contaminants and Health Risks in Milk

• Milk is described as "liquid meat," loaded with protein that complicates calcium uptake.
• Contaminant concerns: 60% of American cows carry leukemia virus; 80% carry paratuberculosis.
• Health links: Potential connections to irritable bowel syndrome and elevated cardiovascular risks due to cholesterol.

Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH) and Hormones in Milk

• Bovine growth hormone is identical between cows and humans. Consuming milk doubles the presence of this hormone, which Cohen claims stimulates breast cancer growth.
• Milk contains 59 different bioactive hormones that may influence early puberty and other health factors in children.

Comprehensive Critique of Milk's Composition

Milk is described as a "dangerous brew" containing high levels of fat, cholesterol, viruses, bacteria, and growth hormones. Cohen’s book, Milk, the Deadly Poison, posits that milk contains chemical, biological, and bacterial agents harmful to human health.

International Comparisons and Dairy Industry Financials

• Countries with high dairy consumption (Denmark, Norway, Holland, and Sweden) exhibit high rates of breast cancer and osteoporosis.
• The dairy industry spends approximately $500 million annually on marketing campaigns to maintain its image of health.

Milk Protein Casein and Its Effects

Casein (80% of milk protein) is chemically identical to commercial glues. Its consumption is linked to excessive mucus production, respiratory issues, and digestive problems.

Dairy Cholesterol Level vs Bacon Fat

Robert Cohen makes a comparison regarding cholesterol intake from dairy products relative to eating bacon. 

• He asserts that by consuming dairy products, a person is effectively consuming the same amount of cholesterol as if they were eating 19,000 slices of bacon per year. 
• He further contextualizes this by noting that by the age of 52, this amount would equate to the cholesterol contained in 1 million slices of bacon.

Expert Qualifications and Public Perception

Robert Cohen, a researcher in psychoneuroendocrinology, claims the dairy industry actively suppresses damaging information. Despite marketing, widespread lactose intolerance (notably 95% of African-Americans) challenges the idea that milk is a universally suitable food.

Glossary of Terms

Term	Definition
Casein	The primary protein in milk, chemically similar to industrial glue.
Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH)	A potent growth hormone identical in cows and humans, linked to cancer growth.
Paratuberculosis	A bacterial disease found in cows linked to irritable bowel syndrome in humans.
Psychoneuroendocrinology	Scientific field studying how hormones affect brain function and behavior.

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The Hidden Truths About Milk: What You Should Know

There is a deeply ingrained belief that "milk does a body good," but mounting scientific evidence and expert insights suggest that this nutritional narrative may be more about marketing than health. Here is a breakdown of the concerns surrounding modern dairy consumption.

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Core Points: Beyond the Marketing

• Hormonal Concerns: Many milk brands contain powerful, artificially introduced growth hormones. These substances can have profound, unnatural effects on the human body.
• Calcium Misconceptions: While dairy is pushed as a primary calcium source, many plant-based foods—such as chickpeas and amaranth grain—offer significantly higher calcium density than milk.
• Pathogens and Viruses: Research suggests that milk can act as a carrier for various viruses, including those linked to leukemia and paratuberculosis (the latter being associated with irritable bowel syndrome).
• The Cancer Link: A unique growth hormone shared by cows and humans is present in milk. Studies suggest that consuming just one 12-ounce glass can significantly elevate levels of this hormone, which is potentially linked to the promotion of breast cancer.
• Dairy Cholesterol Level vs Bacon Fat: Robert Cohen makes a comparison regarding cholesterol intake from dairy products relative to eating bacon. He asserts that by consuming dairy products, a person is effectively consuming the same amount of cholesterol as if they were eating 19,000 slices of bacon per year. He further contextualizes this by noting that by the age of 52, this amount would equate to the cholesterol contained in 1 million slices of bacon.
• Industry Influence: The dairy industry spends roughly $500 million annually on advertising to maintain a positive public image, often overshadowing concerns about the 59 bioactive hormones found in dairy products.

Key Findings and Health Risks

Issue	Key Concern
Casein Protein	Known as the "glue" of dairy, it is linked to excessive mucus production and potential digestive/allergy issues.
Cholesterol Load	The lifetime cholesterol burden from dairy is alarmingly high, comparable to consuming thousands of slices of bacon.
Global Data	Countries with the highest dairy consumption (e.g., Sweden, Denmark) also report the highest rates of osteoporosis and breast cancer.

