Should humans be consuming dairy regularly?
Growing up I’m sure we all heard that to “grow big and strong”, we have to drink lots of milk. But as I got older and started thinking more about the concept of drinking cow’s milk, it made me wonder: is it really healthy for humans to drink another animal’s milk? With some minimal research, I found that “about 75% of the world’s adult population is unable to break down lactose — a phenomenon called lactose intolerance”. Because ¾ of the world’s body basically rejects the idea of cows milk, it’s a sign that it’s unnatural for humans and would make more sense to not drink it. Although some milk is actually good for humans, with healthy fats and fat-soluble vitamins, that milk has to be grass-fed and whole milk. Almost all milk today isn’t coming from grass-fed cows, and any milk that isn’t whole milk usually has sugars to make up for the lack of flavor. Cow’s milk is meant to feed calves not humans before the agricultural revolution humans only drank human milk, this goes to show that humans don’t need cow’s milk for survival or really any necessary nutritional value. A better solution than drinking straight-up milk would be to consume fermented dairies such as yogurt or butter. Fermented dairy also has probiotic bacteria which has numerous health benefits, unlike milk. In conclusion, if the way we raised our cows was changed to be more natural, there would be many more health benefits. But if nothing changes in the way we produce milk, it’s not necessarily healthy as we have grown up to believe.
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