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Sunday Night: Aug 12

A debate over raw milk, the parents of a bullying victim and a surfer who defied medical odds.

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Sunday Night is again hosted by Mark Ferguson while Chris Bath in London for the Olympic Games.

Milk Wars
Across Australia and the US, there is a new booming underground trade – not in drugs or guns, but in raw milk. Ordinary mums and dads are paying up to six times the normal price to exploit a legal loophole and get their hands on milk the way Mother Nature created it – straight from the cow. It’s sold as ‘bath milk’ and the label says ‘not for human consumption’. Supporters argue that raw milk has health benefits that everyday pasteurised milk does not, even though food authority officials warn raw milk can be deadly. It’s led to a milk war, and Doctor John D’Arcy meets both sides – including a Sydney shopkeeper fined a staggering $180,000 after being caught selling it illegally. And it’s not just raw milk that’s causing headlines – scientists now say there is growing proof that we should all switch to A2 milk because ordinary A1 supermarket milk could be linked to diabetes, autism and schizophrenia.

When Nobody Listens
Many children go to school every day living in fear and trepidation, subjected to relentless bullying which their parents have little or no idea about. From physical violence on the school bus, to torment and torture in the classroom, it’s a modern day epidemic, with tragic consequences. Sunday Night’s Ross Coulthart meets the parents of Olivia – a beautiful and talented teenager from Melbourne, who was the victim of bullying. The outcome is every parent’s worst nightmare. Olivia’s parents share their very personal story and share the emotional message that Olivia left behind.

The Survivor
33-year-old Ben Cryan should not be alive. After a horrific surfing holiday overseas, his parents were told there was a good chance he wouldn’t make it. Then after more than 30 gruelling operations, his body failed him again. Sunday Night’s Alex Cullen meets the young man who has defied the odds to pull off a medical miracle, and his mother who made it all possible. An amazing story of how a mother’s love saved a young man’s life.

Sunday, August 12 at 6.30pm on Channel 7.

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  1. Kenny I wouldn’t be surprised that having a cow would provide healthy milk. The problem these days with mass production is they have a whole lot of cows to better encounter and maintain mass disease. As long as they are all healthy it wouldn’t be a problem. But one cow could infect all of them most efficiently. And while I seriously doubt the ludicrous autism, diabetes and schizophrenia claims. There are known diseases that do cause problems in humans. Due to the stupidity of mass production.

    Although I guess these scientists might not of read the story about Heidi and the health effects of goats milk. Of course this was in the mountains and probably only one goat. So less likely to get ill from other goats. Plus it was only a story. There’s no scientific proof.

  2. My parents and grandparents had a cow. Fresh milk every day. Butter and cream churned from more milk. All lived into their 80s with none of the medical issues listed. Next we’ll be told not to drink it, it’ll send you blind….no that was something else back in 1960.
    When we bullied someone at school we copped the cane. Pity that ended.

  3. I wonder about those health (and except some immediate unhealthy ) claims with milk because next are scientists going to claim there’s a link between stress and ulcers. It managed to stuff up research into what was really going on for maybe over a century i.e. bacteria. Not that I necessarily subscribe to diabetes, autism and schizophrenia being one solution or problem for all of them together. Seems ludicrous. Time will tell I guess.

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