Milk good or bad?

[Tom]

Personally I love milk but I havent been feeling great lately after having it with cereal (possible lactose intolerance) so I did a few seaches on this and on milk and found this;

 

http://thehealthblogger.com/milk-good-or-bad/

 

what do you think to this? anyone on here not have milk at all?

[The Raven]

I had to try soya milk for a few months,

 

Hated it

[Ian W]

I tend to feel the same after eating cereal, though sometimes it's worse than others.

 

I'll never drink a glass of milk and even too much tea can leave me feeling ill (possibly doesn't help having so much tea either!)

[Tom]

tea & coffee, I forgot about that too, that nearly always makes me feel sick but tbh I thought it was the coffee at first

[danhicks22]

I had to stop having milk about 2 years ago because I was getting really bad stomach cramps every day and my 'regularity' was all over the place. Took me ages to narrow down what it was because it takes a few days for me to recover properly. I have soya milk now with cereal. The Alpro stuff is actually quite nice, although I do miss normal milk - I used to drink loads of it. I would always follow a good exercise session with a big glass of milk - very refreshing!

 

I find I'm generally still ok with cheese as long as I don't have too much but cream doesn't agree with me and yoghurts aren't great. I don't eat much chocolate although the other night I had a pizza and a big bar of Dairy Milk and was pretty bad for the next couple of days.

 

Apparently 1 in 4 people (or something like that) develop lactose intolerance in their twenties.

 

Thankfully I already stopped having milk in tea about 5 years ago so I don't miss that. I drink a lot of tea

[craig l]

Im a bit worried now reading that health report, i drink 2lt of long life skimmed milk everyday, been doing it for about 9 years and ive been fine so far.

[Wez]

Its sickening that the food products we purchase are messed with in such ways.

 

I really believe a few generations from now there are going to be so many issues, problems and increased levels of health related issues are already becoming apparent but to me this is only the begining.

 

[colsoop]

I will continue to drink milk. Just like i eat greasy fatty food and all the other foods that experts tell me are bad for me / killing me reducing me to a walking fish etc.

[RobSheffield]

I always feel sick and have stomach troubles after drinking a glass of milk. I stopped drinking it about 18 months ago and so far have been ok.

[Steviekid]

http://thehealthblogger.com/milk-good-or-bad/

 

That article is an absolute load of bollocks on many counts.

 

First of all, the use of growth hormone (which a lot of the article is based on) is illegal in this country.

 

Secondly, there are incredibly strict rules governing the use of antibiotics insuring they don't get into milk (not that they'd do you any harm anyway unless you were allergic)

 

Thirdly, as for slagging off pateurisation, I'd rather miss out on a few "probiotics" than get TB or various other serious diseases.

 

Fourthy, if cow's were only fed grain and didn't get grass/silage then milk would be about £10 a pint as the feed costs would be astronomical. Most cow's wouldn't survive any length of time on such a diet anyway.

 

Sorry for the rant, but I have never read such a load of garbage in all my life. More proof that you shouldn't beleive what you read on the net.

[Rob]

I echo David Mitchell's rant on QI about milk being bad for you. It's been around for as long as there has been life on earth. Women make it themselves, its not bad for you. If you have a lactose intolerance, I'm afraid thats just nature's way of telling you you're not meant to survive. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

[JustGav]

I echo David Mitchell's rant on QI about milk being bad for you. It's been around for as long as there has been life on earth. Women make it themselves, its not bad for you. If you have a lactose intolerance, I'm afraid thats just nature's way of telling you you're not meant to survive. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

 

hehehe, harsh...

 

I was just thinking with peanut allergies, lactose allergies, gluten allergies, product packaging has got to get bigger just to support all the writing.

 

Maybe we are de-evolving into pansies? Kids used to grow up on the stuff years ago, a trait I still encourage at my home.

[Scott]

I never ever drink milk. I reckon the last time i had milk would be when i was breast fed. Can't stand the stuff.

[Tom]

Kids used to grow up on the stuff years ago, a trait I still encourage at my home.

 

 

I It's been around for as long as there has been life on earth. Women make it themselves

 

while this is (kinda) true, can you name any life form that continues to consume milk once out of it's infant stage? hence why it might actually be damaging to adults as it looks to me humans are the only ones to continue to do so, and from another animal completely

[RiceRocket]

I echo David Mitchell's rant on QI about milk being bad for you.

 

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[Rob]

while this is (kinda) true, can you name any life form that continues to consume milk once out of it's infant stage? hence why it might actually be damaging to adults as it looks to me humans are the only ones to continue to do so, and from another animal completely

 

Hedgehogs and cats.

