Milk - interesting read

[timtam78]

http://www.todaysparent.com/family/family-health/does-milk-really-do-your-kids-body-good/

 

[MrsS143]

I've really struggled with dairy this pregnancy
Milk yoghurt and cheese just come back up and leave me feeling ill
I worried id not be getting enough calcium until i looked how else I could get it
Theres loads in broccoli, oranges, almonds to name but a few
Its in loads of foods if your diet it balanced and varied enough x

 

[timtam78]

Yeah the dairy industry is so heavily marketed many people now think it's the only or best source of calcium. I'm vegan now so I don't have dairy at all anymore x

 

[flisstebbs]

Tammy, what milk do you give Max? Jess is a dairy o holic, been thinking of ways to try and reduce it without too much drama but no idea where to start?

 

[kumber]

It's an American article so this is coming from the same type of people that said vaccines cause autism. Milk certainly isn't the only form of calcium but it is packed full of calcium and can be an easy and quick way to get a high calcium level in your system.

 

[timtam78]

Sorry about the delayed response, not logged in here for aaages!!

Not sure why the fact that its an American article would mean its not true. Americans are still human after all. Here's another one from Harvard university school of nutrition saying milk is not necessarily the best source of calcium.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/calcium-and-milk/

The pure fact that cows have to have babies to produce milk is all I need to know that it's not meant for us.

Fliss, I still breastfeed Max but I give him oat milk or coconut milk in his cereals. xxx

 

[kumber]

My point about it being American is that unlike the UK government funding unbiased UK research, US pharmaceutical companies and medical researchers are paid by private companies to research and can produce biased results in line with the result the funders want. This obviously isn't always the case but I am always very sceptical of US medical research unless it has been backed up by the NHS, the WHO, or similar body.

 

[timtam78]

That's fair enough if you trust them, but I for one minute don't believe that the UK government are unbiased. They have various links with the dairy/animal agriculture industry who are very powerful. (but I think getting less so as more people are moving away from dairy).

Osteoporosis is also lower in countries which traditionally haven't consumed cows milk. I know that there are other factors, but to me it seems obvious.

Check out white lies, a report put together by Viva. I know you'll say it's biased but it has been compiled from reputable reports from places such as the British Medical Journal.

I don't personally don't need the science myself, I just know cows milk was made for growing huge bovine creatures not humans, as they have to give birth just as we do to produce milk. I now think it's strange that we are the only species to consume milk after weaning and particularly from another species breast. Humans haven't been consuming it for long enough to have evolved to rely on it.

I did used to consume dairy myself until 4 years ago.

 

[kumber]

That's fair enough, it's what you're comfortable with. I personally couldn't give up milk because I love the taste of it and whatnot but I respect that not everyone wants to drink it

 

[tiyashrivastha]

Nice article. Thank you for sharing.

 

[TTT]

I have been trying to switch to milk alternatives as my lo has a suspected cows milk allergy and I've been struggling. After being on coconut milk for 4/5 weeks I've been suffering with IBS and have since found out that long term coconut milk can cause fructose malabsorption, similar symptoms to IBS. Almond milk contains lots of fillers including dot, which is second to cows milk protein as a risk of allergies.

I've never tried oat milk though.

 

[JD.Deedee]

I have been trying to switch to milk alternatives as my lo has a suspected cows milk allergy and I've been struggling. After being on coconut milk for 4/5 weeks I've been suffering with IBS and have since found out that long term coconut milk can cause fructose malabsorption, similar symptoms to IBS. Almond milk contains lots of fillers including dot, which is second to cows milk protein as a risk of allergies.

I've never tried oat milk though.

Best advice I can give you is ask for a referral to a dietician/nutritionist... I was misdiagnosed with IBS 6-7 years ago, I was given a list with foods to avoid that were suspected to make it worse.. Resulting in that I took out almost everything I ate, having a bland diet of mash and other starches, carbohydrates and not much else.. Within two weeks I had massive panic attacks that always led to me fainting even in public out of nowhere.. I went straight back to the doctor didn't even argue with him just simply asked for a referral to a dietician.. Still part mis-understood what my issue was with food. Atleast it helped me to kickstart back up and understand what I could eat or drink or could have instead...

But when you remove dairy from your diet that doesn't necessarily mean you have to replace it with other milk type products.. Vitamin D and calcium can be taken out other sources.
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/guide/calcium-vitamin-d-foods

So if you eat more than egg yolks and spinach you'll be okay..