Wake-up Call: 40% of Breast Cancer Cases Linked to Common Cow Virus

A breast cancer awareness bomb has been dropped, and your refrigerator might be holding a key to a major cause of this tragic disease. Did you know that the vast majority of cattle in the United States have the Bovine Leukemia Virus? Cattle, the natural host, only develop leukemia from BLV in about 5% of cases, but it turns out that this widespread disease is horrifically passing havoc on to humans who consume dairy products.
A startling amount of research-based evidence, see sources below, has been piling up in the medical community that ties BLV to the development of cancer in humans. Dr. Michael Gregor of NutritionFacts.org has put together three videos explaining the connection. In the first video, the history of BLV and cancer in humans is established. The second video explores exactly how BLV causes cancer in humans. Finally, the third video reviews the dairy/cattle industry’s spin doctor morbid response to the mounting medical proof that dairy consumption causes breast cancer.

Bottom line? Drinking milk, and consuming dairy products in general, is now strongly tied to breast cancer, prostate cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, not to mention that 65% of the world’s population is lactose intolerant. Nature is telling us that breast milk is for babies, and cow’s milk is not meant for humans.

Sources Cited in Videos:

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