Important Considerations

"Despite widespread belief, much of the public is influenced by highly funded marketing efforts rather than nutritional necessity, particularly when considering that 95% of African Americans are lactose intolerant."

Conclusion

This summary is strictly based on the video transcript and presents a critical perspective on milk consumption as argued by Robert Cohen and the investigative program.

Further Research

Please see the following sites for further research:

The Truth About Milk (Rense.com article)

The Perils of Dairy (video)

John McDougall MD discusses what dairy products have going for them. They are a great source of nutrition -- for getting fat and growing tumors!

Acne, dairy and cancer (PubMed article)

Milk consumption: aggravating factor of acne and promoter of chronic diseases of Western societies (PubMed article)

Dairy and prostate cancer (PubMed article)

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Attribution notice: This article was created with the aid of AI to quickly summarize the content of the video, and was then revised by this author as necessary. 

Author's note: If you enjoyed this post, you may also like the other posts in this blog available through the links in the side bar, such as The Perils of Dairy, White Poisons, Some Foods Damage and Others Heal and The Benefits of Eating Well. You may also access my blog directory at "Writing for the Master." The views expressed in this blog are not intended as medical advice to treat any condition. Rather they are my personal opinions based on my own research, and do not necessarily represent the views of Doulos Missions International.

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International. He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

The Perils of Dairy

In this video called The Perils of Dairy, Dr. John McDougall MD discusses what dairy products have going for them. They are a great source of nutrition -- for getting fat and growing tumors!

Core Points

• Human breast milk is invaluable and irreplaceable for human infants, providing essential nutrition and protection against multiple diseases. Bottled infant formula feeding leads to significantly increased infant mortality and long-term health issues worldwide, a severe public health and ethical concern. Breastfeeding should be promoted as the only acceptable infant nutrition, and formula a tightly controlled prescription product. NOTE: most standard baby formulas are based on cow’s milk.
• Cow’s milk is biologically designed for calves, not humans. Its high protein and calcium content suit rapid growth in calves but are excessive and mismatched for humans. The dairy industry funds much research aimed at proving milk’s benefits, yet the scientific evidence shows mixed or negative results for bone health. Calcium absorption and bone strength depend largely on physiological regulation, not just dietary intake. Large calcium dosages could cause harmful calcification, but the body’s gut intelligently regulates calcium absorption to meet needs efficiently.
• There is a growing consensus that dairy products negatively impact health, which contrasts with earlier thinking where dairy was considered an essential source of protein and calcium.
• Despite widespread beliefs, increased calcium intake does not correlate with improved bone health; in fact, countries with higher calcium consumption often have higher rates of hip fractures. The root cause of osteoporosis is linked to the acid load from animal protein consumption, which causes the body to leach alkaline minerals from bones to neutralize acid, leading to bone loss. Animal protein intake correlates positively with fractures, while high vegetable diets correlate with low fracture rates.
• The dairy industry attempts to counter negative findings with funded studies showing that protein promotes bone growth via insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), a growth hormone stimulated by dairy consumption. However, IGF-1 also promotes cancer growth (breast, colon, prostate, lung) by stimulating cell proliferation and preventing cancer cell death.
• Consumption of low-fat or skim milk reduces fat intake but proportionally increases dairy protein consumption, exacerbating negative effects on bones and kidneys, including increased kidney stone risk. The dairy industry targets children aggressively to cultivate lifetime consumption habits, often marketing milk with additives like chocolate and strawberry flavor to boost intake.
• Milk contains high levels of pus (white blood cells) and bacteria because of industry standards and sanitary conditions. It is also a vector for viral infections like Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus (BIV) and Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV), which infect a significant percentage of cattle herds and can cross species, potentially infecting humans. These viruses remain under-researched and represent an overlooked health risk.
• Cow’s milk is associated with multiple childhood health issues including constipation, bloody stools, asthma, eczema, infections, and more. It is implicated in the development of type 1 diabetes through early exposure to cow’s milk protein. Avoiding dairy in infancy may prevent or delay this disease.
• Dairy proteins have been linked with various diseases such as colitis, Crohn’s disease, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, eczema, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, autism, schizophrenia, bedwetting, nephrotic syndrome, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Removing dairy from the diet can lead to marked health improvements.
• The dairy industry actively promotes milk consumption in schools, replacing soda machines with milk vending machines, often using flavored milks to appeal to children. This strategy is highly effective in increasing childhood milk popularity despite health concerns.
• Industry spokespeople (e.g., Dr. Greg Miller) promote dairy’s role in weight loss and obesity prevention, despite clinical studies showing minimal or no effect on weight loss, and some studies showing weight gain with increased dairy intake. The dairy industry also attempts to reverse decades of nutritional knowledge, making contradictory and unscientific claims about fat, cholesterol, salt, and fiber.
• Psychological and physiological aspects affect how men and women respond to dairy and meat—women often find it harder to give up dairy due to social and emotional factors. An anatomical and evolutionary argument highlights that humans, including men, are adapted to a vegetarian-type diet, illustrated by the presence of seminal vesicles, an organ found only in herbivorous animals besides humans. Mothers eating meat may raise male offspring with reduced fertility and smaller reproductive organs due to estrogenic effects in utero. Meat consumption correlates with impotence, infertility, and prostate issues in men.
• The culmination of evidence suggests it is time to “put Elsie the cow” (a symbol of the dairy industry) to pasture, urging a dietary shift away from dairy and animal products toward plant-based nutrition to promote health and longevity.