[Tom]

Hedgehogs and cats.

 

epic fail as you just mentioned the QI clip! you might want to watch it again and neither animal feeds of an adult to get the milk, it's been wrongly fed by us which in both animals in adult age are lactose intolerant.

[Chris Wilson]

That article is an absolute load of bollocks on many counts.

 

First of all, the use of growth hormone (which a lot of the article is based on) is illegal in this country.

 

Secondly, there are incredibly strict rules governing the use of antibiotics insuring they don't get into milk (not that they'd do you any harm anyway unless you were allergic)

 

Thirdly, as for slagging off pateurisation, I'd rather miss out on a few "probiotics" than get TB or various other serious diseases.

 

Fourthy, if cow's were only fed grain and didn't get grass/silage then milk would be about £10 a pint as the feed costs would be astronomical. Most cow's wouldn't survive any length of time on such a diet anyway.

 

Sorry for the rant, but I have never read such a load of garbage in all my life. More proof that you shouldn't beleive what you read on the net.

 

 

Thanks for the voice of sanity. Years ago doctors dreaded households buying thermometers, now they dread their patients trawling the internet health pages. I had a period of bad stomach trouble and went a searchin' . I had everything from cancer to lactose intolerance to an allergy or west Nile Fever. You can frighten yourself silly, waste hours and end up on bizarre diets if you aren't careful. I narrowed my problems down to stress and an unhealthy appetite for the landlord's somewhat suspect guest beers, mixed with copious quantities of gin and tonic. I still sometimes get "problems", but I still sometimes get stressed or drink too much I have seen two friends go from normal, if somewhat nervous people, to total hypochondriacs by developing an appetite for medical web sites!

[Charlotte]

Thanks for the voice of sanity. Years ago doctors dreaded households buying thermometers, now they dread their patients trawling the internet health pages. I had a period of bad stomach trouble and went a searchin' . I had everything from cancer to lactose intolerance to an allergy or west Nile Fever. You can frighten yourself silly, waste hours and end up on bizarre diets if you aren't careful.

 

soooo true.

[benkei]

If you have a lactose intolerance, I'm afraid thats just nature's way of telling you you're not meant to survive. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

 

What rubbish! Back in caveman times, after you finish breast feeding, you never see milk again! Therefore your body stops producing the enzymes required to digest and absorb it - thus, lactose intolerance that we have now. Obviously, as civilisation changes, cows are used for milk - so in most people the constant drinking of milk means their body keeps producing the enzymes to digest it, in some others it doesn't. Much like how our appendix have shrivelled up into an unusable organ as we don't eat grass and leaves anymore

[AndyT]

That article is an absolute load of bollocks on many counts.

 

First of all, the use of growth hormone (which a lot of the article is based on) is illegal in this country.

 

Secondly, there are incredibly strict rules governing the use of antibiotics insuring they don't get into milk (not that they'd do you any harm anyway unless you were allergic)

 

Thirdly, as for slagging off pateurisation, I'd rather miss out on a few "probiotics" than get TB or various other serious diseases.

 

Fourthy, if cow's were only fed grain and didn't get grass/silage then milk would be about £10 a pint as the feed costs would be astronomical. Most cow's wouldn't survive any length of time on such a diet anyway.

 

Sorry for the rant, but I have never read such a load of garbage in all my life. More proof that you shouldn't beleive what you read on the net.

 

Nice post dude.

[Rob]

epic fail as you just mentioned the QI clip! you might want to watch it again and neither animal feeds of an adult to get the milk, it's been wrongly fed by us which in both animals in adult age are lactose intolerant.

 

 

 

Look up, up there...do you see it whooshing over?

[OnionMan]

That article is an absolute load of bollocks on many counts.

 

First of all, the use of growth hormone (which a lot of the article is based on) is illegal in this country.

 

Secondly, there are incredibly strict rules governing the use of antibiotics insuring they don't get into milk (not that they'd do you any harm anyway unless you were allergic)

 

Thirdly, as for slagging off pateurisation, I'd rather miss out on a few "probiotics" than get TB or various other serious diseases.

 

Fourthy, if cow's were only fed grain and didn't get grass/silage then milk would be about £10 a pint as the feed costs would be astronomical. Most cow's wouldn't survive any length of time on such a diet anyway.

 

Sorry for the rant, but I have never read such a load of garbage in all my life. More proof that you shouldn't beleive what you read on the net.

 

Couldn't agree more.

 

As someone who once worked in a Laboratory for one of the countries larger milk producers I can say that all incoming raw milk is tested for any contamination, including anti-biotic's and any other chemicals before being pumped out the tanker. If any are found the tanker was rejected.