Comments on: Milk: The Drink of Rock Stars

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:24:11 +0000

Personally, if you think about it, milk is so full of fat and calories that if a person drank more than a little on their cereal every day, their risk of obesity and thus their risk of heart disease and diabetes would skyrocket. Like someone else said, milk is great….if you’re a calf who needs to double it’s body mass every few weeks or even a human infant who is growing very quickly and needs the protein and calories that milk provides. It is also great for people who have just had surgery who are unable to eat normally and therefore need the calories. Anyways, that’s just my opinion. Milk makes people fat.

By: Lee Cullens

Lee Cullens — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:00:50 +0000

For a reasonably thorough treatment of the milk issue and why many believe what they do, you might read the article “Is Soda Pop or Milk Healthier?” at http://achinook.squarespace.com/

Other natural health issues are addressed there also, all in a strictly noncommercial environment )

My best to you and yours,
Lee C

By: Trisha

Trisha — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:45:10 +0000

I drink a lot of milk. Some of those pro-milk ads used to bug me though – I’m very, very lactose intolerant and at the time 100% lactose free milk wasn’t widely available. There was no way I could drink it then.

Now, I try to drink a couple of cups a day. I always drink fat free milk – so there is no health issue there.

Milk is a really good source of protein (as well as calcium). I don’t eat a lot of meat, there is quite a lot of evidence to suggest that beyond small amounts, meat isn’t such a good idea. Forgive me please for plugging my own blog – but I just posted something about longevity and the groups of people who live the longest eat very little if any meat. Milk, still being an animal product, has all the amino acids people need, hence its a great source of protein.

By: David

David — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:33:10 +0000

There is a huge amount of research showing that low fat milk consumption is beneficial for weight loss especially with regards to abdominal fat.

It defies some logic since the carbohydrate (lactose) is not especially beneficial, nor is the fat content (primarily saturated). The protein, lactoferrin and other immunoglobulins, calcium and vitamin D apparently are potent enough to overcome milk’s shortcomings.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:44:39 +0000

So apart from a source with a very clear bias, do you have any good reason to think that we should drink milk?

It sounds like the best argument put forward is that it isn’t as harmful as soda pop. Now there’s a sentiment to rally around!

Milk is a great food for an organism that needs to double its body mass every few weeks. I have a hard time imagining that most teens fall into this category.

According to the CBC, “research is appearing in place like The New England Journal of Medicine pointing toward a link between dairy products and diseases like:

* heart disease
* Crohn’s Disease
* prostate cancer
* premature puberty
* MS
* childhood diabetes”

The piece concludes with a very appropriate comment: “Milk. Nature’s most perfect food? Maybe, if you’re a baby cow. For people? The controversy continues.”

By: Andre Blackman

Andre Blackman — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:52:03 +0000

With more and more kids/teens (and lets remember the audience) turning to soft drinks and “energy” drinks throughout the day, I would be pro-milk drinking. Where are they going to get their calcium from? Teen girls have especially been observed as having a higher rate of broken bones because of the calcium deficiency in their diets. Rock on, milk.

By: j.d.

j.d. — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:58:26 +0000

I think people, particularly kids, need to lay off milk. I did a dairy free challenge for an entire month, dropped a ton of weight, and had tons of energy. Haven’t touched the stuff since. It’s not that it’s bad tasting, but it’s certainly all that healthy with all the sugar put into it. You’d be better of with water, to be honest.