You may be surprised to learn that most of the human beings
that live on planet Earth today do not drink or use cow's
milk. Further, most of them can't drink milk because it
makes them ill.

There are students of human nutrition who are not supportive
of milk use for adults. Here is a quotation from the
March/April 1991 Utne Reader:

If you really want to play it safe, you may decide to join
the growing number of Americans who are eliminating dairy
products from their diets altogether. Although this sounds
radical to those of us weaned on milk and the five basic
food groups, it is eminently viable. Indeed, of all the
mammals, only humans--and then only a minority, principally
Caucasians--continue to drink milk beyond babyhood.

Fukshot wrote:I'm lactose intolerant (but not horribly so).

But I still eat cheese. I just tend towards harder cheeses or funkier cheeses that have low levels of lactose.

Awake wrote:I think that the word Homophobe only means what it traditionally means.
Fear of milk is Lactophobia.

whitey wrote:Am I the only one waiting for Mason to come by and chastise us for putting the wrong thing in our belly?

Cabrito wrote:I raise dairy animals. Goats, sheep and cows. Grocery store milk is lifeless poison. Try making cheese out of ultra-pasteurized milk. You can't get the curd to set.
I'd rather give up whiskey than good butter, and I'd sooner die than give up whiskey.

and beer



and wine

the haplotype is unusually long, given its high frequency—a hallmark of recent selection. We estimate that strong selection occurred within the past 5,000–10,000 years, consistent with an advantage to lactase persistence in the setting of dairy farming

larrymod wrote:Our 18-year-old daughter just laid the same rap on us about how no other animal drinks milk in adulthood, yadda yadda. We got some almond milk to try, and it's kind of interesting.

While that might be true of other animals, there are plenty of traditional human societies that have been happily using dairy for hundreds and thousands of years. The problem for most, until recently, was lack of refrigeration, making liquid milk hard to keep. So, cheese, yoghurt, buttermilk, etc., all of which keep better. (And, if I'm not mistaken, have lower lactose levels.)

JoelB wrote:Look here, Wisconsin is suffering enough with a Tea Party idiot running things. Now you guys want to ruin our poor farmers,

GuitarsandGuns wrote:For years I loved Homo.
No More.
http://notmilk.com

http://notmilk.com/kradjian.txt

You may be surprised to learn that most of the human beings
that live on planet Earth today do not drink or use cow's
milk. Further, most of them can't drink milk because it
makes them ill.

There are students of human nutrition who are not supportive
of milk use for adults. Here is a quotation from the
March/April 1991 Utne Reader:

If you really want to play it safe, you may decide to join
the growing number of Americans who are eliminating dairy
products from their diets altogether. Although this sounds
radical to those of us weaned on milk and the five basic
food groups, it is eminently viable. Indeed, of all the
mammals, only humans--and then only a minority, principally
Caucasians--continue to drink milk beyond babyhood.

I confess I still eat Cheddar Cheese and Ice Cream.

So I guess I'm only partly Homophobic.