Yeast Sugar Also Found in Cow’s Milk Linked to Crohn’s Disease

[Mazen]

Yeast Sugar Also Found in Cow’s Milk Linked to Crohn’s Disease

http://thefooddoc.blogspot.com/2007/12/yeast-sugar-also-found-in-cows-milk.html

http://www.rehabpub.com/reuters_article.asp?id=20071227scie001.html

A new report suggests that a sugar found in Cow’s milk, contributes to the development of Crohn’s disease. This sugar mannan is also produced by the dietary yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae or common Baker’s or Brewer’s yeast used to bake bread and brew beer. Mannan has been shown to make white blood cells lazy and allow overgrowth of the bacteria E. coli. Both Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast and E. coli bacteria are linked somehow to Crohn's disease based on the presence of antibodies in the blood to them found in most people with this chronic incurable bowel disorder.

 

[ozguts]

With all the stuff I hear about cows and their milk these days I really wish I could rewind time and not have any of it....and see if I get anything! I've tried taking pro-biotic formulations for my IBS which are supposed to help healthy intestianal flora but it must be too late as it doesn't seem to do much for either the IBS or the Crohn's.

 

[milesrlv]

I don't know if there is anything to this but I was always a big milk drinker. I used to drink at least a half gallon a day. I had milk with every meal... including as a snack.

 

[Mazen]

Do you think goat's milk is safer?

 

[Mazen]

I've just tried goat's yoghurt and it seems to be easier on the stomach, and tastes actually better than cow's yoghurt Here in Lebanon we also have starined yoghurt which we call Labni; we traditionally eat it with pita bread and some olive oil, and the goat's one is also very delicious....

 

[3132757]

mmmm..Labni!.. YUM! (im also Lebanese, but living in Australia).

I have always had the theory that Crohns is closely linked to Cows Milk. I used to drink it at least 2-3 cups a day.

Goats milk should be find as its a completely different protein.

If you think about it, we are the only creatures that drink another animals milk. Just a thought.

Fou

 

[David in Seattle]

Well you know man is the only animal which consumes milk as anything but a child. Perhaps there's something the rest of the mammals understand which we don't. And of course most of east Asia doesn't really consume it to any degree. Even as a kid, I didn't much like milk, so I have probably consumed less than most. As an elementary school student, where milk was required with lunch (as much a farm price support as anything else) they pretty much had to force me to drink it. Didn't make me ill, I just found it distasteful. I do like cheese, however. Cheese in general, and aged cheeses in particular, tend to be lower in lactose. But, even given my low dairy consumption, I still have gut issues.

 

[Rose City]

I don't doubt Crohn's has environmental factors associated with it (like smokers are 3 times as likely to develop the disease) but I don't think we can really say if one thing or another really causes it.

I'm sure you could drive yourself crazy by searching for all the things that possibly could have lead to the disease but it's really a useless practice. I'm sure there is a link between almost every food and some bowel disorder.

I don't know. I'm not trying to rant, I just feel like it's really something the medical community doesn't understand very well it's an unnecessary burden to try to reflect as to "what could I have done differently/did I do this to myself" every time we hear about another food that could possibly stress the gut.

My 2 cents.

-JD

 

[Mouse]

Dairy has never really affected me but it's research like this that makes me think I should cut down just in case it's an aggrovating factor. I wish there was a simple answer for everyone!

 

[D Bergy]

Thanks Mazen.

Now there are two reasons not to drink Milk.

I never was that wild about it anyway. I haven't had any in over two years. I really do not miss it at all.

Dan