Key Conclusions

• The medical establishment is compromised by industry interests, leading to ineffective treatments; therefore, exploring alternative and natural dietary and lifestyle approaches offers greater potential for health improvements.
• Nutritional therapy can effectively treat chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, which conventional medicine largely fails to cure.
• Breastfeeding with human milk is crucial; alternatives seriously endanger infant health and survival, making breastfeeding promotion a public health priority. 
• The biological design of cow’s milk and its nutrient profile mismatch human needs, and despite massive industry-sponsored research, evidence does not support the claim that dairy strengthens human bones. The human body regulates calcium absorption efficiently without dairy.
• Osteoporosis and bone fractures are more strongly linked to dietary acid load and animal protein intake than to calcium deficiency; diets rich in fruits and vegetables promote stronger bones and lower fracture rates.
• The protein in dairy increases IGF-1 levels which may help bone growth but simultaneously increases cancer risk, presenting a serious tradeoff.
• Low-fat and skim dairy products, while reducing fat intake, increase the relative protein proportion, potentially harming bones and kidneys, and the dairy industry aggressively targets children to ensure lifelong milk consumption.
• Milk is contaminated by high levels of pus cells, bacteria, and zoonotic retroviruses, posing underrecognized health hazards. Pasteurization is not wholly effective against some viruses, raising further health concerns.
• Dairy consumption is causally associated with several chronic and autoimmune diseases in children and adults; eliminating dairy from the diet can lead to significant clinical improvements.
• The school milk program exemplifies how the dairy industry has embedded itself institutionally to promote and normalize dairy consumption.
• Industry claims that dairy aids weight loss are contradicted by data; much of the public messaging is misleading or false.
• Transitioning away from dairy and animal-based diets is necessary for improved public health, longevity, and disease prevention.

