milk: does a body terrible?

ConcernedParent · Mar 23, 2009

Milk in large quantities cannot be good for a human because the body isn't supposed to consume that much anyway (or at all, toleration allows us to get by). With that said, I doubt the human body is built to consume a steak everyday either, but we do it anyway. It's not 'bad', just not 'optinum' I guess.

michaelproservice · Mar 23, 2009

Originally Posted by ConcernedParent

Milk in large quantities cannot be good for a human because the body isn't supposed to consume that much anyway (or at all, toleration allows us to get by). With that said, I doubt the human body is built to consume a steak everyday either, but we do it anyway. It's not 'bad', just not 'optinum' I guess.

I AM WITH YOU

MCsommerreid · Mar 24, 2009

Milk kept Europe and the Middle East alive ~10,000 years ago, around when the mutation for lactose tolerance started gaining ground instead of just being a random freak.

javyn · Mar 24, 2009

I didn't know until now that lactose spikes one's insulin. Now I feel even better about having whey + skim milk as a post workout shake.

lance konami · Mar 24, 2009

Most food "spikes" insulin. Your post workout shake still causes a rise in insulin despite using skim milk.

erdawe · Mar 24, 2009

Originally Posted by javyn

I didn't know until now that lactose spikes one's insulin. Now I feel even better about having whey + skim milk as a post workout shake.

That's because lactose is disaccharide of galactose and glucose molecules, sometimes called "milk sugar".

robertorex · Mar 24, 2009

It's sugar. sugar spikes insulin.

Sucrose · May 17, 2009

Originally Posted by js4design

she said "because milk is for baby cows to grow strong, not people. people were never meant to drink milk and it can only do them harm in the long run."

Her argument an example of the "Genetic Fallacy" of logic; see this article for an excellent discussion of this fallacy: http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/...int.php?num=45

From the article:

The fact that something originally evolved in nature not as a human food stuff does not mean we shouldn't eat it. In fact, if we only ate what was unambiguously meant for us to eat, then we'd starve to death as soon as we stopped breast feeding. For breast milk is the only foodstuff that evolved especially for us.

bluser · May 21, 2009

Umm.. Lactose is a low glycemic carbohydrate... Milk FTW

EdenResident · May 21, 2009

Originally Posted by ConcernedParent

Milk in large quantities cannot be good for a human because the body isn't supposed to consume that much anyway (or at all, toleration allows us to get by). With that said, I doubt the human body is built to consume a steak everyday either, but we do it anyway. It's not 'bad', just not 'optinum' I guess.

What? We're omnivores. We eat meat. Our ancestors hunted and ate meat everyday.

robertorex · May 21, 2009

the human body is built to consume many a thing

Taxler · May 21, 2009

Originally Posted by EdenResident

What? We're omnivores. We eat meat. Our ancestors hunted and ate meat everyday.

Ancestors did what they had to; you have a choice. Ancestors were generally malnourished and died young; you can do better.

laphroaig · Feb 25, 2010

westinghouse · Feb 25, 2010

Milk is for baby cows, not humans. While eating meat and drinking milk are pleasurable, neither one will help a person live longer.

Zenny · Feb 25, 2010

milk: does a body terrible?

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