"My family has a theory about milk...we do NOT drink the stuff" ????

[Anonymous]

It contains pus.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, it means they lead their lives and make their decisions based on emotions ("theories"), rather than science, evidence and facts. They are not as smart as you think they are.

Huh? The patriarch is a successful dental surgeon. By the way, they eat meat and everything else any normal family eats. Not vegan. But the wife is a homemaker and she does prefer (does NOT mandate) a more-so vegetarian heavy diet for the family.

The patriarch and homemaker?

Commander and Mrs. Waterford.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In Asian cultures, milk isn't really popular as in America. We get our calcium from seafood and seaweed so it was never pushed by doctors. My child doesn't like milk either and we never force it upon them. They'll have it with cereal or ice cream but never as a drink. The pediatricians in America constantly ask us if they are eating dairy several times a day and that we really need to.

How is it that a whole continent survives without drinking milk and do not have calcium deficiencies, but in America if we don't then we will??

Exactly.

And this is because in America corporate entities say milk is a great source of calcium but don’t actually tell you that it literally leeches calcium from your bones. We have the highest rates of osteoporosis. But don’t let these stupid scientific “theories” hold you back!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The purpose of cow's milk is to turn a 65-pound calf into a 700 pound cow as rapidly as possible.

If you don't want to do that, don't drink cows milk.

Actually, they use corn to do that. You've never been to a farm have you?

[Anonymous]

Those who don't drink milk: Do you just mean a glass of milk or like even cappuccinos and lattes are off limits?

Yes, I know there are soy/almond lattes, but those are fairly recent phenoms. And a soy/almond cappuccino is awful - it doesn't steam/froth correctly.

[Anonymous]

News flash: alternative milks are worse for you than dairy. And worse for the environment. If you don't want cow's milk, just don't drink milk.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The purpose of cow's milk is to turn a 65-pound calf into a 700 pound cow as rapidly as possible.

If you don't want to do that, don't drink cows milk.

Actually, they use corn to do that. You've never been to a farm have you?

Cows can't digest corn. They really need to stop doing that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The idea of milk grosses me out. Any way you look at it, it's really weird that we drink cow breast milk meant for baby calves.

I still have half and half in my coffee every morning, and ice cream every now and then. But when you really think about the concept of dairy, it's pretty foul.

No more so than eating eggs or, for that matter, the actual animal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Probably buy into the nonsense about humans being the only species to drink another species' milk.

How is that non-sense - can you provide an example of another species that consumes a different species milk?

Of course. Cats love cow milk. They lack opposable thumbs, though, so cannot get it themselves. Monkeys in India will follow milk delivery men and attack them, stealing cow milk to drink.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, it means they lead their lives and make their decisions based on emotions ("theories"), rather than science, evidence and facts. They are not as smart as you think they are.

Huh? The patriarch is a successful dental surgeon. By the way, they eat meat and everything else any normal family eats. Not vegan. But the wife is a homemaker and she does prefer (does NOT mandate) a more-so vegetarian heavy diet for the family.

The patriarch and homemaker?

Commander and Mrs. Waterford.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It contains pus.

No it doesn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The idea of milk grosses me out. Any way you look at it, it's really weird that we drink cow breast milk meant for baby calves.

I still have half and half in my coffee every morning, and ice cream every now and then. But when you really think about the concept of dairy, it's pretty foul.

No more so than eating eggs or, for that matter, the actual animal.

Completely agree on the eating of eggs. Less so on eating animal flesh - I understand why earlier humans hunted and used all parts of animals for things like clothing. These days, not so much. I don't think I could go full vegan, but it certainly makes sense (and is very easy to do) by eating less animal products.

[Anonymous]

So, how is this of any importance to you, OP? They don't drink milk.

[Anonymous]

When someone makes a statement like the one in your subject line, it means they really want you to ask them about it so they can share their theories with you. Just like all the other posters who already replied saying how terrible it is to drink cows milk.

[Anonymous]

I hope they drink coconut milk with coconut oil! And that they cook in coconut oil all the time! Natural selection at its best.