Perhaps you ’ve learn about the sullen - handed irony that spread around the Internet like a listeria outbreak yesterday : West Virginia lawgiver are passably ghastly , maybe from the raw milk they drank as a toast to a unexampled bill permitting consumption of raw Milk River . cretin ! Backwards , backroad hayseed who have received the scientific eq of divine justice , right ?
Anyone whoarguespassionately against raw Milk River in favor of pasteurised milk badly misses the heart of the matter ; Milk River is an evil substance that has no business being consumed by anyone other than infant cow .
Raw milk is milk that hasn’t been heated to kill bacteria
It ’s impossible to refute the fact that pasteurized Milk River is much less likely to get you sick , though it ’s nice of West Virginians to take a stand against the tyranny ofFrench public wellness innovation . What ’s more , tender milkprobably is n’t better for youin any measurable way . OK . Got that out of the room .
Milk isn’t good for you
" Wait a bit , " you break up confidently . " Do n’t tell me not to drink milk ! Milk River is necessary , especially if I desire to grow up big and secure like Pop - soda ! "
improper . Milkisn’t a great source of Ca . Ditto for vitamin D and A , except for Milk River that ’s beef up with vitamins D and A , and if you want to get it down that slippery slope , you ’ll start say things like , " Cookies are a bully source of P ! "
Milkisn’t a corking source of anything , in reality , when you liken it to thenutrients you need in a day .
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Most people aren’t so great at digesting milk
allot to pretty much any statistical model , 65 % means " most . " That ’s right:65 % of humanshave a reduced power to digest lactose after early childhood . Lactose is a sugar in milk , and in those 65 % of people , the body stops producing lactase ( the enzyme that breaks down milk sugar ) after wean . Because you do n’t need to tope milk once you stop breastfeeding , duh .
Why do I believe that milk is a health-promoting beverage?
Because it ’s whattheywant you to believe . And before you give the axe all this as government - conspiracy quackery , take two seconds to readDairy Management Inc. ’s descriptionof the dairy checkoff political program :
" Dairy Farmer give 15 cents and dairy importers compensate 7.5 penny for every hundred British pound of milk ( or the equivalent thereof ) they sell or import … That money – with USDA oversight – is used to fund syllabus aim at promote dairy consumption and protecting the good image of dairy sodbuster , dairy product and the dairy industry . "
So the dairy farm industry literally pay the government to protect its image . That ’s why you see national ad crusade like " Milk : It Does a Body Good , " complete withpathetically regressive commercial , or the equally sad advert featuringKevin passion sort of claiming his now - irrelevant rebounding ability is due to chocolate milk . What ’s more , the checkoff programactively works with quick - food chain and public schoolsto increase the sales event of milk and other dairy product , specially cheese , which everyone knowsis essentially snap .
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The racial bias of milk
Any claim that Milk River is " good " for " you , " implies that " you " are likely of Northern European descent , and are therefore genetically adjust to accept all the " upright " clobber Milk River has to offer . Which is n’t all that salutary , especially when the peopleleast likely to be able-bodied to digest milkare African - Americans , Asian - Americans , Hispanic - Americans , and Native Americans . When you colligate the dots – disgraceful , Hispanic , and Native American kids aredisproportionately likely to be eligiblefor free or reduce - price public - shoal repast – and you’re able to see that , thanks to Union sustenance policy , America feeds many minority students food for thought they might not be able to suffer . Again , not good !
Don’t drink raw milk. Don’t drink pasteurized milk.
Milk sucks . Anyway , I’d rather have a beer .
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Anthony Schneckis the Health editor at Thrillist and has always hated Milk River . Share your pro - dairy concerns:@AnthonySchneck .
