Humans are not designed to drink cows milk

AlongCame_Molly

We are the only species that willingly drinks milk from another species and after infancy.

cats love cows milk, my dog loves milk and yogurt, and i am sure our goats would suckle on the cows to if we let them lol

Cow's milk is known to give cats a case of "the runs".

Only for some cats. Same as with humans. My cat has never had any gut problems with dairy, and she eats cheese, cream, milk and cream cheese very frequently. She is 6 years old and the picture of perfect health.

You learn something new everyday! That said, one of my cats LOVES spaghetti, but only if it has parmesan cheese on it.

Your cat sounds awesome!

wamydia

We are the only species that willingly drinks milk from another species and after infancy.

cats love cows milk, my dog loves milk and yogurt, and i am sure our goats would suckle on the cows to if we let them lol

Cow's milk is known to give cats a case of "the runs".

Only for some cats. Same as with humans. My cat has never had any gut problems with dairy, and she eats cheese, cream, milk and cream cheese very frequently. She is 6 years old and the picture of perfect health.

You learn something new everyday! That said, one of my cats LOVES spaghetti, but only if it has parmesan cheese on it.

Both of my cats are obsessed with baked goods. Weirdest thing ever. I can't even leave a loaf of bread out on the table.

LAW_714

SO here's a question then...

Growing up, we had a family friend (weirdo/hippie) who used her own breast milk to make pancakes for her family...

is this more or less natural than drinking cow's milk? It's human milk, so technically it is MEANT for human consumption.

Just saying. There are weirder things than consuming cow's milk.

How long before someone posts a Game of Thrones jpeg of Lyssa Tully breast feeding her eight year old.

gwenshoe

I drink milk from a local dairy only. It's vat pasteurized http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/08/raw-milk-alternatives/#.Ue3ndsu9KSM. Try it! Support local food production!!

neanderthin

I had a vegetarian friend for dinner tonight and she tasted like meat to me. Anyway, when I brought out the buffalo mozzarella she said that only baby water buffalo should eat that............I said, sounds good, would you like some and she said, you bet it's been years since I've had that and I'm not about to pass that up, screw the baby water buffalo.....true story. I'm sure if the water buffalo were also dinning with us it would have been a different conversation.

highervibes

We also eat the ovum of other animals as well as cook our meat... so what if we're the only ones who do something? I'm sure if they had opposable thumbs and were capable of abstract thought they would too. Welcome to the top of the food chain.

anatolian9

dumb thread. I guess we should not eat animal meat either then?

neanderthin

We also eat the ovum of other animals as well as cook our meat... so what if we're the only ones who do something? I'm sure if they had opposable thumbs and were capable of abstract thought they would too. Welcome to the top of the food chain.

Now your just talking nonsense....food doesn't come on chains. j/k Is Cookstown Greens still around. I went to Banting in Alliston.

crunchybubblez

Please don't cram everyone into a box.
I buy raw milk, cheese, & eggs, fresh of a farm in Utah that's about 2hours out of Vegas.
Their animals are all happily wondering around, living a happy life.
We tried a vegan lifestyle, and it wasn't for us.
We don't eat a lot of meat, but when we do, I buy meat from companies that have great reputations for treating their free range, organic animals humanely.
The MSG in the veggie meats & cheeses was having bad effects on me and my children.

Pmagnanifit

I love milk but I get sick if I drink it or eat too much ice cream- many adults are unable to drink milk

SherryTeach

But it's okay to eat vegetables priced by migrant workers in miserable conditions?

ctalimenti

I gave up milk after drinking it for almost 50 yrs. I loved it but I love the fact that unsweetened almond milk has 1/3 the cals and almost twice the calcium.

coke_bottle

Almond milk here! Have tried coconut and rice, don't care much for those.

QueenBishOTUniverse

Ok, somebody clue me in because I'm not reading through 18 pages just to see if someone already answered this.

Um, I'm lactose intolerant? Huh? I consume ridiculous amounts of dairy and the only issue I ever had was during training for lacrosse when my body started depositing calcium in my calf muscles because there was no where else to put it! My trainer said I was the only 20yo female she had ever told to LAY OFF the dairy and that was because I was consuming between 1/2 and 1 gallon a day....but sure, lactose intolerant, yeah.....

That being said, perfectly happy to support humane treatment through organic milk, it's tastier anyways (no idea why, don't usually notice a difference, but even the husband greatly prefers the taste of the organic milk).

The rest of the guilt trip is falling woefully flat however. "She" doesn't have the cognitive abilities you are trying to credit "her" with. The only animal that makes me squirm a little in this area is pigs, they are actually VERY intelligent. Unfortunately they are also by far the tastiest of the meat animals. It's a conundrum.

Jerrypeoples

have you ever tasted the milk from a big fat bowl of lucky charms?


i rest my case

delicious_cocktail

But it's okay to eat vegetables priced by migrant workers in miserable conditions?

All I can imagine is someone at the grocery store with a price sticker gun, and am very confuse.

determinedbutlazy

I'm on the roman mythological diet, wolves milk for dat calcium and extra beast mode in the workouts.

hmoffatt

That said, we weren't designed to exercise, run marathons, do the butterfly, do extreme acrobatics etc. either.

Says who? You should read Born to Run (McDougall) at least.

pinkraynedropjacki

Did you know that in order for a cow to produce milk she must be pregnant. The cows are KEPT pregnant year round to produce it. The girl calves are kept to raise as new cows & the cycles starts again. The boy calves are killed as young as 5 days old as they become useless to milk production. 5 days old. Separated from their mother & killed because they are a boy.


