In The tao of health sex and longevity (Daniel reid, 1989), in the Diet and nutrition chapter, is a rather extensive (as compared to the other types of food described) description of milk and why you should absolutely refrain from anything but raw fresh milk consumed by itself (i.e. not combined with anything else).

He describes a rather interesting experiment with cats, two control groups, one gets fresh milk, the other pasteurized. The "fresh milk" cats thrived, while the pasteurized milk drinking group ended the experiment prematurely, because at a certain point all kittens were stillborn and/or the still living cats were all sterile.

Since entire countries began drinking pasteurized or sterilized milk, and raw milk is generally not available or not legal to sell, fertility problems in the human population have began to take on very serious proportions... go figure. Wonder why that would be.

Where I live (the netherlands) drinking raw, whole milk is discouraged because of the health risks, well, that's good advice I must say, but from the wrong angle. Namely the "got milk" nonsense for processed dairy (which is far worse than raw) is just as bad here, we call it "Melk, de witte motor" (Milk, the white engine). Every time I see that now it makes me laugh :)

Ok, actually it's not very funny to see such commercialized slow mass-poisoning without anyone seeming to have a clue how dangerous it really is.

For those who feel no urge to supplement (in general) or eat "enriched" stuff, this might be interesting. Based on the principle that "Every nutritional supplement results in more imbalance than it started with or it tried to overcome." (Sorry to have to disagree with you there deborah, but I'm with you on the milk thing!).

www.naturalnews.com/026402_health_food_vegan.html

On that page, take it from here (about halfway into the article):

Kevin: So you mentioned B12. If someone encounters a B12 deficiency, so they are there, then what's the approach to get out of it?

While we will agree that the methyl form is better, it can also be harder to find. Most pharmacies carry the cyano form since it is cheaper and more stable.

Thankfully, concern about cyanide from a cyanocobalamin supplement really only applies to people with compromised kidney function. See this website for more detail: http://www.veganhealth.org/b12/nocyano

Quote: "While being a natural chemical produced in the body, cyanide is toxic, and the body turns it into thiocyanate in order to excrete it. If this pathway is defective or overwhelmed through ingestion of too much cyanide (such as in smokers, or people in Nigeria who eat large amounts of cassava which is high in cyanide)... a different form of B12 should be given... "

So when the methyl form is available, great! However, for those of us who are non-smokers, rarely eat cassava, and have a healthy detoxification system, taking the cyano form is still a whole lot better than not taking any B12.

of course pharmacies sell junk. LEF.org, mercola.com and vitacost.com is my preference for buying quality with value, the NSI brand. Why take Vitamin D2 and make your body convert it to D3, why take B12 as cyanocobalimin and make your body convert it it. Plus, you want a Methyl donor.
Just like you want sulfates.... Thus Glucosamine Hydroxide is junk, while Glucosamine Sulfate is what u want. MSM is Methylsulfonylmethane. Taken at 4,000 per day it is effective.
I notice NOTHING with garbage B-complex sold by the masses. When i take a B-complex from Vitacost.com 3 times a day, i don't need caffeine at all.

cheers
best of health.