Milk is nature's get-fat-quick serum.
It's true, milk's sole purpose is to fatten up babies quickly, and it's tailor made for that purpose, laden with proteins, fats and antibodies. It's not supposed to be part of the adult diet, as evinced by the fact that most people lose the ability to digest milk. The high number of lactose intolerant adults proves this. Milk is not a good source of calcium, it doesn't strengthen your bones and it will not help you lose weight.
So why the popular misconceptions?
Because there is a dairy industry. One that wants you to buy milk. One that advertises heavily, lobbies in congress and wants you to buy their products all the time.
And just like you wouldn't believe that a diet pill could "melt away those pounds with no exercise and no diet changes" you shouldn't believe that drinking milk will make you stronger, healthier and thinner without skepticism.
And here's why:
1.) Antibiotics are fed to cows: present in milk and excess ingestion of antibiotics lessens their effectiveness to treat disease.
If we believe that antibodies can be delivered to babies via breastmilk, then we can conclude that milk is a hormonal delivery system. Right? The same thing happens when we drink the milk of a cow.
Because dairy cows are housed in crowded conditions, they are more prone to sicknesses. Which is why the FDA has approved the use of antibiotics for dairy cows (PROOF). The problem is, that those antibodies can then make their way into the milk and then into our bodies. The other problem is, that these antibiotics can be given to healthy cows, and are. The final problem is that traces of these antibiotics make their way into our systems... (well those of us who drink milk).
If you consider that it takes ten pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese, then you'll realize that you're getting concentrated doses of any trace hormones or antibiotics if you're eating a lot of cheese.
**Here’s a list of the additives to cow feed that Phizer manufactures: (PROOF)
2.) Growth hormones fed to cows are transferred in milk and then make you grow bigger too.
There's a theory that girls are physically maturing faster because the growth hormones fed to dairy cows are present in the dairy products and then ingested by milk-drinkers.
Has this been proven? Yes and no, depending on who you ask, what study you're looking at, who paid for the study, who conducted the study and how conclusive the results are (meaning that a study done on 30 people is worthless).
As for me, the use of logic is enough to solidify my suspicions.
Milk is a hormonal delivery system. Dairy cows are pumped full of growth hormones to make them mature faster and so they can produce more milk (PROOF). Then, there is the natural bovine growth hormone that exists in milk that is supports the rapid growth of calves.
3.) Despite dairy advertisement claims: Drinking milk every day does not help you lose weight.
So, the dairy industry was losing business; to vitamin infused beverages, bottled water and sodas.
Enter Michael Zemel, a researcher from the University of Tennessee who conducted a few very small studies ( 42 participants, and none of the results have been reproduced) that seemed to indicate that if the conditions were just right, dieters (only ones who were not getting enough calcium regularly) who were put on a rigorous diet plan lose weight when dairy products are included in that diet.
Enter the dairy advertising blitz (one of the world’s largest) that took this golden opportunity to propagate the results after jumping on the data and then spinning it to say: “Scientists agree that three or four servings of milk per day helps you lose weight.”
They made this claim, despite the fact that there was only one “scientist” who made that claim, and his studies were being funded by the industry (to a tune of about $3 million), and despite the fact that his results were based upon a small study (too small for the findings to be considered conclusive) and despite the fact that most reputable studies find that the exact opposite is true (that eating dairy products everyday cause weight gain) and despite the fact that any reputable scientist would scoff at Zemel’s unsubstantiated, rudimentary studies.
In a nutshell: The industry’s multi million dollar advertising blitz rests upon the results of a 42 person study conducted by a researcher who’s on the industry’s payroll whose only studies ever produced directly benefit the industry.
Doesn’t seem too reliable to me.