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Milk is nutritious though. Besides calories it also provides amino acids. For non first world communities it thus formed an essential part of a healthy diet.

by pm90 6y ago

kristopolous 6y ago
That's not the point in contestation. Specifically it's "how obsessed we are with giving milk to kids because it’s so healthy" The word "because" is a fascinating bridge. Whatever follows after reveals unstated assumptions hidden deep in the speakers mind. I'm objecting to the specific premise that it's some rational decision made individually by each parent based upon nutrition. Instead I'm claiming our cultural habit of feeding of milk to children is entirely manufactured by the organizations that produce it. There's lots of documentation to demonstrate this. Whether or not it's a good idea is immaterial. I've honestly never seen anyone within that research domain state otherwise, maybe you can enrich my knowledge there. I and other readers are excitedly open to new perspectives
- bhk 6y ago
  After reading the other responses to your earlier comment, I'm curious... In that "research domain" do they also attribute milk consumption in Eastern Europe in the last century and in India 5000 years ago to Big Dairy?
- pm90 6y ago
  Occams razor. The cultural habit of feeding milk to kids is more likely to be vestige of a culture trying to provide sufficient nutrition for its young, just as every culture thinks it’s healthy to provide its young with its staple. If it wasn’t a good idea, cultures that provided milk to its young would not thrive. Your argument seems dangerously analogous to anti vaccination conspiracy theories.
- j8014 6y ago
  I think the simple answer is we are mammals and feed our newborns milk and since they usually don't die from their breast feedings we equate milk to being good & nutritional. The fact is, we've discovered clay feeding vessels with nipples that contained animals milk from 2000bc near infant graves. The horn was a popular material for feeding bottles during the middle ages. We've been giving infants and kids milk for a very long time to supplement their diets because the dairy industry was able to reach that far back in our timeline. I think we all understand that the dairy industry has been lobbying and marketing, to get a spot at the table, but so has every other commodity thats available in a global market.

Milk is nutritious though. Besides calories it also provides amino acids. For non first world communities it thus formed an essential part of a healthy diet.

by pm90 6y ago

Milk is nutritious though. Besides calories it also provides amino acids. For non first world communities it thus formed an essential part of a healthy diet.

kristopolous 6y ago

That's not the point in contestation. Specifically it's "how obsessed we are with giving milk to kids because it’s so healthy" The word "because" is a fascinating bridge. Whatever follows after reveals unstated assumptions hidden deep in the speakers mind. I'm objecting to the specific premise that it's some rational decision made individually by each parent based upon nutrition. Instead I'm claiming our cultural habit of feeding of milk to children is entirely manufactured by the organizations that produce it. There's lots of documentation to demonstrate this. Whether or not it's a good idea is immaterial. I've honestly never seen anyone within that research domain state otherwise, maybe you can enrich my knowledge there. I and other readers are excitedly open to new perspectives

bhk 6y ago
After reading the other responses to your earlier comment, I'm curious... In that "research domain" do they also attribute milk consumption in Eastern Europe in the last century and in India 5000 years ago to Big Dairy?
pm90 6y ago
Occams razor. The cultural habit of feeding milk to kids is more likely to be vestige of a culture trying to provide sufficient nutrition for its young, just as every culture thinks it’s healthy to provide its young with its staple. If it wasn’t a good idea, cultures that provided milk to its young would not thrive. Your argument seems dangerously analogous to anti vaccination conspiracy theories.
j8014 6y ago
I think the simple answer is we are mammals and feed our newborns milk and since they usually don't die from their breast feedings we equate milk to being good & nutritional. The fact is, we've discovered clay feeding vessels with nipples that contained animals milk from 2000bc near infant graves. The horn was a popular material for feeding bottles during the middle ages. We've been giving infants and kids milk for a very long time to supplement their diets because the dairy industry was able to reach that far back in our timeline. I think we all understand that the dairy industry has been lobbying and marketing, to get a spot at the table, but so has every other commodity thats available in a global market.