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Completely aside from the bizarre habit of adults drinking lactate from a different species - the milk industry is scary (at best). Cows are hooked up to metal

Completely aside from the bizarre habit of adults drinking lactate from a different species - the milk industry is scary (at best). Cows are hooked up to metal frames with tubes going in and out of all the holes, being pumped full of hormones to keep them lactating. These tubes, of course, cause infection so they are also pumped full of antibiotics. The produced milk contains infectious pus. The FDA has (weak) standards on how much pus is permitted in consumer milk. Hint: it's not zero [1]. Milk also has a ton of other allergens. I personally developed an allergy to milk protein that causes rashes and blisters. My wife, son and step daughter all have the same allergy. And milk is probably one of the more benign of the terrible things the food industry sells us. [1] https://genv.org/pus-in-milk https://genv.org/pus-in-milk

Vecr 3y ago
Standard milk is not bacteria free, standard pasteurization absolutely does not inactivate or kill all bacteria. Someone with an even somewhat healthy immune system should be fine, otherwise you could see if you could get it shipped in from Florida where some specialty suppliers run it under the beam. As with any animal or plant product the FDA and USDA can't set arbitrarily strict standards, as grown products are not perfect. I'm sure some percent of the allowed bug content in produce is infected/contaminated with bacteria as well. The US has one of the top rated food systems in the world[0], but it won't keep that rating, especially in the food access and safety net score, if most of the food is thrown away for not being "perfect". Milk naturally has calcium in it that can be treated with vitamin D3, making it a good delivery vehicle. It would probably be better if everyone capable of digesting milk drank it at a consistent level across the population, as there are currently problems in some demographics are areas. [0]: potentially worse than the UK and Denmark, other systems are either tradeoffs or strictly worse.

Vecr 3y ago

Standard milk is not bacteria free, standard pasteurization absolutely does not inactivate or kill all bacteria. Someone with an even somewhat healthy immune system should be fine, otherwise you could see if you could get it shipped in from Florida where some specialty suppliers run it under the beam. As with any animal or plant product the FDA and USDA can't set arbitrarily strict standards, as grown products are not perfect. I'm sure some percent of the allowed bug content in produce is infected/contaminated with bacteria as well. The US has one of the top rated food systems in the world[0], but it won't keep that rating, especially in the food access and safety net score, if most of the food is thrown away for not being "perfect". Milk naturally has calcium in it that can be treated with vitamin D3, making it a good delivery vehicle. It would probably be better if everyone capable of digesting milk drank it at a consistent level across the population, as there are currently problems in some demographics are areas. [0]: potentially worse than the UK and Denmark, other systems are either tradeoffs or strictly worse.