Milk Good or Bad?

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popular ingredient in the glue industry. Now does
The argument for and against consumingthat sound like something you want in your cup
cow’s milk and dairy productsof tea! In short I think its best to stick to your
Dairy free, wheat free, gluten free, it sometimesown species for a multitude of reasons, each
seems like a lot of people are intolerant of a lotspecies’ milk differs to suit the
of different things these days. Milk and dairyrequirement but it shares one common fact.
produce is one food group that comes in for a lotIt’s only to suckle the new born, after
of flak. This is what I think.suckling the youngster is always moved onto the
My initial thoughts on milk are as follows, we arenatural diet, grass if you happen to be a cow,
mammals and indeed when we are young wefruits, vegetables and the natural abundance of
feed on mother’s milk but as we grow wegoodness if you are a human.
are weaned and hopefully go on to live happyMilk is often sold to us on the calcium content,
healthy lives enjoying all the natural bountymilk is white, your bones are white, so it makes
available to us on this great planet of ours.sense, right? Nope, brittle bones or osteoporosis is
However I think we have developed somecontinually linked to excessive animal protein and
strange habits and the consumption of anotherpoor intake of green vegetables. The strongest
mammal’s baby milk is one of them. bones are continually sported by the vegetarian
Let’s look at what cow’s milk iscommunity. Why? Well calcium is a mineral, it is
designed to do. Well, cows reach physical maturitypresent in the soil and is absorbed and presented
a lot quick than we do growing from some 70to us in format that can be digested by, yes,
— 80 lbs (34 kgs) to an adult weight ofyou’ve guessed it, vegetables and some
1000 lbs (454 kgs) typically weaning from milk atfruits.
200 days at a bodyweight of 450 lbs (204 kgs).I think there are different types of people, some
Pretty impressive stats aren’t they? Butthrive on protein, other become overwhelmed by
can you see how a product that takes an animalit and suffer. I myself need a good supply of
with four stomachs from a birth weight of 75 lbsprotein but I look to get this from the plant world.
to 450 lbs (a total weight gain of 375 lbs) in 200Did you know that wheatgrass powder is higher in
days might be a little too much for us…protein than fillet steak!
Milk protein is called “casein” though a calf isI hope this information is interesting and leads you
designed to assimilate and benefit from it casein isto investigate the world of health and nutrition.