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> It isn't literally milk It isn't cow milk, but other than that I'm not really sure what you're saying. Milk is what you get when milking an animal. It's a pr
by dao- 8y ago
> It isn't literally milk
It isn't cow milk, but other than that I'm not really sure what you're saying. Milk is what you get when milking an animal. It's a pretty broad term. However I do doubt that this would be as nutritious to humans as milk from cows or other mammals.
- DJBunnies 8y agoMilk is explicitly defined as coming from mammary glands in mammals.
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- yayana 8y agoHow are mammals defined?
- tejtm 8y agophylogenetically[0] [0]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Undef&id=40674 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mod...
- checkyoursudo 8y agohttps://www.etymonline.com/word/milk https://www.etymonline.com/word/milk This says people have been calling other things milk for at least 800 years and suggests the origination might be in the verb form rather than the noun form. Also, defined by whom?
- TallGuyShort 8y agoExcept we also use the term in connection with almonds, coconuts, and soybeans and we don't have to act like it's hard to understand.
- goldfeld 8y agoIt's different and coconut milk is as much milk as a seahorse is a horse, it's just a word.
- TallGuyShort 8y agoAnd if people discuss seahorses, do you give them the biological definition of horse?
- dogma1138 8y agoThat’s because of modern branding, some places don’t allow those to be called milk, you can’t call it milk in the EU unless it comes from animal sources for example. Which is why almond, soy etc. would be called almond or soy drink in the EU you can’t even advertise it as a milk substitute.
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- mchannon 8y ago> I do doubt that this would be as nutritious to humans as milk from cows or other mammals. From the article: containing nearly four times the protein of cow’s milk And we needn't get into how "coconut milk", "almond milk", etc. are somehow inappropriate uses of "milk" despite their entry into the lexicon millennia ago.
- dao- 8y agoNot all proteins are the same. Also keep in mind that it took humans some time of evolution to be able to digest cow milk.
- dorchadas 8y agoAnd that the majority of people on earth are still lactose intolerant.
- Retric 8y agoThat’s a relative issue: “People are usually able to drink at least one cup of milk per sitting without developing significant symptoms, with greater amounts tolerated if drunk with a meal or throughout the day.” This is because most people produce some lactase it’s more a question on quantity of milk consumed.
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- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoNot really. All human babies have a much greater propensity to be able to digest lactose than adult humans. Whey and casein are the dominant proteins, and lactose the dominant carbohydrate, in both human and cow milk. Humans and cows aren’t that different. All mammals have quite a lot in common.
- Retric 8y agoThe idea of referring to things that look like milk as milk is much older than those examples. Consider, Milkweed which produces something that looks like cows but is a very different substance. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias Not to mention the Milky Way.
- kbutler 8y ago> Milk is what you get when milking an animal. No, sometimes you get venom. https://www.jobmonkey.com/uniquejobs/snake-milker/ https://www.jobmonkey.com/uniquejobs/snake-milker/
- kbutler 8y agoI should have included previous "milking spiders" for venom. https://www.terminix.com/blog/science-nature/milking-spiders-for-their-venom/ https://www.terminix.com/blog/science-nature/milking-spiders... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIJ_sVwVhpQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIJ_sVwVhpQ