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Definition of Milk
The FDA's current definition of milk: “Milk is the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows. Milk that is in final package form for beverage use shall have been pasteurized or ultrapasteurized, and shall contain not less than 81/4 percent milk solids not fat and not less than 31/4 percent milkfat. Milk may have been adjusted by separating part of the milkfat therefrom, or by adding thereto cream, concentrated milk, dry whole milk, skim milk, concentrated skim milk, or nonfat dry milk. Milk may be homogenized.”

Why would they even consider putting aspartame in milk?  Well, here's the kicker - it's all in the name of making a buck!  It seems that the consumption of milk is going down, especially flavored milk in schools, due to the high calorie content (think chocolate and strawberry flavored milk).  The NY Daily News reports that  other dairy products such as sour cream, evaporated milk, eggnog, half-and-half, and yogurt would also be up for swapping in the aspartame.

Isn't it bad enough that our milk now contains huge amounts of hormones, antibiotics and gentically modified organisms (GMOs) from GMO feed used for cows; not to mention whatever it is that is making the milk stay good for far longer than is natural!  These chemicals, hormones and antibiotics are doing a real number on our immune systems, and even (along with antibiotics in meats and chicken); and studies are showing that they are making us all antibiotic resistant to the superbugs that are going around.  We won't even talk about what it is doing to the cows.  A good movie to watch to find out more about what they are doing to our food supply is "Food, Inc."  which is available to watch for free on www.topdocumentaryfilms.com.

Now the dairy industry wants to put a pure poison (aspartame) into our milk, without even labeling it as such.  So how will you know if you are drinking milk that contains aspartame?  You wont!  They are saying that the milk would be helpful to all of the overweight kids???  Would it, or would it just be helpful to the milk producers to help them sell more milk?  An article in the Huffington Post says today that the campaign manager of SumofUs.org, issued a press release stating that, “Hyper-sweet additives like aspartame rewire children’s brains so that they always want sugary foods, turning the kids into tiny consumption machines." In an article on Wealth Daily, Jeff Seigel says,  "Bottom line: The government says you can't drink milk in its purest form, the way God created it, but you can drink a toxic cocktail of chemicals that a bunch of lobbyists and politicians have decided is in your best interest."

Aspartame Molecule

The sad part of all of this, is that aspartame is now in almost all chewing gum, many low calorie foods, and even most of the jello in restaurant salad bars.  Don't believe it?  Check it out for yourself.  Just ask your local restaurant if the jello on their salad bar is diet.  Here is a great article to read on the dangers of aspartame, and some studies that have been done:  http://www.decodedscience.com/aspartame-unlabeled-in-milk/26673/2

In my opinion, the biggest reason why there are so many overweight children, and adults in our society, is due to all of the chemically processed foods and junk foods, genetically modified foods (GMOs), and poison ingredients that are this country's poor excuses for food.  There is junk, and there is food; it either nourishes your body, or it is a dead junk product that does nothing but harm.  I believe that there are so many overweight people because they are starving their bodies of nutrition.  Did you know that anything that says, "enriched" means that the vitamins and minerals have been processed out, and their chemical counterparts have replaced them?  Yes, that's right, our food is "enriched" with chemicals.

It seems to be getting harder and harder to stay healthy and to stay away from all of the chemical laden foods and drinks in our society.  A lot of the foods that are served up to us American citizens are even banned from other countries!  Wake up America!!!