Nectar of the Gods
Have I ever told you my feelings about milk? If not, and if you care, read on.
What ever possessed us to think that cow milk was something we should regularly consume? We are not cows. We cannot utilize milk the way a baby cow can. It is not designed for us to drink. It is designed to put 400+ pounds on a baby cow in a year. We are the only mammal that drinks milk beyond infancy into adult years. Does this make sense? Did we somehow evolve differently in some aspect of our nutrient intake that makes us have to drink another species' milk this late in life? Nope. Cow's milk is made of fat, sugars that we cannot digest, and calcium we cannot get at. So they came up with lower fat milk. Well, we are even less likely to get calcium out of the milk with the lower fat content. So clog the arteries, and get some calcium. But milk products actually cause you to lose calcium out of your body. Calcium is not only used in your bones, it is used in cellular processes throughout your body. Making your body try to digest and deal with dairy products actually causes you to lose calcium. This is one of the reasons why the higher rates of milk consumption per capita coincides with the highest rates if osteoporosis.
Why did the western world start drinking so much milk? Many cultures do not drink much or any milk at all, and they did not suffer from osteoporosis like this, where did they get their calcium from? It seems a while ago, the dairy and meat producers got together to manufacture this little thing called a 'food guide' to tell you how much of their products you should eat. The marketed this as a way to push their products under the guise of health.
What ever possessed us to think that cow milk was something we should regularly consume? We are not cows. We cannot utilize milk the way a baby cow can. It is not designed for us to drink. It is designed to put 400+ pounds on a baby cow in a year. We are the only mammal that drinks milk beyond infancy into adult years. Does this make sense? Did we somehow evolve differently in some aspect of our nutrient intake that makes us have to drink another species' milk this late in life? Nope. Cow's milk is made of fat, sugars that we cannot digest, and calcium we cannot get at. So they came up with lower fat milk. Well, we are even less likely to get calcium out of the milk with the lower fat content. So clog the arteries, and get some calcium. But milk products actually cause you to lose calcium out of your body. Calcium is not only used in your bones, it is used in cellular processes throughout your body. Making your body try to digest and deal with dairy products actually causes you to lose calcium. This is one of the reasons why the higher rates of milk consumption per capita coincides with the highest rates if osteoporosis.
Why did the western world start drinking so much milk? Many cultures do not drink much or any milk at all, and they did not suffer from osteoporosis like this, where did they get their calcium from? It seems a while ago, the dairy and meat producers got together to manufacture this little thing called a 'food guide' to tell you how much of their products you should eat. The marketed this as a way to push their products under the guise of health.
posted by Muss at 8:46 pm
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