Got Mylk?

Dr Gabriel Cousens of the Tree Of Life Rejuvenation Center in Arizona has released a highly recommended new article on dairy. It can be found here on his website together with a video of him talking about the subject.

Becoming vegetarian is an important step towards health and away from animal suffering, but as Gabriel explains, for the person truly concerned about these two things, the next step – veganism – is the natural progression.

Gabriel discusses why dairy – regardless of whether it’s raw or cooked – is ultimately not a good choice from a health perspective, an ecological perspective, a spiritual perspective, an animal welfare perspective or a human perspective – there’s an uncomfortable link between the number of people living in starvation and food choices the world’s privileged make. Quite simply, with world population set to hit 10 billion early in the second half of this century, the only way to prevent the number of starving humans escalating year on year is a large-scale switch away from the foods that are most wasteful of resources – namely animal flesh, eggs and milk.

If you are reading this and wondering how you could ever live without your daily dose of dairy, check out the divine-sounding recipes at the end of the article: Simple Brazil Nut Mylk, Creamy Black Fig Mylk, Hemp Ice Cream and Basic Walnut Yogurt.

Most people who get into the nut and seed version of the white creamy stuff soon wonder what they ever saw in the bovine version. There is an endless variety to be had and even a cool gadget for quickly making it. The Yaoh Hemp Milk Maker (so named because Yaoh is a company which specializes in hemp-based products) in fact whizzes up any nut or seed milk in approximately two minutes. It is available from The Fresh Network online shop for just £59.99 (5% off if you have the Fresh Discount Card). Any good blender will do the job too – it will just take a little longer as you’ll need to strain the mixture using a Nut Milk Bag – also available here.