The Health of the population consuming A2 Milk in these countries is significantly better. On the Contrary the Milk from the Indian Breed of Cows which is popularly known as A2 Milk has no traces of BCM 7 and is being consumed in New Zealand, Brazil, Australia and many of the European countries. The Diabetic cases as a percentage of population in India grew much faster than any other country in the last 3 decades. In Devil in the Milk Keith Woodford, Professor of Farm Management and Agribusiness at Lincoln University in New Zealand, brings together the evidence published in more than 100 scientific papers. The Cardiologists and Other Health Professionals have also observed a high incidence of diabetes and Heart diseases in India over last 30 years. Keith Woodford’s Book “Devil in the Milk “illustrates the negative effects of consuming A1 Milk of these cows on individual’s health. In the Early 2000 the researchers have found that the milk of Jersey, HF and few other foreign as well as cross breeds has the presence of Beta Casomorphin (BCM-7) an opiod which is a major cause for Type 1 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Autism. Unfortunately over the years the Indian Dairy Farmers have sold their native breed and started rearing the high yielding Holstein Friesian, Jersey and other cattle to increase their Milk Production. The UK is unlikely to follow so will continue to have a high incidence of type 1 diabetes.Ģ.Research across the world has established that the Milk from Indian breed of cows is much superior with very high nutritional value. There is an exception in New Zealand where some farmers are breeding A2 milk producing herds. Sadly due political pressure, commercial interest and faulty research the hypothesis is not widely accepted. Cows in France and Iceland produce more A2 milk so there is a lower incidence of type 1 diabetes in these countries. The amount type 1 diabetes in a country is closely correlated to the amount of A1 milk consumed. Antibodies produced against BCM-7 therefore destroy the pancreatic beta-cells leading to in type 1 diabetes. GLUT-2 receptors on pancreatic beta-cells have the same amino acid sequence as BCM-7. On digestion A1 beta-casein breaks at positions 60 and 67 producing the peptide BCM-7. A2 beta-casein has proline at position 67. A1 beta-casein has histidine at position 67. A mutation in some European cows caused their milk to contain A1 beta-casein.īeta-casein protein is a 209 amino acid chain. Thousands of years ago all milk contained only A2 beta-casein. The Masai drink a lot of milk but do not develop type 1 diabetes. A2 milk, produced by cows in Africa and Asia, does not have this risk.

Type 1 diabetes is caused by A1 milk which is produced by most cows in Europe, America and Australia.

Different countries have varying rates of type 1 diabetes according to type of milk consumed.

Devil in the milk by keith woodford