Why are so many excluding milk from their diet?

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  • coalz
    coalz Posts: 308 Member
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  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Packerjohn wrote: »
    Just curious. What people arr paying for milk. Some have mentioned cost as a reason for limiting or avoiding milk. The great value milk at our local walmart has been under $1.50 a gallon for months. Last night it was $1.18 a gallon.

    Seems pretty cost effective for the nutrient density.

    $3.50 for 1L of cows milk. $3.90 for 1L of Almond milk

    That's crazy expensive. Where are you?

    It's more like $2 / litre.

    https://www.woolworths.com.au/Shop/Browse/eggs-dairy-fridge/skim-reduced-fat-milk
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    Packerjohn wrote: »
    Just curious. What people arr paying for milk. Some have mentioned cost as a reason for limiting or avoiding milk. The great value milk at our local walmart has been under $1.50 a gallon for months. Last night it was $1.18 a gallon.

    Seems pretty cost effective for the nutrient density.

    $3.50 for 1L of cows milk. $3.90 for 1L of Almond milk

    That's crazy expensive. Where are you?

    It's more like $2 / litre.

    https://www.woolworths.com.au/Shop/Browse/eggs-dairy-fridge/skim-reduced-fat-milk

    And almond milk is nearly twice as much.

    https://www.woolworths.com.au/Shop/Search/Products?searchTerm=Almond milk
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Possibly because an 8oz glass of milk is from 125-150 calories? Also some may have issues with digestion of lactose when taken by itself.
    People make changes in their diets due to cost too.

    Seriously overstating the calorie content. Fat Free milk has 80-90 calories per 8oz serving, but offers up 8g of protein.

    Right on about so many people having issues digesting lactose, though. Also, milk has a fairly high carb/sugar count due to the lactose -- which can cause insulin spiking, as well.

    Fat free milk is white water. And it's disgusting
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    Packerjohn wrote: »
    Just curious. What people arr paying for milk. Some have mentioned cost as a reason for limiting or avoiding milk. The great value milk at our local walmart has been under $1.50 a gallon for months. Last night it was $1.18 a gallon.

    Seems pretty cost effective for the nutrient density.

    $3.50 for 1L of cows milk. $3.90 for 1L of Almond milk

    That's crazy expensive. Where are you?

    It's more like $2 / litre.

    https://www.woolworths.com.au/Shop/Browse/eggs-dairy-fridge/skim-reduced-fat-milk

    Depends which one you use. I drink.. The complete dairy high protein milk which is $3.50 for 1L at Foodland, will be switching to Woolies tho which sells it for 2.99.

  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    edited March 2016
    Orphia wrote: »
    Packerjohn wrote: »
    Just curious. What people arr paying for milk. Some have mentioned cost as a reason for limiting or avoiding milk. The great value milk at our local walmart has been under $1.50 a gallon for months. Last night it was $1.18 a gallon.

    Seems pretty cost effective for the nutrient density.

    $3.50 for 1L of cows milk. $3.90 for 1L of Almond milk

    That's crazy expensive. Where are you?

    It's more like $2 / litre.

    https://www.woolworths.com.au/Shop/Browse/eggs-dairy-fridge/skim-reduced-fat-milk

    Depends which one you use. I drink.. The complete dairy high protein milk which is $3.50 for 1L at Foodland, will be switching to Woolies tho which sells it for 2.99.

    We're pretty lucky. We have 2 supercenter type stores, 2 large full service chain grocery stores, a Fresh Market, Sam's Club and an Aldi's within 3/4 of a mile of each other in the area where we shop. Tends to keep prices down, like the $1.18 a gallon.
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
    edited March 2016
    I've never liked the taste of cow's milk.
    I use cream in my coffee and almond or coconut milk in smoothies, etc.
    I also eat cheese, cream cheese and occasionally yogurt or ice cream.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    8 bucks a gallon for whole raw milk. 3.99 for a liter of Fairlife. (I think it's a liter).
  • Melemur
    Melemur Posts: 95 Member
    I don't get it I love milk sometimes I just drink a glass for protein and also to help gain extra calories if I'm really low by the end of the day
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    The calories arent that high for milk. 130cals for 250ml of light milk. I rarely drink a plain glass of milk, for which I'd prefer the full fat version, but lite tastes fine to me in tea, coffee or smoothies
  • HeyMissNya
    HeyMissNya Posts: 39 Member
    rca27801 wrote: »
    I don't get it. I can understand not liking milk, but to exclude it solely because of dieting purposes? Am I missing something.

