Cow's Milk, 12 Reasons Why
You Should Stop Drinking it.
# High in Calcium other Than Dairy
Products
Orange juice, fortified ; 8
oz - 400 mg
Soy milk, fortified ; 1 cup -
400 mg
Cereal, fortified ; 1 cup -
300 mg
Bread, fortified ; 1 slice -
150 mg
Salmon (with soft bones) ; 3
oz. - 180 mg
Soybeans, Cooked ; 1 cup -
180 mg
Almonds ; 2 oz. - 150 mg
Shrimp ; 1 cup - 150 mg
Beans, white ; 1 cup - 140 mg
Beans, navy ; 1 cup - 130 mg
Spinach, cooked ; 1/2 cup -
130 mg
Beans, black ; 1 cup - 120 mg
Tofu, Firm ; 4 oz. 250-750 mg
Tofu, soft ; 4 oz. - 120-390
mg
Greens, mustard ; 1/2 cup -
100 mg
Bok choy ; 1/2 cup - 80 mg
Oysters ; 3 oz. - 80 mg
Greens, collard ; 1/2 cup -
70 mg
Broccoli ; 1/2 cup - 50 mg
Brown Rice, long grain ; 1
cup - 50 mg
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The effects of drinking cow's
milk are negative for humans and the environment.
Cow's milk is typically
regarded as a prime factor in keeping a balanced American diet. From the very
start of our lives, we are told that it is important to drink milk in order to
maintain good, strong bones and grow up to be healthy. However, have we taken
enough time to think about how healthy cow's milk truly is?
This is a major misconception
that Americans typically have in regard to how good for you cow's milk is.
There are plenty of
alternative milks that can replace the use of dairy milk such as coconut,
almond, rice, hemp, and soy that are better choices for your body.
1. Antibiotics ; Oftentimes, cows are injected with
antibiotics in hopes of increasing the quality of the milk. However, the
addition of antibiotics to the cow actually does more harm than good as this
has the potential to instill antibiotic-resistant bacteria that could lessen
the effectiveness of the antibiotics that humans take.
2. Lactose 젖당 ; There is a sugar in cow's milk called lactose
which can be difficult for humans to digest.
3. Pesticides ; Cows are exposed to harmful pesticides that
are, in turn, introduced to their milk production. Why would you want to drink
pesticides?
4. rBGH ; A genetically engineered Bovine Growth
Hormone called rBGH is injected into cows to increase milk production. This
synthetic hormone increases the insulin growth factor in humans and has been
linked to some cancers.
5. Respiratory conditions and
allergies
Since milk products are
pro-inflammatory and mucus producing, then they increase the risk of the
potential for respiratory conditions and the development of allergies.
6. Not a hearty source of
calcium
Due to the pasteurization process,
only a small percentage of the calcium originally in milk is actually able to
be absorbed into the body.
7. Acne 여드름 ;
The risk of acne issues increases when
the consumption of dairy milk.
8. Gut health ; Pasteurized milk contains proteins that make
digestion more challenging.
9. Increases calcium loss
Ironically, milk actually
increases the loss of calcium in bones rather than increasing the production of
calcium-rich bones.
Since milk acidifies once in
the body, and the best acid neutralizer found in the body is calcium, then
drinking milk results in the utilization of the calcium from our bones to
neutralize the milk's acidifying effect.
10. Milk is a processed
product ; The process of pasteurization alters the
composition of dairy milk and increases the acidifying effects of the drink
when compared to the actual raw product.
11. Harmful to the
environment ; The dairy industry negatively impacts the
environment in the sense that it increases the amount of climate-warming gases
as a result of manure, feed production, and milk processing that come from
cows.
12. We aren't cows ; Cow's
milk is meant for turning a newborn calf into a 400-pound cow after the first
year of life.
The extreme amount of
protein, mineral content, and essential fatty acids are necessary for the
growth of calves into strong adult cows.