Milk

Would you drink something that you knew was dirty and contaminated? Milk is often thought of a comfort food. Though, how much does one really know about this beverage? When milk has been passed around the breakfast table in almost every household in America, there is little debate about our nation’s favorite drink. However, often times things are sold to us to make a profit, rather than taking into consideration the actual health benefits, or detriments. If one sees a billboard for something advertised as undesirable and unappetizing, the likelihood is that they would not buy this product. Yet, many products that are both of these things are advertised as the opposite. The merits of milk are not as predominant as advertised by those selling it. When it is produced in unsafe and unethical manors, it is not difficult to believe that it is not as faultless as it seems. In conclusion, milk is not the superior beverage that it is sold and publicized to be.

Milk has always been advertised as a ‘wonder food’, but contrary to this widely shared belief, milk isn’t as wonderful as people make it out to be. The article “The Milk Letter: A Message to My Patients” by Robert Kradjian MD describes how milk is an exaggerated superfood. In his report, he mentions reading several articles from many researchers and doctors published between 1988 and 1993 about the health benefits and detriments of milk. After reading Robert states, “They [the articles] were only slightly less than horrifying… None of the authors spoke of milk as an excellent food…” In American society, milk is described as a “perfect drink”, and this belief is widely accepted. This opinion had been created by people trying to sell it, such as ...

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...what’s in milk, it is reasonable to state that one would never consume blood, pus without knowing, or antibiotics without infection. Leaving the contaminants out of milk by not mass producing it, may leave it as a superfood, though until that is achieved it is futile to believe that milk is anything less than an advertisement on steroids. Often times we do not know what is in foods, and often times there is no way to tell what we are putting into our bodies. Though, knowingly consuming things that are known to be toxic seems as harmful as texting while driving or smoking. All of these facts in mind, there is little to no doubt that milk is not the superfood it claims to be. In conclusion, it is best to know what you are drinking, not to trust mass advertisement of milk and to keep into consideration that many products are not all they’re cracked up to be. Got milk?