    Milk is such an easy way to get in your protein. Fairlife milk provides me with 13 grams of protein per cup. If you love milk, I don't see any reason to stop drinking it.

    I like milk, it just doesnt like me back, so Im experimenting with alternatives like almond/coconut/rice, especially unsweetened and low calorie versions.
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Puss is gross, don't you know and cow's milk is full of it.
    yannie100 wrote: »
    Other than that, it's totally gross and not meant for human consumption.
    I always thought milk was nasty no matter the flavor

    Yep this basically

    I do drink almond / coconut milk with my cereal in the morning

    so no cheese or ice cream? sad

    Oh I do have cheese. I was eating goat cheese in my salad as I answered this post. :)

    But goat's milk is free from pus. Good to know.

    I don't drink the milk. I eat the cheese, which tends to have further pasteurization which destroys a lot of the bacteria. Any rate, goat cheese is easier on my stomach and that's what I go by.

    Pus isn't bacteria. "Pus" is just a name for dead white blood cells. Pasteurization certainly isn't bringing them back to life.

    For that matter, basically every animal product contains some quantity of dead white blood cells, because all animal tissue has some kind of blood supply.

    All milk of all species contains it, too, since mammary ducts are a potential entry point for bacteria and thus the body is required to be able to mount an immune response against invasion.
  • Cyndiaquino
    Cyndiaquino Posts: 72 Member
    edited March 2016
    I like having more calories for other foods. Instead of milk I will use Almond milk. Only 30 calories for 1 cup. I don't like the taste of milk, I would only use it in cereal, oatmeal, etc. Switching to Almond milk doesn't bother me.
  • TrickyDisco
    TrickyDisco Posts: 2,869 Member
    rankinsect wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Puss is gross, don't you know and cow's milk is full of it.
    yannie100 wrote: »
    Other than that, it's totally gross and not meant for human consumption.
    I always thought milk was nasty no matter the flavor

    Yep this basically

    I do drink almond / coconut milk with my cereal in the morning

    so no cheese or ice cream? sad

    Oh I do have cheese. I was eating goat cheese in my salad as I answered this post. :)

    But goat's milk is free from pus. Good to know.

    I don't drink the milk. I eat the cheese, which tends to have further pasteurization which destroys a lot of the bacteria. Any rate, goat cheese is easier on my stomach and that's what I go by.

    Pus isn't bacteria. "Pus" is just a name for dead white blood cells. Pasteurization certainly isn't bringing them back to life.

    For that matter, basically every animal product contains some quantity of dead white blood cells, because all animal tissue has some kind of blood supply.

    All milk of all species contains it, too, since mammary ducts are a potential entry point for bacteria and thus the body is required to be able to mount an immune response against invasion.


    Dead white blood cells in your food ... no, sorry, doesn't sound any more appetising than pus to me.

    Also, there's a reason why they carry out 'pus counts' (somatic cell counts) .... farmers are penalised for high counts and rewarded for low ones, and if the count is too high then the milk is deemed unfit for human consumption.
  • hamelle2
    hamelle2 Posts: 297 Member
    If I drink milk with pus, can I stop taking probiotics?
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    edited March 2016
    rankinsect wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Puss is gross, don't you know and cow's milk is full of it.
    yannie100 wrote: »
    Other than that, it's totally gross and not meant for human consumption.
    I always thought milk was nasty no matter the flavor

    Yep this basically

    I do drink almond / coconut milk with my cereal in the morning

    so no cheese or ice cream? sad

    Oh I do have cheese. I was eating goat cheese in my salad as I answered this post. :)

    But goat's milk is free from pus. Good to know.

    I don't drink the milk. I eat the cheese, which tends to have further pasteurization which destroys a lot of the bacteria. Any rate, goat cheese is easier on my stomach and that's what I go by.

    Pus isn't bacteria. "Pus" is just a name for dead white blood cells. Pasteurization certainly isn't bringing them back to life.

    For that matter, basically every animal product contains some quantity of dead white blood cells, because all animal tissue has some kind of blood supply.

    All milk of all species contains it, too, since mammary ducts are a potential entry point for bacteria and thus the body is required to be able to mount an immune response against invasion.


    Dead white blood cells in your food ... no, sorry, doesn't sound any more appetising than pus to me.

    Also, there's a reason why they carry out 'pus counts' (somatic cell counts) .... farmers are penalised for high counts and rewarded for low ones, and if the count is too high then the milk is deemed unfit for human consumption.

