Antibiotics

[anthrax]

Antibiotics Impair Weight Lifting
Am. Acad. Of Orth. Surgeons

If you are taking a type of antibiotic called fluoroquinolones, you should probably take a break from weight lifting or other strenous, high impact exercise. New research indicates these drugs may make tendons more susceptible to tears and injury. Researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhatten, uncovered more than 100 cases linking the use of fluoroquinolones with injuries to the Achilles' tendon and to those of the rotator cuff, quadriceps and knee. In the lab, lead researcher Dr. Riley Williams discovered that canine tendons were weakened when exposed to fluoroquinolones.

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Anaheim, Calif., March 1999.

 

[riskybizz007]

Here's a slightly off topic question I have for you Anthrax. Have you ever heard of what is in milk? I don't know if I can fully believe this or not, my source was very one sided about this but want your take on it or if anyone else knows about this.

We all know cows get a bunch of hormones, but what what's new to me is that they are receiving a ton of antibiotics when they're producing the milk. Those antibiotics (which ones I don't know) get ingested by us through the milk. So they say we are consuming antibiotics every day by drinking milk. If this is the case that is extremely dangerous in my book. Is this all b.s. or is this true?

Reason behind the antibiotics is that cows produce milk for lets say 8 weeks, they give them hormones so they produce for 16 weeks now. During this time they get sick, their milk is full of pus, so the farmers fill them up w/ all kinds of antibiotics. So end result of what you drink is milk+hormone+antibiotics+pus.

Scary if this is true... I am a big time milk drinker.. any thoughts?

 

[anthrax]

yes you are right to be careful about milk
Here is a couple of answers:
IMAO organic milk is certainly safer though I will still keep on drinking milk (fat free of course)

About antibiotics
http://www.ejnet.org/bgh/nogood.html
In fact, only 4 out of 82 commercially used antibiotics are commonly tested for. In addition to the fact that so few of these are tested for, other antibiotics that are not legal for use end up in our milk. The Wall Street Journal (Dec. 1989) did a study of the antibiotic residues in milk on the market and found that 20% of the milk had illegal antibiotics present. This number was confirmed in a May 1992 Consumers Reports study while the Center for Science in the Public Interest found 38% of the milk to be adulterated with illegal antibiotics.

About dioxins
http://www.cqs.com/edioxin.htm
If your family drinks milk, drink only skim milk, since dioxin is carried in the butterfat. Avoid all full-fat dairy products, such as butter, cheese and ice cream. Use non-fat skim-milk products or non-dairy substitutes

Paris, March 31st, 1998. The Veterinary Services have found new cases of cow milk contamination by dioxins in the north of France. To date, at least 16 French farms have been forbidden from selling their milk by the prefecture, the regional State authority. Already two farmers had suffered the same fate at the end of January.

About hormones
http://vvv.com/healthnews/milk.html

The milk connection
Bovine growth hormone was first synthesized in the early 1980s using genetic engineering techniques (recombinant DNA biotechnology). Small-scale industry-sponsored trials showed that it was effective in increasing milk yields by an average of 14 per cent if injected into cows every two weeks. In 1985 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States approved the sale of milk from cows treated with rBGH (also known as BST) in large-scale veterinary trials and in 1993 approved commercial sale of milk from rBGH-injected cows(13-16). At the same time the FDA prohibited the special labeling of the milk so as to make it impossible for the consumer to decide whether or not to purchase it(13).

Concerns about the safety of milk from BST-treated cows were raised as early as 1988 by scientists in both England and the United States(14,15,17-22). One of the main concerns is the high levels of IGF-1 found in milk from treated cows; estimates vary from twice as high to 10 times higher than in normal cow's milk(13,14,23). There is also concern that the IGF-1 found in treated milk is much more potent than that found in regular milk because it seems to be bound less firmly to its accompanying proteins(13). Consultants paid by Monsanto, the major manufacturer of rBGH, vigorously attacked the concerns. In an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in August 1990 the consultants claimed that BST-milk was entirely safe for human consumption(16,24). They pointed out that BST-milk contains no more IGF-1 than does human breast milk - a somewhat curious argument as very few grown-ups continue to drink mother's milk throughout their adult life. They also claimed that IGF-1 would be completely broken down by digestive enzymes and therefore would have no biological activity in humans(16). Other researchers disagree with this claim and have warned that IGF-1 may not be totally digested and that some of it could indeed make its way into the colon and cross the intestinal wall into the bloodstream. This is of special concern in the case of very young infants and people who lack digestive enzymes or suffer from protein-related allergies(13,14,20,22,25).

Researchers at the FDA reported in 1990 that IGF-1 is not destroyed by pasteurization and that pasteurization actually increases its concentration in BST-milk. They also confirmed that undigested protein could indeed cross the intestinal wall in humans and cited tests which showed that oral ingestion of IGF-1 produced a significant increase in the growth of a group of male rats - a finding dismissed earlier by the Monsanto scientists(25). The most important aspect of these experiments is that they show that IGF-1 can indeed enter the blood stream from the intestines - at least in rats.

Unfortunately, essentially all the scientific data used by the FDA in the approval process was provided by the manufacturers of rBGH and much of it has since been questioned by independent scientists. The effect of IGF-1 in rBGH-milk on human health has never actually been tested and in March 1991 researchers at the National Institutes of Health admitted that it was not known whether IGF-1 in milk from treated cows could have a local effect on the esophagus, stomach or intestines(26,27).

Whether IGF-1 in milk is digested and broken down into its constituent amino acids or whether it enters the intestine intact is a crucial factor. No human studies have been done on this, but recent research has shown that a very similar hormone, Epidermal Growth Factor, is protected against digestion when ingested in the presence of casein, a main component of milk(13,23,28). Thus there is a distinct possibility that IGF-1 in milk could also avoid digestion and make its way into the intestine where it could promote colon cancer(13,22). It is also conceivable that it could cross the intestinal wall in sufficient amounts to increase the blood level of IGF-1 significantly and thereby increase the risk of breast and prostate cancers(13,14).

 

[EngiCream]

During this time they get sick, their milk is full of pus, so the farmers fill them up w/ all kinds of antibiotics. So end result of what you drink is milk+hormone+antibiotics+pus.

That's quite disgusting

I'm starting to see why my mom started buying organic products a few years ago.

 

[riskybizz007]

hey sounds good for growth... but dangerous for the antibiotics... thanks for the 411 anthrax