Agreed. I got to the point where it said 'Americans average consumption rate is 3 glasses of milk per day'. The Washington Post writes at http://www.washingtonp

Agreed. I got to the point where it said 'Americans average consumption rate is 3 glasses of milk per day'. The Washington Post writes at http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/20/the-mysterious-case-of-americas-plummeting-milk-consumption/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/20/t... : > Forty years ago, per capita consumption was nearly one and a half cups per day; now it's nearer to 0.8. A "glass" is typically 8 ounces, which is one cup, so "3 glasses per day" hasn't been true for a very long time. Then there's the old "Cow milk is good for calves(baby cows). Is it [sic] not produced to be consumed by our children ... These facts raise another question mark – Why are we lactose intolerant? Because everyone is lactose intolerant more or less (bloating is one symptom for that and we all gave it)." There's good genetic evidence that we have modified our babies (among the descendants of cow herding peoples) so they are indeed better able to digest milk, even as adults. And of course we have bred cows from the auroch, among other things to make them better at producing milk for our children. Lactase persistence is one of the biggest genetic changes compared to our paleolithic ancestors. See http://www.nature.com/news/archaeology-the-milk-revolution-1.13471 http://www.nature.com/news/archaeology-the-milk-revolution-1... for one summary.