    Is it really any less appetizing-sounding or a more ridiculous statement than 'dead plant embryos in your food' if I were anti-nut/seed?

    I suppose for maximum shock value I should rephrase to 'dead plant fetuses' or some such. And I'm sure someone can find a gif to suit.

    It's a cell. Cells are in all living things. If you eat anything that's ever been alive, you're eating live or dead cells. Nothing makes a white blood cell more or less disgusting or appropriate to eat than a plant cell or a yeast cell or a skin cell or a muscle cell.

    ETA: This thread is just ... it explains a lot.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    stealthq wrote: »
    rankinsect wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Puss is gross, don't you know and cow's milk is full of it.
    yannie100 wrote: »
    Other than that, it's totally gross and not meant for human consumption.
    I always thought milk was nasty no matter the flavor

    Yep this basically

    I do drink almond / coconut milk with my cereal in the morning

    so no cheese or ice cream? sad

    Oh I do have cheese. I was eating goat cheese in my salad as I answered this post. :)

    But goat's milk is free from pus. Good to know.

    I don't drink the milk. I eat the cheese, which tends to have further pasteurization which destroys a lot of the bacteria. Any rate, goat cheese is easier on my stomach and that's what I go by.

    Pus isn't bacteria. "Pus" is just a name for dead white blood cells. Pasteurization certainly isn't bringing them back to life.

    For that matter, basically every animal product contains some quantity of dead white blood cells, because all animal tissue has some kind of blood supply.

    All milk of all species contains it, too, since mammary ducts are a potential entry point for bacteria and thus the body is required to be able to mount an immune response against invasion.


    Dead white blood cells in your food ... no, sorry, doesn't sound any more appetising than pus to me.

    Also, there's a reason why they carry out 'pus counts' (somatic cell counts) .... farmers are penalised for high counts and rewarded for low ones, and if the count is too high then the milk is deemed unfit for human consumption.

    Is it really any less appetizing-sounding or a more ridiculous statement than 'dead plant embryos in your food' if I were anti-nut/seed?

    I suppose for maximum shock value I should rephrase to 'dead plant fetuses' or some such.

    It's a cell. Cells are in all living things. If you eat anything that's ever been alive, you're eating live or dead cells. Nothing makes a white blood cell more or less disgusting or appropriate to eat than a plant cell or a yeast cell or a skin cell or a muscle cell.

    But propaganda sounds so much more convincing when one tries to use gross words to describe things that don't fit their agenda.
  • starryphoenix
    starryphoenix Posts: 381 Member
    I just drink a cup of milk a day. I consider anything more to be a waste of calories.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    stealthq wrote: »
    rankinsect wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Puss is gross, don't you know and cow's milk is full of it.
    yannie100 wrote: »
    Other than that, it's totally gross and not meant for human consumption.
    I always thought milk was nasty no matter the flavor

    Yep this basically

    I do drink almond / coconut milk with my cereal in the morning

    so no cheese or ice cream? sad

    Oh I do have cheese. I was eating goat cheese in my salad as I answered this post. :)

    But goat's milk is free from pus. Good to know.

    I don't drink the milk. I eat the cheese, which tends to have further pasteurization which destroys a lot of the bacteria. Any rate, goat cheese is easier on my stomach and that's what I go by.

    Pus isn't bacteria. "Pus" is just a name for dead white blood cells. Pasteurization certainly isn't bringing them back to life.

    For that matter, basically every animal product contains some quantity of dead white blood cells, because all animal tissue has some kind of blood supply.

    All milk of all species contains it, too, since mammary ducts are a potential entry point for bacteria and thus the body is required to be able to mount an immune response against invasion.


    Dead white blood cells in your food ... no, sorry, doesn't sound any more appetising than pus to me.

    Also, there's a reason why they carry out 'pus counts' (somatic cell counts) .... farmers are penalised for high counts and rewarded for low ones, and if the count is too high then the milk is deemed unfit for human consumption.

    Is it really any less appetizing-sounding or a more ridiculous statement than 'dead plant embryos in your food' if I were anti-nut/seed?

    I suppose for maximum shock value I should rephrase to 'dead plant fetuses' or some such.

    It's a cell. Cells are in all living things. If you eat anything that's ever been alive, you're eating live or dead cells. Nothing makes a white blood cell more or less disgusting or appropriate to eat than a plant cell or a yeast cell or a skin cell or a muscle cell.

