milks what is best for you?

Seriously,

"The majority of humans are not able to drink cow's milk; they are lactose intolerant because the gene to use lactose shuts off. A minority have a mutation that allows us to continue to drink it without ill effects."

This is just false.

I personally prefer 1% cows milk.

Have you done any research. The norm for humans is lactose intolerance. Most people throughout the world are lactose intolerant. Many westerners have a mutation that allows us to drink milk past childhood. But that is not the case in much of the world. Look it up.

Please provide some citations to this??

Have you done any research. The norm for humans is lactose intolerance. Most people throughout the world are lactose intolerant. Many westerners have a mutation that allows us to drink milk past childhood. But that is not the case in much of the world. Look it up.

Please provide some citations to this??

This was not directed at me, but I'll field it. Even wikipedia is fine:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose_intolerance#Lactase_persistence

Subsequent research revealed that intolerance was more common globally than lactase persistence,[61][62][63][64][65] and that the variation was genetic.[56][66]

This also explains why you perceive it as less common than it really is.
Mind you, if you metabolize dairy just fine it's not unhealthy for you.

Have you done any research. The norm for humans is lactose intolerance. Most people throughout the world are lactose intolerant. Many westerners have a mutation that allows us to drink milk past childhood. But that is not the case in much of the world. Look it up.

Please provide some citations to this??

This was not directed at me, but I'll field it. Even wikipedia is fine:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactose_intolerance#Lactase_persistence

Subsequent research revealed that intolerance was more common globally than lactase persistence,[61][62][63][64][65] and that the variation was genetic.[56][66]

This also explains why you perceive it as less common than it really is.
Mind you, if you metabolize dairy just fine it's not unhealthy for you.

Wikipedia really isn't the most reliable source of information. Unfortunately, anyone can post anything in Wikipedia. Sometimes postings are made without any type of citation at all or the sources cited are unreliable, as well. Do any peer-reviewed sources regarding your claims of lactose intolerance exist? I've looked and can't find any.

I can drink cow's milk and goat's milk I just hate the taste and prefer either unsweetened almond, rice or soy milk. I do eat cow's and goat's milk cheese, though, ice cream made out of cow's milk, etc., without any problems.

Here is a nice regional breakdown. Northern India is a good example of a non-white population where lactose tolerance is the norm, but yes globally most people are lactose intolerant.

http://milk.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000661

I personally prefer unsweetened vanilla or regular almond milk. I haven't attempted to drink it alone, but I add it to my oatmeal and protein shakes. I typically cook with and drink skim milk, but there's no real reason for that - you could easily use almond milk for everything. You simply can't beat 30 calories per cup unless you're going to use water - and water in oatmeal is gross.

Here's a couple of short audio commentaries from a podcast that i found informative:

1) Milk Is A Natural Food, And Cows Naturally Give Milk, So What’s Wrong With Drinking It?
"Cow’s milk is indeed a natural food – for calves! ... Our consumption of cow’s milk is even more absurd when you consider that calves stop drinking cow’s milk when they’re weaned, and humans stop drinking human milk when they’re weaned, but somehow we’ve all been convinced that humans should continue drinking cow’s milk – and never wean."

http://www.compassionatecook.com/writings/podcast-media/milk-is-a-natural-food-and-cows-naturally-give-milk-so-whats-wrong-with-drinking-it-2

2) Where Do I Get My Calcium If I Don’t Drink Cow’s Milk?
"Cow’s milk contains calcium because cows eat grass. Calcium is a mineral that comes from the ground, which means, like grass, all green leafy vegetables are teeming with this nutrient. Let’s explore the rationale behind human adults drinking another animal’s milk when we don’t even drink our own species’ milk into adulthood..."

http://www.compassionatecook.com/writings/podcast-media/where-do-i-get-my-calcium-if-i-dont-drink-cows-milk-2

Hope this is helpful!

PS - I prefer unsweetened almond milk. 35 calories, plenty of calcium and other good stuff, for only 35 cals. Daily soy milk hurts my tummy.

i drank vanilla almond milk in my coffee and smoothies for years, but i recently switched back to 1% or 2% organic cow's milk. everyone has their own opinion (with evidence to back it up) on this, so i say do what works for you. vanilla almond milk has more sugar and less protein than cow's milk, and i was using more of it in my coffee b/c it isn't creamy like cow's milk (in my opinion). i'm trying to reduce my overall sugar, so this switch worked for me. i also don't have any problem digesting dairy, so no worries there.

comparing all the nutrition in the different kinds of cow's milk, skim has more sugar, less fat, and less protein than 1% and 2%, while whole milk has more calories and fat, but not more protein. 1% and 2% are pretty equal in terms of nutrition, but i like 2% better so i usually go with that.

I love cow's milk for the taste and protein. I'll use almond milk instead of water for my protein shakes and maybe for baking. Cow's milk and chocolate soy are pretty much the only milks I drink straight up.

Fear mongering with cows milk I see.