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In Defense of Milk
For those of us who still drink milk and like it and have no trouble digesting it in any of its glorious guises, from butter to yoghurt... here's an intersting blog by Dave Munger at SEED on current scientific thinking/speculation about why some of us can tolerate milk and others can't. Northern Europeans and Africans generally fare well. Southern Euros and East Asians, not so.
One analysis from a paper in PLoS ONE suggests the lactase gene evolved in Europe because there isn't enough sunlight to produce the vitamin D needed to take in calcium—so milk drinking helped meet that deficiency. In Africa the lactase gene evolved in conjunction with early milk-producing domesticated animals—helping boost protein intake.
Milk. It does some bodies good. Especially with chocolate or cookies.
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Organic Milk Continues To Go Sour
Yesterday, the Wisconsin-based farm policy group, the Cornucopia Institute, announced the filing of class action lawsuits against the nation's largest...
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Organic Milk Goes Corporate
Can mega-dairies whose cows rarely get out to pasture still be called "organic"? And where's the government oversight?
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Vitamins
Not really
Except for the pus that the manufacturers are allowed to include. Yuck! Organic is a little better, but not really due to the large facilities and their waste. It really isn't healthy. If you need Vit D, get it in fortified cereal or a supplement. Or get outside more. This article reads like a plug from the Milk Association or something. Kind of like that corporate ad dietician on the Today show. Sad.
Milk's the best
I looooooove skim milk. Drink it all the time. I buy organic skim whenever I can. Oddly enough, as a newborn, I could not tolerate my mother's milk, & repeatedly heaved it up every time I was given it. I love ice cream, love mozzarella cheese, and raspberry yogurt. But that's it. The smell of any other kind of dairy product always kicks in my gag reflect. Sour cream, cream cheese, any kind of melted cheese, cottage cheese, plain yogurt, heated milk. I use a vegan butter for everyday use, and good ole fatty butter for baking. I'm descended from mostly northern European, so maybe that's why I'm fairly dairy compatible.
What?!
The author of this tiny piece missed some valuable pieces of information:
Cows are given hormones and antibiotics.
They produce 10 times more milk than they used to under more natural conditions.
They are slaughtered after their milk production decreases.
Male calves born to these cows are taken from their mothers and confined to crates so small they cannot turn around. After several weeks, they are slaughtered for their flesh, as "veal."
Please, if you care about animals, abstain from consuming their flesh and bodily secretions. Go vegan! Learn more at ChooseVeg.com.
Or...
Buy your milk locally. I buy raw goat milk straight from the farm. The answer to every injustice done to animals is not to become vegan. For some people, veganism works well, but others do not fair as well.
Get to know your local farmers, you can eat animal products from animals that were treated humanely.
the only "bodies" that milk
the only "bodies" that milk does good for are the farmers & the dairy industry that profit off the exploitation & suffering of animals. unless you are a calf, there is no reason to drink cows milk.
response to Jesse
Jesse, what do the owners of that farm do with the offspring and with the goat after her milk production declines? Does she live out her years there in bliss or is she slaughtered?
The real truth
We all need to know this:
http://americaspeaksink.com/2009/08/revealed-organic-food-a-scam/
i think,milk is good food
i think,milk is good food
You silly vegans. When will
You silly vegans. When will you learn that it's an evolutionary prerogative to consume other species?
@ "joedee1969"--That's hilarious. Seriously, read it. What a nut! As mojo would say, break out the tinfoil hats!
Ridiculous theory. ALL
Ridiculous theory. ALL mammals have lactase in order to digest mother's milk. It didn't develop in Europe, it was already with us before humans migrated to Europe. If it wasn't with us from the beginning, the earliest babies would have starved to death and the human race wouldn't exist.
Many adults also lose their ability to tolerate lactose regardless of where they are from. Some populations may lose tolerance sooner, but it would be rare for an entire group to be born intolerant because they would be unable to suckle from their mothers which would be a huge disadvantage if we were still living in the wild. I know I can't handle the same amount of dairy products that I used to be able to just a few years ago without making myself sick.
Evolution
Years ago I could and did drink lots of milk . Probably more than water . Around the time they started pumping the cows up with steroids my body began to revolt when I had a taste of milk . Since then I have given up on milk .
I drink milks every
I drink milks every day..make me fresh
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