Important Details

• Breast milk provides protection from infectious diseases, improves IQ, reduces risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), diabetes, asthma, eczema, autoimmune diseases, and various cancers; bottle-feeding substantially increases risks.
• Cow’s milk protein concentrations correlate inversely with human growth rates; cow’s milk calcium is about four times higher than that in human milk; this is supercharged for rapid calf growth, not human needs.
• The gut actively controls calcium absorption preventing toxic overload or deficiency. No documented cases exist of calcium deficiency due to low intake in humans worldwide, even in populations avoiding dairy.
• A 1985 randomized controlled trial on postmenopausal women showed that three 8-ounce glasses of skim milk daily led to negative calcium balance and increased bone loss compared to controls; the study was funded by the dairy industry, which tried to downplay these findings.
• Global data show higher animal protein intake corresponds with more hip fractures.
• Dairy industry-funded studies show positive bone effects only when dietary acid is neutralized (e.g., via calcium citrate), masking acid's deleterious effects. They also focus on IGF-1 as the growth mediator, ignoring its cancer-promoting risks.
• When fat is removed from milk, protein and carbohydrate percentages rise. Increased protein worsens calcium loss and kidney stone risk; increased carbohydrates contribute further health issues.
• Industry milk quality standards permit up to 750,000 pus cells per cc; milk often contains tens of thousands of bacteria per cc. Milk and dairy were the most recalled FDA food category due to contamination with pathogens like salmonella, listeria, E. coli.
• Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus (BIV) and Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) infect large proportions of cattle herds worldwide. These retroviruses can cross species and have viral genetic material integrated into host DNA. Pasteurization doesn’t guarantee complete virus elimination, and potential human infections are under-investigated.
• Cow’s milk causes or worsens childhood constipation, bloody stools, migraines, arthritis, acne, recurrent infections, asthma, eczema, and gastrointestinal disorders. Removing milk resolves symptoms in many children.
• Early cow’s milk exposure is linked to the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells causing type 1 diabetes; the American Academy of Pediatrics acknowledges this risk and recommends avoiding cow’s milk protein early in life to prevent or delay onset.
• Dairy proteins are implicated in a broad range of immune, neurological, dermatological, and renal diseases; many can dramatically improve on dairy-free diets. Bedwetting in children is caused by bladder wall inflammation from dairy proteins and resolves with dairy elimination.
• USDA and industry programs promote milk consumption in schools, substituting soda with flavored milk, fueling lifelong dairy habits.
• Dairy industry PR examples include emotional appeals with family photos rather than scientific arguments, showing the limited defense against detailed critiques of dairy’s harms.
• Meta-analyses show very limited or no support for dairy or calcium supplementation reducing body fat; some studies even indicate weight gain from increased milk intake.
• Milk and cheese have similarly high fat, protein, and cholesterol as beef, functioning as “liquid meat,” debunking the idea of milk as a uniquely healthy food.

Attribution notice: This article was created with the aid of AI to quickly summarize the content of the video, and was then revised by this author as necessary. 

Author's Note: The author of this blog, Len Lacroix, does not support Dr. McDougall's views of evolution, and hold firmly to the biblical Creationism view found in Genesis 1-2 and throughout the Bible (eg., Psalm 139 and Colossians 1). I also do not support his views of vegetarianism. 

If you enjoyed this post, you may also like the other posts in this blog available through the links in the side bar, such as White Poisons, Some Foods Damage and Others Heal and The Benefits of Eating Well. You may also access my blog directory at "Writing for the Master."  The views expressed in this blog are not intended as medical advice to treat any condition.  Rather they are my personal opinions based on my own research, and do not necessarily represent the views of Doulos Missions International.

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

Charles and Francis Hunter - How to Heal the Sick

This post provides links to all fourteen sessions of the Charles and Francis Hunter training seminar on How to Heal the Sick videos. Each of the articles below not only links to those videos, but also provides a summary of the key concepts, principles, and conclusions from each session. This can be used by those who either want to get a quick review of the training sessions that they have previously viewed already, so that they can refresh themselves, or by those who are now operating in healing and miracles, but would like to train others. The tools below will enable you to do either one. 

However, if you have not seen these training videos yet or if it's been a very long time since you have done so, then I strongly recommend watching them again. 

Click or tap on each of the links below to view the corresponding training session, and there will be a link at the bottom of each page to take you back to this overview page:

How to Heal the Sick (1st session)
How to Heal the Sick (2nd session)

How to Heal the Sick (3rd session)

How to Heal the Sick (4th session)

How to Heal the Sick (5th session)

How to Heal the Sick (6th session)

How to Heal the Sick (7th session)

How to Heal the Sick (8th session)
How to Heal the Sick (9th session)

How to Heal the Sick (10th session)

How to Heal the Sick (11th session)

How to Heal the Sick (12th session)

How to Heal the Sick (13th session)

How to Heal the Sick (14th session)

I hope this helps you! 

Author's note: This post is part of a series.  If you enjoyed it, you may also like the other posts in this blog available through the links in the side bar, such as Power of God to Heal and Healing is in the Atonement. I also recommend The Name of Jesus and my daughter's poem, Faith Should Not Depend on Feeling, which she wrote the same day she received a divine healing in her body.  You may also access my blog directory at "Writing for the Master."

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"

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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.