    But propaganda sounds so much more convincing when one tries to use gross words to describe things that don't fit their agenda.

    Ot but this reminds me of people who say the red liquid from red meat is blood and call medium-rare, etc bloody so they cook it more to get rid of the blood. No, no,no. It is not blood.
  • ElizabethOakes2
    ElizabethOakes2 Posts: 1,038 Member
    Grew up in dairy country. Worked in dairies. Milked cows.
    Leaving this thread before the ignorance blinds me. Don't believe everything you read, folks, especially if it comes from that lunatic Food Babe.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I like having more calories for other foods. Instead of milk I will use Almond milk. Only 30 calories for 1 cup. I don't like the taste of milk, I would only use it in cereal, oatmeal, etc. Switching to Almond milk doesn't bother me.

    But almond milk is nothing more than strained nut-water.

  • mellyo77
    mellyo77 Posts: 214 Member
    Completely irrelevant to the thread question but I have seen comments about milk being pus....uhm regardless of whether its dead cells blah blah....if you are turned off by consuming pus....wouldn't you be absolutely loath to eat flesh ? Sometimes I wonder about people. I'm not vegan either before the comments start...just curious at the logic
  • Wickedfaery73
    Wickedfaery73 Posts: 184 Member
    I love milk but I am watching saturated fats. I used soy milk in my cereal because the rest of the family wont drink 1% or skim milk
  • mellyo77
    mellyo77 Posts: 214 Member
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    I like having more calories for other foods. Instead of milk I will use Almond milk. Only 30 calories for 1 cup. I don't like the taste of milk, I would only use it in cereal, oatmeal, etc. Switching to Almond milk doesn't bother me.

    But almond milk is nothing more than strained nut-water.

    mmmmm nut water :*<3
  • chandanista
    chandanista Posts: 986 Member
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  • 20Grit
    20Grit Posts: 752 Member
    I love all dairy, I just can't eat or drink it. a14.gif
  • mellyo77
    mellyo77 Posts: 214 Member
    YES! @ ^^^^^
  • 6502programmer
    6502programmer Posts: 515 Member
    mellyo77 wrote: »
    mmmmm nut water :*<3
    Do you have to bust a nut to get nut juice, or is it simply a matter of squeezing them?
  • mellyo77
    mellyo77 Posts: 214 Member
    mellyo77 wrote: »
    mmmmm nut water :*<3
    Do you have to bust a nut to get nut juice, or is it simply a matter of squeezing them?

    Either or I would assume, put the nuts in a blender and blend them with a really sharp blade and then put them in cheese cloth and squeeze the *kitten* out of them....sounds delicious
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    edited March 2016
    rankinsect wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Puss is gross, don't you know and cow's milk is full of it.
    yannie100 wrote: »
    Other than that, it's totally gross and not meant for human consumption.
    I always thought milk was nasty no matter the flavor

    Yep this basically

    I do drink almond / coconut milk with my cereal in the morning

    so no cheese or ice cream? sad

    Oh I do have cheese. I was eating goat cheese in my salad as I answered this post. :)

    But goat's milk is free from pus. Good to know.

    I don't drink the milk. I eat the cheese, which tends to have further pasteurization which destroys a lot of the bacteria. Any rate, goat cheese is easier on my stomach and that's what I go by.

    Pus isn't bacteria. "Pus" is just a name for dead white blood cells. Pasteurization certainly isn't bringing them back to life.

    For that matter, basically every animal product contains some quantity of dead white blood cells, because all animal tissue has some kind of blood supply.

    All milk of all species contains it, too, since mammary ducts are a potential entry point for bacteria and thus the body is required to be able to mount an immune response against invasion.


    Dead white blood cells in your food ... no, sorry, doesn't sound any more appetising than pus to me.

    But... Steak is flesh cut off a dead cow. Eggs are little baby chicks who never had a chance. Foods with probiotics (like yogurt, sauer kraut, kimchi) are literally full of bacteria. Have you read about how many bacteria and parasites are living all over us and inside of us??? The whole slew of theories about gut health centers around what type of bacteria we have in our digestive system and if we are feeding them properly. There are viruses floating in the air and sitting on just about every surface you touch. There are dust mites in your bed, eating your dead skin cells.

    Life is dirty. And if you think about it too much, it will give you the permanent willies.

    That's why I drink alcohol too. It helps me think less about that sort of thing, and hopefully kills some of the little buggers on the way down. :naughty:
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