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Friday, May 13, 2005

Unnatural to Drink Cow`s Milk

I was reading some comments on /. and came across some stuff about how it's unnatural to drink cow's milk. In fact, it's unnatural to drink milk past infancy in general. This spurred me on to do some research and what I found was disgusting.

I won't go in to too much detail, as a lot of the information is freely available on the web. But the most disgusting thing about cow's milk is the pus and blood that is contained in it. Granted, these are in really small quantities, but just the thought that that stuff is in the white stuff makes me gag.

In order for the cow farmers to maximize milk output, they give the cows growth hormone. This makes the udders swell and get infected with something called matisis. To combat the infection, the cows are pumped full of antibiotics. Over the course of the next 24-36 hours, the udders will secrete pus and blood. Granted, most farmers don't milk the cows at this point, but it's still disgusting.

Lactose is also extremely difficult for your body to process, that's why I get mad gas after I drink milk. For the rest of the day.

So if you drink milk, you should think twice about what you're putting in your body.