Milk Causes Brain Damage?

I just read an article called "Scientists point to link between dairy foods and dementia". Here's the general idea behind the article:

CALCIUM and vitamin D in dairy products may be contributing to brain damage and dementia in older men and women, new research suggests.

Scientists believe too much calcium can narrow blood vessels in the brain, leading to neural damage. The effect may be compounded by vitamin D, which regulates calcium retention and activity.

I just wanted to point out some big problems with this study: the vitamin D that is in store-bought milk is synthetic. It is not the same thing as the natural vitamin D we get from the sun and from raw milk. First of all, conventional milk from the store comes from raw milk that is low in vitamin D to begin with. This is becaues the cows do not get much sunshine, and they are fed grain rather than grass. Secondly, pasteurization destroys a good percentage of the vitamins that are there. This is why they have to fortify it with synthetic vitamin D. But synthetic vitamin D is NOT the same as natural vitamin D, it is actually quite different.

The reason that getting your calcium from store-bought milk is not a good idea is because pasteurization renders the enzyme phosphatase ineffective. In fact, one of the ways they test milk to see if it has been pasteurized is to see if there is any phosphatase left in it. No phosphatase: it's pasteurized. Some phosphatase: it's not yet pasteurized. This is important because your body needs phosphatase to utilize calcium correctly. Without it, the calcium from milk is not doing your body any good. In fact, that extra calcium floating through your body unused could become deposited in unfortunate places, and that can cause many different problems related to calcification, such as hardening of the arteries.

If the scientists recreated this research study using grass-fed raw milk rather than cooked milk, they would likely get entirely different results. My theory is that it is actually the synthetic vitamin D and a lack of phosphatase that can be linked to dementia.