Humans are not designed to drink cows milk
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Im alergic to almonds AND milk. *sigh*
What's a girl to do?!
Buy a goat.
Wait, is that against the rules too?
^^This! I have some for sale!!0 -
How about cat's milk?Im alergic to almonds AND milk. *sigh*
What's a girl to do?!
Buy a goat.
Wait, is that against the rules too?0 -
Im alergic to almonds AND milk. *sigh*
What's a girl to do?!
Buy a goat.
Wait, is that against the rules too?
But I dont LIKE the taste of goats milk!!
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How about cat's milk?Im alergic to almonds AND milk. *sigh*
What's a girl to do?!
Buy a goat.
Wait, is that against the rules too?
Thats just fukcing wrong! LOL!0 -
:laugh:I'd also like to point out that a cow is someone's cow, not "someone's" mother, because that would make a calf "someone." Calves are not "someone," they are someone's animals.
And someone's steak0 -
I can't stand next to a cow without wanting to slather BBQ sauce on it.0
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Why do I always get sucked into reading the ENTIRE thread of these controversies? :noway: Well, at least I realized I was wasting my time only halfway through this one. I'm going to find some awesome new recipes now, which will most likey include dairy.
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ALL of your farting? i drink almond milk but i still fart yo...what's up with that? :huh:
You need to get 100% of your calories from almonds and almond by products, duh.... Humans were designed to eat almonds dontchaknow0 -
I heard that unfermented soy is bad for you...
THANKYOU for this. I'm a veggie but am toying with the idea of becoming vegan. This helps.
you know if nobody bought meat or milk, that cow would have never been born, right? or would be meat instead of milk
If the cow was never born, she wouldn't suffer. You can't justify the industry like that.
I haven't consumed meat or dairy in 12 years. I see where meat is OK for most of us, but in general, humans eat (and waste) too much of it.
We are the only species that willingly drinks milk from another species and after infancy.
Soy milk, in moderation, is a great alternative. High protein, low cholesterol. Just get it unsweetened.
Not to mention the inhumane treatment of all those soys. Soy abuse has to end.0 -
And, Be sure to show this pitcure to the Bobcat, Mountain Lion, or Coyote that will come looking for her, too!0 -
We are the only species that willingly drinks milk from another species and after infancy.
So much for that theory!!!0 -
The first time I heard this, I was pregnant and really emotional. That coupled with the fact that dairy worsened my morning sickness, and I jumped right on the milk-is-for-baby-cows-not-people-wagon. I was at a breastfeeding class and they spent more time bashing cows milk than teaching us about breastfeeding. I left there completely disgusted by everything dairy. Eventually I started eating cheese and yogurt again but I'd still gag if I tried to drink milk.
It wasn't until I joined MFP and read thread after thread of the anti-milk rants that I started to realize how badly those ladies had ninja'd my brain. Happy to report that I now drink milk again. :drinker:0 -
and she is damn tasty! Medium rare please!
Yes with a side of A10 -
Our cats, pigs, and chickens all love milk, both cow milk and goat milk. As a matter of fact, the cats sit by the milking parlor mewling for their share, and the pigs and chickens come running when they see the bucket, even if they have grain in the pan.
Since I have the gene for lactase persistence, I will drink milk, as my body was apparently designed to do whenever the gene mutated for my ancestors. I have never experienced ill effects, on my digestive system or otherwise, even when drinking more than a gallon per day.0 -
I've tried a number of the different 'milks' out there and while I like them, I find them awfully sweet, so I'm going to stick to my cow's milk, thank you very much.
Though I'm pretty certain that years of generations drinking cow's milk has made it okay for us to have it.
So why is there still lactose intolerance among our society? All humans are lactose intolerant, just some people are more "intolerant" then others. I'm sorry, but i'm not drinking a steroid & hormone laced milk that makes a calf grow to 900lbs in a few months.
I'm not lactose intolerant; lactose and I get along very well. I like cow's milk - especially with chocolate in it. I think almond milk and soy milk are nasty.0 -
There are people who are allergic to nuts or shellfish...does that mean no one should eat them?Humans are not designed to drink cows milk, I totally agree. Thats how I don't understand why everyone freaks out saying, "I'm lactose intolerant!" Well duh, everyone is because we're not meant to have milk past childhood. Our bodies aren't designed for it.
No, not everyone is lactose intolerant. There are many of us who carry a mutation that allows us to continue drinking milk past infancy. Look it up. I am not lactose intolerant.0 -
Humans weren't designed. We evolved. We are still evolving.
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There are people who are allergic to nuts or shellfish...does that mean no one should eat them?Humans are not designed to drink cows milk, I totally agree. Thats how I don't understand why everyone freaks out saying, "I'm lactose intolerant!" Well duh, everyone is because we're not meant to have milk past childhood. Our bodies aren't designed for it.
No, not everyone is lactose intolerant. There are many of us who carry a mutation that allows us to continue drinking milk past infancy. Look it up. I am not lactose intolerant.
