Eating Meat & Drinking Milk: Are You Risking Leukemia? Dr. McDougall's Eye-Opening Revelation!

In this episode of McDougall's Medicine, Dr McDougall dives into the alarming links between dairy and meat consumption and the increased risk of leukemia and lymphoma. Discover the unsettling truth about bovine leukemia viruses present in nearly 90% of dairy herds and how these viruses can be transmitted to humans, posing severe health risks.

Dr McDougall also sheds light on the widespread infection of bovine leukemia viruses in animal products and its implications for human health. This discussion is not only timely but crucial for anyone concerned about their dietary choices and their long-term impact on health.

BLV (Bovine Leukemia Virus):

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Olaya-Galán NN, Corredor-Figueroa AP, Guzmán-Garzón TC, Ríos-Hernandez KS, Salas-Cárdenas SP, Patarroyo MA, Gutierrez MF. Bovine leukaemia virus DNA in fresh milk and raw beef for human consumption. Epidemiol Infect. 2017 Nov;145(15):3125-3130. doi: 10.1017/S0950268817002229. Epub 2017 Sep 28. PMID: 28956522; PMCID: PMC9148755

Pasteurization:

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RNA Fragments with pasteurization:

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[hmw]

My mom almost died from leukemia. She has eaten the STD despite my urge for her to eat plant-based. It was so hard to watch her almost die. I am thankful she recovered. I begged her to go plant-based, but what else can you do? It’s hard to watch your parent go through that. She has since had breast cancer twice and thankfully recovered. As someone who has already lost one parent early in life, I already fear I will lose her soon again to this disease.

[annebastian]

Always so passionate about getting the truth out!! Thank you Dr Mcdougle

[PeiPeisMom]

I'm 58 and I have NEVER known about the leukemia virus. I guarantee you if I'd known as a child, I'd have refused all animal products. I wish everyone listened to you.

[RJT]

I really appreciate these weekly shows. Thank you, Dr. McDougall, Mary, and Heather. Sending ❤❤❤

[tia]

Really interesting lecture, my grandpa died of lymphoma and was a cattle farmer so this has made me wonder.

[northerncoloradotransparen]

I used to have Venus insufficiency and today have reversed it completely. WFPB for life

[dorisglasgow]

Thank you Dr. McDougall I never heard of this and I’ve had friends and family with those cancers.
Love your Sunday night podcast thanks again to you Mary and Heather. ❤

[debbiecasalina]

I lost my husband to lymphoma and chemo 8 years ago! He was a Vietnam veteran, agent orange, and he loved his meat, milk and cheese, then he got the chemo and all, I believe it all killed him! 😢

[DeborahMichaud-mq]

Thank you so much for all your work and thsse updates.

[robinsaxophone]

My husband and I are not able to donate blood because we lived in Europe for three years in the 80s during the Mad Cow outbreak.

[mitalenfai]

Hi Heather, John and Mary. I wonder about if they fertilize with cowshit on the grainfields, is that same problem? thank you and happy easter to you to.

[bohditony]

In school could never drink the milk. The smell when opening a carton is horrible.

[v.a.n.e.]

I would love it if you were a guest of The Diary Of A CEO. you'd probably have as much fun as Neal Barnard.

[katyhughes-brown]

When I was a child after drinking milk I would have legins that would weep the Dr said the cows are eating a lot of clover, so my mum said no more milk for me and today I don't have any milk I'm 67 and live in Australia

[audither]

Told by a coworker in 1996 that as long as a cow can walk on its own, it could be sold at market and slaughtered to feed humans. This coworker had a side job as an owner of a small farm and he is the one who told me this.. knowing this I still continue to eat animals until 2022 when I totally stopped eating dairy and all animal products and processed foods and went on the doctor McDougall starch solution lifestyle

[SuperDodoe]

When I was four my childhood friend had leukemia. His father was a butcher and would bring home fresh chopped meat that my young friend would eat raw.

[patslade]

Interesting topic. Just would like to add that even with pasterization of milk, etc there are still a number of containments. Cows are exposed to pesticides in the paddocks and then these grains they consume with chemicals. Cows are given many vaccines and other vetinary products to kill parasites etc. Also the cows utters are sprayed every day with more chemicals. Even when milk is heated many chemicals are passed on which people wouldnt detect. I believe some of these things could contribute to leukemia also..and another thing cows in this industry are highly stress due to more cows per hectare to make profits..

[timmccarthy]

I thank you for ansering a very important question in my mind since I saw my wife die from AML the worst kind of Luekemia, she was diagnosed suddenly, and she was dead within and a half weeks of reciving her first chemo injection, which she had a terrible reaction to, She suffered like hell for the entire time she wa sin the hospital, I have wondered why she got it, for the past yrs, wondering WHY she got it, as a weight trainer, she was so extrememly focused on her health, but the fact is she ate dairy products, namely organic milk which we would make yogurt from, she ate that like daily, so IDK if the cows beigng organic had the virus spread to them or not, but the level of infection in herds of cattle seem to be staggering, if that seventy percent rate is correct, we can assule that ALL the cattle in the USA or indeed, the world, have this virus, and I think we all know about retroviruses by now, so I am really wondering if tha tis the source of my wife's cancer,

[LibraryTechAnna]

I had chocolate milk too! I hated the taste of white milk!

[anotherthez]

They also said it was good for your cat... Please, connect the dots.