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Cow's Milk And Milk Alternatives — Is Mare's Milk Too Exotic?
Milk is a word that brings about impassioned arguments. Some defend cow's milk like tigers others demote it and do not give it a chance. You would think people are discussing a dangerous illegal drug.
To defend their position cow's milk critics maintain that humans are the only mammals that consume milk in adult age. This has never convinced me, because except when we humans become aggressive, we do everything different from the animal kingdom.
In the first place we should keep in mind that milk is a food, and treat it as such. Before modern measurement methods broke down every nutritious substance to the smallest possible unit, people relied on traditional knowledge, real life experience, and their own body intelligence to decide if a food was healthful for them. Likewise mothers' intuition regarding their children's nourishment was accepted as the most natural thing on earth.
Milk Does Not Do the Body Good
Every time I tell people about the dangers of cow?s milk, they look at me as if I am crazy. Cow?s milk is not for human consumption. The cow has been called humanity?s adoptive mother, even though the milk that it secretes is quite different from that of the human female.
One of the main questions I get when I tell people about the dangers of milk is:
?Don?t we need milk for calcium??
The straight answer to that question is simply, NO! I then ask them a question back.
Got Milk? Got Too Much Fat, Cholesterol, Sugar, Protein, and Contaminants?
All of us have been raised to believe that ?milk does a body good? or ?milk is a natural? or ?milk is nature?s perfect food.? How could it not be? We associate milk with our first foods and our mothers. It is because of this association that many of us are more emotionally attached to milk and dairy products than any other food.
On top of that, our mothers gave it to us and made us drink it because they thought, along with their peers, doctors, teachers and government, that milk was necessary for strong bones and teeth and for good health and fitness.
Milk: The Big, White Lie!
Please know that I am just like you and I am not trying to speak down from a hilltop or condescend. I would do that if I thought it would work but humor is usually more effective. I too once believed that milk was healthy, good and should be guzzled down like beer through a funnel.
Milk is touted by the ?experts? as the ?Perfect Health Food? and best choice for dieting and weight loss. The opposite is actually true. The growth hormones, chemicals and bacteria in milk will make you gain weight, retain body fat and make you sick. Try this experiment. Cut out all dairy products for one whole month (cheese, ice cream, everything). Resume eating dairy products again. I did this and now I become very ill when I drink milk or eat cheese and ice cream in any quantity. I used to drink 2 gallons of milk a week! Lactose intolerance is another way of saying that milk makes people sick. 95% of African Americans are lactose intolerant, 20-40% of Caucasians are lactose intolerant, and 50-70% of Asians are lactose intolerant. I do not know of any other ?Perfect Health Foods? that make so many people sick.
Got “The Right” Milk?
We've all heard the slogan, “milk, it does a body good” - but what kind of milk? While some milk is fine for some, many others, especially children are allergic or intolerant from their first drink. An estimated 30 million Americans have some kind of lactose (the milk sugar in all dairy products) intolerance, and more than 100,000 babies are thought to suffer from milk allergies.
There is a difference between lactose intolerance and milk allergies. Children with lactose intolerance are deficient in lactase, an enzyme produced internally to break down lactose. This can result in stomache aches, gas and diarrhea. However children allergic to milk have reactions to some or all of the proteins: casein, whey, and lactalbumin. The adverse effects can cause gastric problems as well as skin issues such as rash, and eczema, and nasal distress such as runny nose and congestion. These reactions can come as soon as babies are breastfed (by mothers ingesting dairy products) or given milk based formulas. Babies are more likely to be born with a milk allergy vs. a lactose intolerance.