No, but at least stand down wind of those who dont eat them.. we arent "blessing" you... dont share with us!!0 -
:laugh:I can't stand next to a cow without wanting to slather BBQ sauce on it.0 -
Huh?
There are people who are allergic to nuts or shellfish...does that mean no one should eat them?Humans are not designed to drink cows milk, I totally agree. Thats how I don't understand why everyone freaks out saying, "I'm lactose intolerant!" Well duh, everyone is because we're not meant to have milk past childhood. Our bodies aren't designed for it.
No, not everyone is lactose intolerant. There are many of us who carry a mutation that allows us to continue drinking milk past infancy. Look it up. I am not lactose intolerant.
No, but at least stand down wind of those who dont eat them.. we arent "blessing" you... dont share with us!!0 -
Who cares what other species do? Humans who are descended from enough generations of dairy farmers or herders have evolved the ability to digest lactose as adults. This has evolved in the last few thousand years, and only in populations that kept milk producing animals (it's likely they were kept for meat initially, then they gradually shifted into eating dairy, probably starting with supplementing children's diets with dairy, then those individuals who could digest dairy at older ages had a survival advantage as they had an extra food source to turn to in a food shortage, and so survived better and left more genes in the population... continue that for enough generations and you have a population that's adapted to eating dairy). Other populations that never kept milk producing animals carried on exploiting other food sources, and never adapted to eating dairy, and there are much higher levels of lactose intolerance in those populations. Lactose intolerant people shouldn't drink milk, but chances are they already know that, due to getting ill from drinking milk...
I am descended from dairy farmers. I am adapted to eating dairy; it doesn't make me ill. I will continue to eat dairy.0 -
I like my sushi too much..
I heard that unfermented soy is bad for you...
THANKYOU for this. I'm a veggie but am toying with the idea of becoming vegan. This helps.
you know if nobody bought meat or milk, that cow would have never been born, right? or would be meat instead of milk
If the cow was never born, she wouldn't suffer. You can't justify the industry like that.
I haven't consumed meat or dairy in 12 years. I see where meat is OK for most of us, but in general, humans eat (and waste) too much of it.
We are the only species that willingly drinks milk from another species and after infancy.
Soy milk, in moderation, is a great alternative. High protein, low cholesterol. Just get it unsweetened.
Not to mention the inhumane treatment of all those soys. Soy abuse has to end.0 -
And, Be sure to show this pitcure to the Bobcat, Mountain Lion, or Coyote that will come looking for her, too!
I'm trying to picture a bobcat taking down an adult cow. The mental image is hilarious to me.0 -
Nonsense. Humans are omnivores.0
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That's why I only drink almond milk. It has fixed all my flatulence problems. Give it a try!
Getting rid of all dairy has rid me of flatulence issues as well. I am not a fan of almond milk unless I make it myself, so I tend to use a lot of coconut milk.0 -
And, Be sure to show this pitcure to the Bobcat, Mountain Lion, or Coyote that will come looking for her, too!
I'm trying to picture a bobcat taking down an adult cow. The mental image is hilarious to me.
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Unless you have been surgically enhanced to have 4 stomachs, like a cow, then there is a pretty good chance that cow's milk was not designed for you. If it were the ideal nutrition then why would so many mother's choose breastfeeding when it would be so simple to feed cow's milk instead which we (human's) must be designed to consume by this point in time???
This is a fitness site and while not EVERYONE on here aims to be healthy or feel better, plenty of us do and are. While human's weren't designed for the vices mentioned, many people do enjoy them in moderation but they can in no way become their physical best by making those items the main staple.
I don't think that the OP was calling milk the devil just sharing info about a positive digestive change.
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The genetic mutation that allows for lactase production throughout life in some indicates that yes, in fact, you ARE designed to drink cows milk if you have that mutation, considering that dairy farming is what brought about the mutation and its persistance.
By the logic of the "we aren't designed to drink cows milk" hooplah, if you in fact are one of the people blessed with lactase production in adulthood, you absolutely SHOULD drink cows milk as you know for a fact that your ancestors specifically evolved to drink cows milk; it is the one food product that you are absolutely certain that you are in fact designed to consume, as there is no other reason for lactase production to persist into adulthood.
This.
Most people of European ancestry have the genetic mutations that cause lactase persistence, due to cattle domestication in northern Europe several thousand years ago. Approximately 35% of all humans worldwide also have lactase persistence. Most of the people who do experience lactase nonpersistence can still eat varying amounts of dairy with no symptoms, especially fermented products like cheese and yogurt.
I'm going to go enjoy a glass of milk now.
For your researching pleasure:
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/lactose-intolerance
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1182075/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/146160600 -
Where our ancestors came from, how they adapted to manage their environment, and where we live today all have a huge impact on our health. I produce the needed enzymes (lactase) as an adult so somewhere back in the 1400s or so there was dairy available to me.0
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How about cat's milk?Im alergic to almonds AND milk. *sigh*
What's a girl to do?!
Buy a goat.
Wait, is that against the rules too?
"You can milk anything with nipples..."
"I have nipples, Focker. Can you milk me?"0
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