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edited February 3 in Food and Nutrition
Whats wrong with drinking 16.4 cups of 1% milk everyday and eating/drinking nothing else.

You get 1800 calories, 213 carbs, 49 fats, and 147 protein grams. Very reasonable.

Tell me why this cannot work.

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  • Posts: 14,025 Member
    You would poop yourself.
  • Posts: 125 Member
    I would be miserable personally. 1% milk tastes terrible. Milk doesn't provide a varied enough spread of vitamins and minerals either. Sure, someone could probably live on this (they'd probably get scurvy and god knows what other vitamin deficiency driven diseases though) but unhappily.

    #1 reason this doesn't work is that it's not a healthy way to interact with food psychologically (and pretty much in every other way). Getting thinner should never occur at the cost of healthiness. You can't subsist on milk for your whole life so you have to start eating food again at some point. Without working on the portion control problems at the root of the weight issue, the weight will come back.

    But I don't believe you are looking for real answers.
  • Posts: 875 Member
    Ditto on the scurvy. The pirate look isn't sexy, despite Johnny Depp.

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  • Posts: 5,516 Member
    Macros, yes.

    Micros? Not so much. They're important, too. (I'm talking all the vitamins, minerals, trace minerals, and phytonutrients).

    There's a reason that eating a wide variety of foods is good for you.

    But then, maybe you're just resorting to hyperbole in order to make a point.
  • Posts: 384 Member
    Well, if you take your multivitamins... *rubs chin*

    Oh good god, I'm considering this! Food budget is now $40 a week plus vitamins! *runs to store*
  • Posts: 47
    I would have such bad gas...
  • Posts: 3,750 Member
    nothing. it seems to work well for these guys.

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  • Posts: 329 Member
    Some people do.
  • Posts: 3,987 Member
    Whats wrong with drinking 16.4 cups of 1% milk everyday and eating/drinking nothing else.

    You get 1800 calories, 213 carbs, 49 fats, and 147 protein grams. Very reasonable.

    Tell me why this cannot work.
    it's great if you're a baby cow
  • Posts: 217 Member
    I'll try that. But with breast milk.

    I need volunteers.
  • Posts: 147 Member
    Hey why not! Its Baby approved.... :I
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  • Posts: 251 Member
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  • Posts: 388 Member
    Actually know a guy who did this. He lost a lot of weight but gained it back very quickly. Nutritionally though, I can see how short term it wouldnt be terrible.
  • Posts: 74 Member
    Gross.
  • Posts: 2,130 Member
    You'd be a lot better off on the milk and potato diet. Especially if you eat the skins, milk and potatoes provide a remarkably complete diet.
  • Posts: 582 Member
    Zero:
    0 Fiber
    0 Starch
    0 Vitamin C
    0 Vitamin E
    0 Vitamin K
    0 Thiamin
    0 Manganese
    0 Iron

    Very very little:
    Thiamin
    Niacin
    Folate
    Copper

    A large portion of the calories come from sugars.

    Might have:
    Anibiotics
    Probably GMOs
    bovine growth hormones ( rBGH), a known carcinogen
    chemically-synthesized vitamin D

    http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/dairy-and-egg-products/74/2

    http://butterbeliever.com/fat-free-dairy-skim-milk-secrets/
  • Posts: 582 Member
    Well, if you take your multivitamins... *rubs chin*

    There's a reason they're called supplements. And not called substitutes.
  • Posts: 3,972 Member
    You would poop yourself.

    Pretty much this.
  • Posts: 159 Member
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    it's great if you're a baby cow

    Even baby cows eat grass on top of it!
  • Posts: 1,318 Member
    I would rather 1800 calories of yummy food and get my vitamins and nutrients

    Ie: Breakfast - Porridge with peanut butter/fruit and greek yoghurt

    Lunch - Hearty veg soup/Ryvita's with cottage cheese & tom/Wholegrain sandwich/salad/wrap/sushi etc

    Dinner - Fish & Veg/ Meat/Veg/ Omelette etc

    Why just drink milk ??? How boring..........I couldn't do that!
  • Posts: 1,318 Member
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    Love this!!! HA HA!

    That would be me
  • Posts: 104 Member
    It's definitely possible, but that amount of lactose could really make you bloated. Also you'll be depriving yourself of certain micronutrients.

    A lot of body builders/power lifters/the like drink a lot of milk to hit their macros.
  • Posts: 800 Member
    Whats wrong with drinking 16.4 cups of 1% milk everyday and eating/drinking nothing else.

    You get 1800 calories, 213 carbs, 49 fats, and 147 protein grams. Very reasonable.

    Tell me why this cannot work.

    Because milk doesn't contain all the nutrients you need. There is more to food than macros, people.
  • Posts: 941 Member
    I think Rippetoe recommends a gallon of milk a day for those bulking or whatnot, but I think that is in addition to a normal diet.

    As far as micros...I wonder if a greens drink would cover that?
  • Posts: 8,897 Member
    What about breast milk?
  • Posts: 429
    What if you're lactose intolerant?
  • Posts: 3,303 Member
    Ok add a couple eggs and a multivitamin and it's rock solid. I love milk so I was just wondering how much I can drink a day and my answer was just get on a milk diet.
  • Posts: 15,227 Member
    Mainly, lack of micronutrition, but I suppose you could get away with it for a few days.
  • Posts: 2,736 Member
    What about breast milk?

    I could get on board with this. Willing to give it the ol' college try!
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