Ebook: Devil in the milk: illness, health and the politics of A1 and A2 milk

Beginnings -- Milk and casomorphins -- Population studies of heart disease -- The trials and science of heart disease -- Population evidence for type 1 diabetes -- Diabetic rodents and scientific disclosure -- The science and big picture of type 1 diabetes -- Autism and schizophrenia -- Allergies, intolerance, and auto-immunity -- Breeding A2 cows -- The food safety game -- Business battles: getting A2 milk to market -- Bringing it all together.;This groundbreaking work is the first internationally published book to examine the link between a protein in the milk we drink and a range of serious illnesses, including heart disease, Type 1 diabetes, autism, and schizophrenia. These health problems are linked to a protein fragment that is formed when we digest A1 beta-casein, a milk protein produced by many cows in the United States and northern European countries. Milk that contains A1 beta-casein is commonly known as A1 milk; milk that does not is called A2. All milk was once A2, until a genetic mutation occurred some thousands of years.