Think about THAT when having your cows milk. The dairy industry won't tell you that either.

TheVimFuego

Did you know that in order for a cow to produce milk she must be pregnant. The cows are KEPT pregnant year round to produce it. The girl calves are kept to raise as new cows & the cycles starts again. The boy calves are killed as young as 5 days old as they become useless to milk production. 5 days old. Separated from their mother & killed because they are a boy.


Think about THAT when having your cows milk. The dairy industry won't tell you that either.

If I wasn't pissed as a fart I could probably absorb that, care about it and take action to move my life in a more animal-friendly direction.

I may even research the validity of the argument, just for the hell of it.

But hey, can't deny the prevailing conditions

rachseby

But it's okay to eat vegetables priced by migrant workers in miserable conditions?

Good point! Or wear clothes sewn by people working in sweat shops?

BrianSharpe

Did you know that in order for a cow to produce milk she must be pregnant. The cows are KEPT pregnant year round to produce it. The girl calves are kept to raise as new cows & the cycles starts again. The boy calves are killed as young as 5 days old as they become useless to milk production. 5 days old. Separated from their mother & killed because they are a boy.


Think about THAT when having your cows milk. The dairy industry won't tell you that either.

What an absolutely stupid and untrue statement - do human females have to be pregnant to lactate? Of course not.........

Pure unadulterated propaganda.........

Yogi_Carl

Did you know that in order for a cow to produce milk she must be pregnant. The cows are KEPT pregnant year round to produce it. The girl calves are kept to raise as new cows & the cycles starts again. The boy calves are killed as young as 5 days old as they become useless to milk production. 5 days old. Separated from their mother & killed because they are a boy.


Think about THAT when having your cows milk. The dairy industry won't tell you that either.

Not wishing to put your post down if you can verify what you have posted, but I don't understand why the meat industry would kill a male calf at only 5 days when it is more profitable to rear it until it is older for meat and other flesh products?

Not saying you are wrong but I don't understand the logic.

Also, are you sure every dairy milker is inseminated and made pregnant every year in order to keep it producing milk? A cow doesn't need to be pregnant to lactate. The meat industry just make a number of cows pregnant in order to produce more calves; females to milking and males to the flesh market.

Can you come back with more facts please?

BeachIron

Did you know that in order for a cow to produce milk she must be pregnant. The cows are KEPT pregnant year round to produce it. The girl calves are kept to raise as new cows & the cycles starts again. The boy calves are killed as young as 5 days old as they become useless to milk production. 5 days old. Separated from their mother & killed because they are a boy.


Think about THAT when having your cows milk. The dairy industry won't tell you that either.

What an absolutely stupid and untrue statement - do human females have to be pregnant to lactate? Of course not.........

Pure unadulterated propaganda.........

^ This. The one thing this thread has demonstrated quite well is that those that are very concerned with animal welfare are clueless about their facts.

ken_hogan

Did you know that in order for a cow to produce milk she must be pregnant. The cows are KEPT pregnant year round to produce it. The girl calves are kept to raise as new cows & the cycles starts again. The boy calves are killed as young as 5 days old as they become useless to milk production. 5 days old. Separated from their mother & killed because they are a boy.


Think about THAT when having your cows milk. The dairy industry won't tell you that either.

Not wishing to put your post down if you can verify what you have posted, but I don't understand why the meat industry would kill a male calf at only 5 days when it is more profitable to rear it until it is older for meat and other flesh products?

Not saying you are wrong but I don't understand the logic.

Also, are you sure every dairy milker is inseminated and made pregnant every year in order to keep it producing milk? A cow doesn't need to be pregnant to lactate. The meat industry just make a number of cows pregnant in order to produce more calves; females to milking and males to the flesh market.

Can you come back with more facts please?

I'm interested to read some facts also....

K_Serz

dumb thread. I guess we should not eat animal meat either then?

NOT DUMB!!!

bcattoes

Did you know that in order for a cow to produce milk she must be pregnant. The cows are KEPT pregnant year round to produce it. The girl calves are kept to raise as new cows & the cycles starts again. The boy calves are killed as young as 5 days old as they become useless to milk production. 5 days old. Separated from their mother & killed because they are a boy.


Think about THAT when having your cows milk. The dairy industry won't tell you that either.

What an absolutely stupid and untrue statement - do human females have to be pregnant to lactate? Of course not.........

Pure unadulterated propaganda.........

Exactly my thought. What good would milk be to a pregnant cow?

KissMeImShtFaced

Were we designed to drink almonds? Were almonds designed to be drank? Considering we don't get almond milk without a lot of processing I'm guessing the subject didn't come up when we were designed. Someone figured out we wanted something milky to drink later and came up with a few solutions at different times. The cow thing works good. Some people seem more on board with goats. Some nut (yup a pun) thought almonds worked well. Coconuts? Sure why not. Still though, not really designed to drink any of those. They work well and serve a purpose but it wasn't in the original plans. Water on the other hand. That's a biggy. Pretty much number one on the blueprint considering we're mostly made up of it. It falls from the sky and it's pretty much all over the place too. So let's just say water is the only thing we were really designed to drink.

BeachIron

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GuybrushThreepw00d

In what way are humans "designed" to drink almond milk?

Humans have been eating almonds for billions of years

BILLIONS!