Dr. Mercola has a very large website with a wealth of articles on a wide variety of subjects. Here are links to his articles on aspartame, cow's milk and dairy. Aspartame Mercola Aspartame Index Researcher - Hypersensitivity Syndrome AILMENTS RESULTING FROM ASPARTAME Aspartame - books Aspartame - Emotional disorders Aspartame What - FDA is not protecting you Aspartame caused brain seizures Aspartame - fraud and deception Government Coverup on Aspartame Aspartame Dosing of the Military in the Gulf War Aspartame Not Natural PHENYLALANINE - 50% OF ASPARTAME Aspartame - summary Aspartame -symptoms Aspartame Toxicity Aspartame weight gain Aspartame What You Don't Know Can Hurt You Milk Milk Contaminated with TB Germs 8/13/00 Does Milk Really Look Good On You? Don't Drink It! 2/27/00 Cows' Milk Safe For Infants With Diarrhea??? Worrying About Milk 7/30/00 Very Delayed Reaction to Cow's Milk 7/9/00 Cow's Milk Increases Risk of Type 1 Diabetes 6/17/00 Cow's Milk May Raise Type 1 Diabetes Risk 10/22/00 Don't drink your milk Discovery WEB site Articles http://www.discover.com/june_99/featcancer.html Got cancer killers? Breast-feeding protects babies from cancer, but no one knows quite how. So when biologists in Catharina Svanborg's lab saw mothers' milk kill cancer cells, they knew they were onto something big. When Catharina Svanborg and her research associates began mixing mothers' milk and cancer cells together seven years ago, she wasn't looking for a cure for cancer; she was after a way to fight germs. Nevertheless, the physician and immunologist at Lund University in Sweden has discovered that a previously taken-for-granted component of ordinary human breast milk compels cancer cells--every type of cancer cell tested--to die. Now Svanborg must prove her discovery, demonstrating to wary scientists that her surprising find is for real. So far, it hasn't been easy. http://www.discover.com/nov_00/featprenatal.html DISCOVER Vol. 21 No. 11 (November 2000) Prenatal Palates By Kathy A. Svitil Our hankerings for certain foods may have more to do with Mom's cooking than we ever knew. New research shows that babies' dietary preferences are influenced by what their mothers ate while nursing, or even before giving birth. Julie Mennella, a biopsychologist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, gave a regular dietary supplement of carrot juice to one group of women while they were pregnant and to another group while they were breast-feeding. When tested, the babies from both groups preferred cereal laced with carrot juice over cereal made with water. Babies not exposed to carrots showed no such preference. Carrot juice has little effect on the nutritional qualities of mother's milk, but it does influence the odor and flavor. The milk has a more intense taste, with a "carrot note to it," says Mennella. This early establishment of flavor preferences may explain why people become so rapidly accustomed to the foods of their own culture— be it spicy chili, tangy borscht, or pungent fish. "Before the baby is born, these flavors are transmitted through the amniotic fluid to the baby, and then again through mother's milk. Babies learn to accept the flavors of their culture before they can even eat," Mennella says. disweb@discover.com This is the address for communications specifically regarding the content of the Discover web site. editorial@discover.com This is the address for letters to the editor about the content of Discover magazine |