Robert,
We tolerate milk well, as long as we regularly drink it. If one stop to
drink milk for a long period, it is common that the tolerance goes down and
often the stomach will react violently against starting again. Often the
body develop an allergy against milk products, after a long time without it.
Hakan
At 06:23 AM 7/7/2005, you wrote:
Ken Dunn - CountyEarth.com wrote:
A point of interest, though, I don't know of any animal aside from
humans that consume the milk of another animal, though, I'm sure there
probably is at least one. Can someone name one?
I have cats that like goat milk. Dogs will drink just about
anything. It's a question of access, really. I suppose a fish swimming
near a nursing whale may ingest the milk of another creature, and if you
leave a bit of milk on the counter, you'll discover an amazing variety of
small creatures that thrive within it.
However, the concept of consuming the lactic fluids from a bovine seems
rather bizarre.
Those which are intended for its offspring as all milk is.
Why is this bizarre? An adult cow produces more milk than her
offspring needs, so why shouldn't we benefit from the excess? The same
is true of goats and camels. It's true that some people don't tolerate
milk very well, but others enjoy it on cereal or in drinks well into
their senior years. Humans are opportunistic eaters capable of consuming
and thriving on an incredibly wide variety of foods. Some people eat the
gonads of shellfish, and some species of fish have to be carefully cooked
so that their flesh does not kill the consumer. (How did we ever figure
that one out?) The Masai drink the blood of their animals. Is that
better, or worse? Does it matter?
I'm pretty sure that I can do without bovine hormones and antibodies.
Perhaps, but do you have any evidence to support the implied
contention that natural bovine antibodies and hormones are detrimental to
human health? Certainly the "factory farm" system that requires
antibiotics, growth hormone injections and protein supplements introduces
potential harm to our food supply. I know many Canadians who won't drink
U.S. milk for that reason.
robert luis rabello
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