What happens if you drink too much milk? Also, are you supposed to drink 2 cups of milk a day or everyday?

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• 1 cory s // Nov 7, 2008

  Depends what kind of milk your are drinking. Milk is typically high in saturated fat. But, on the other hand, I believe milk is good for you because of the other nutrients you get out of it. And don’t listen to anything anybody tells you, 2% milk is NOT low fat!

• 2 Warren914 // Nov 7, 2008

  I refuse to give my daughters cow’s milk. Both of them breastfed, but since they no longer wanted their mother’s milk there is no dietary requirement to drink milk ever again.

  Mother’s milk is the perfect food for breastfeeding infants. It contains an ideal combination of hormones, antibodies to help fight infection and illness, and everything essential to grow and be healthy.

  Humans are the only animal that drinks milk past infancy, and then it’s not even from the correct species! Too many people are still trying to defend milk’s supposed health benefits. Unfortunately, they are either using old information or information obtained from research funded by the dairy association. How many people would enjoy a glass of dog’s milk or rat’s milk? What makes cows special? Cow’s milk is anything but good for our bodies. It is designed to change a 50 pound calf into a 500 pound cow. Clearly humans are nothing remotely similar to cows.

  There are only two reasons which I’ve found to support humans drinking cow’s milk. We have grown up hearing that it’s good for us and we’ve grown accustomed to the taste and texture. There is absolutely no nutrition that can not be obtained elsewhere, minus the negatives. Calcium seems to be the major claim for milk. It can be found elsewhere in green vegetables, almonds, and many other sources. Where do you think the cows obtain the calcium to put into the milk? Where do other larger animals (elephants, horses, deer, whales, etc) get calcium? Why we continue to drink cow’s milk laced with growth hormones, antibiotics, and who knows what else is beyond me.

  Since I’ve given up drinking milk almost 10 years ago my health has greatly improved. I suffer fewer allergy problems, asthma and breathing problems are greatly reduced, I’m sleeping better, and I have more energy.

  In the ’50s smoking was considered harmless but now we realize its dangers. One person at a time and eventually the truth will become widely known that cow’s milk is only for baby cows. Milk is indeed the perfect food, but only for infants of the proper species.

  Do some research online and decide for yourself. Here’s a start…
  http://www.strongbones.org/
  http://www.notmilk.com/