Apr 2nd

...what's in your Milk

You really need to think about milk.

Why are we the only mammal that drinks milk through adulthood, let alone, another animal's milk? Naturally, milk is weaned off once a baby can chew and digest foods --- same with any other animal. Cow's milk should only be consumed by calves.

Ok, so it's cultural. Many many cultures have thrived on milk, cheese, cream, butter - and still do. I can't say I know much about the dairy industry in Europe or Down Under but I have done my share of research about the inhumane ways that cows are raised in order to produce milk in the U.S. and subsequently, the adverse reactions associated with milk consumption.

Naturally, a single cow wouldn't even produce milk year round, much less, 10-20 times what it needs to produce for her calf. Thus, our dairy industry pumps them with hormones (you've heard of BGH - Bovine Growth Hormone - right?) into the poor animals and sucks milk from them with heavy duty equipment that causes sores on their udders. Then, they are given antibiotics so they don't get an infection. Let's pretend that antibiotics are safe. Shouldn't these cows also be given time to rest so they heal? Nope. So their udders stay infected, and like any wound, they produce pus. Ever wonder why you get a runny nose every time you have dairy? Yup. Mucus. Tons and tons of it. And we all know they eat grass, like cows are supposed to right? Guess again. They are given the same pesticide ridden, GMO corn and grain-based food people get.

Milk = A cocktail of hormones + pesticides + pus + ground water contaminants.

Please do yourself a favor and do away with it. If you must drink it, buy organic of course but reports show even organic milk has contaminants. Make sure your organic milk isn't from the same farms as commercial milk here. If you can find raw, get raw and make kefir. Check out this site to find Real Milk.

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Dec 24th

Delonte

You are so awesome for helping me solve this msyetry.

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