consumed by the infants.
If you observe the behavior of animals you will find that no animal consumes milk lifelong except humans. 2.
The chemical structure of the milk of each of the mammal is designed differently and hence drinking milk of the other species may not be biologically correct.
Here the humans break the nature’s law by being the only animal to consume milk of other species. 3.
Cow’s milk is made of specific protein called casein.
According to a landmark study published in, The China Study , the protein casein is not fit for human consumption.
As for many of us, our immunity confuses between the protein fragment of cow’s milk and the β - cells of the body.
This results in our immunity attacking the β - cells of the body leading to an autoimmune disease specially Diabetes Type-1.
Now a link between cow’s milk consumption and Diabetes Type-1 among children is clearly understood. This also explains that Finland, which has the highest milk consumption also has world’s highest per capita rate of insulin dependent Diabetes Type 1 patients as published in Diabetes Care Journal (1999).
Protein from Cow’s milk (Casein)
Immunity confuses the casein with the Beta cells (β -cell)
Immunity attacks the Beta cells (β -cell)
Auto immune disease
Type -1 Diabetes
Plant protein : There had been several studies specifically designed to understand the effect of plant protein on diabetes. Following are some of the significant research studies : S. Year Published in Topic No. American Journal of Plant protein compared with casein Physiology and 1. 2000 improve glucose tolerance and Endocrinology and insulin sensitivity. Metabolism Beneficial effect of plant protein 2. 2002 Diabetes Care intake in post menopausal women with type 2 diabetes.
3. 2003 Journal of Nutrition Plant protein extract antidiabetic and hypolipidemic effect.
A prospective study in type 2 4. 2004 Diabetes Care diabetes in middle aged and elderly women.
Hormonal Beneficial effect of plant protein 5. 2005 Metabolism intake in post menopausal women Refresher with type 2 diabetes.
Plant food intake and the incidence American Journal of 6. 2008 of type-2 Diabetes in Shanghai Clinical Nutrition Women’s health study.
Effect of plant protein on insulin 7. 2008 Metabolism resistance.
Dietary intake of total animal and plant protein and risk of type-2 8. 2010 Diabetes Care diabetes in European prospective study.
Plant protein intake and the risk of European Journal of 9. 2012 Diabetes type-2 in China and Nutrition Singapore
All the above studies indicate that if the protein is consumed from a plant source that too in its natural state then it helps in insulin sensitivity and reduces the risk of diabetes.
Following are the studies done on the effect of nut consumption on diabetes risk. S.No. Year Published in Topic British Journal of Nut, metabolic syndrome and 1. 2002 Nutrition diabetes Journal of Nut consumption and risk of type 2. 2003 American Medical 2 diabetes Association Possible benefits of nut 3. 2008 Journal of Nutrition consumption in type 2 diabetes Almonds decrease postprandial glycemia, insulinimia and 4. 2006 Journal of Nutrition oxidation stress in healthy
individuals Almonds and post prandial 5. 2007 Metabolism glycmia - a dose response study
Conclusion of the above studies: The nut consumption in its uncooked state helps to improve insulin sensitivity and reduce the risk of diabetes.
Going through various scientific documentation now it is convincingly clear, that all proteins are not the same and its effect in the human body depends not only on the source from where we are receiving it but also whether it is consumed in its natural state or it got altered through various stages of processing/cooking.
The study also clearly established that protein from animal food including milk and milk products disrupts the metabolism resulting in serious complications including auto-immune disease like Diabetes Type 1 in children and Diabetes Type 2 in adults.
As you know that the raw material for the insulin key is protein.
This means the quality of raw material will play an important role in the functioning of the insulin key.
Now from the above study we have understood that the best form of raw material for the insulin key is the protein from plant source in its natural state.
However as you have previously understood that how well the insulin key will work in the transportation of sugar/glucose in the cells will also depend on the cell lock.
This means even a perfect key will not be able to open a lock if there is some fault in the lock.
Here in this case, as we know, the major ingredient of the cell lock is fat, which is also one of 3 constituents of all kinds of food you eat.
How important is the fat in human body can be well understood by the fact that if you take out all the water from your brain then the 60% of the remaining matter is fat.
But here we must understand that not all the fat are same.
Some kind of fats are useful and important for the body, while others are harmful.
Like protein and carbohydrates, the fat metabolism in the body depends on the action of the fat and varies depending upon the source from which you are consuming it.
Majorly the fat can be categorized into three types.
Take a quick look and try to find one important characteristic which differentiates the unsaturated fat (the 1st type) from rest of the two.
Saturated and trans fats have straight structure whereas unsaturated fat is slightly bent. This insignificant looking difference plays a major role the way it works in the human body.
Symbolically lets represent the unsaturated fat as
and
saturated & trans fat as
Now imagine you have two varieties of logs, ones which are absolutely straight and the others with a little bend and irregularly shaped. Which of the two can be stacked together uniformly?
Of course, the straight logs can be stacked together symmetrically and properly, whereas the logs with a bend and irregular shape will not be very convenient to stack together uniformly. At molecular level also the similar things happen. The saturated and trans fats are able to position themselves
next to each other in a better way and clamp together easily. This way they can accumulate and stick to the inner walls of the blood vessels, resulting in the blockage which may result in heart attack and brain stroke. These saturated and trans fats can clamp together in any part of the body and can damage the liver, brain and also the pancreatic cells. Whereas the unsaturated
fat because of its shape ( ) while travelling through the blood stream and reaching its destination never clogs the blood vessels. And also as a cell lock it is more sensitive to the insulin key than the other two kinds of fats. Following is the theoretical mechanism whereby various types of fats are involved in either increasing or decreasing the risk of diabetes.
Theoretical mechanism whereby dietary fatty acids (FA) are involved in the etiology of type 2 diabetes The major source of unsaturated fat is the plant based food including nuts and seeds. The major source of saturated fat is the animal food including milk and egg. The trans fats are also known as the industrial fat as it is manufactured in industries.