How healthy is diary milk? We have all drunk milk since we were born but when have you taken the chance to look at what you are actually drinking. Recently there has been a revolution in healthy living from knowing about what you are eating to catered plans from educated individuals to keep you and others on a healthy track. No one ever looks at diary milk as something harmful or unhealthy since we have been drinking diary milk for a very long time.
The best way to see if diary milk is right for you is to be properly educated on the subject and from that education make the right choice.
For some people milk is a morning necessity and for others milk never even crosses their minds. Mass producing diary milk hasn’t been around for very long in
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Milk contains many different nutrients including water, protein, fats, carbohydrates, cholesterol, and calcium. Diary milk has many good things about it. For example Brian Roy, a researcher at the Centre for Muscle Metabolism and
Biophysics, stated “Low-fat milk has been shown to be as effective, if not more effective, than
Decker 2 commercially available sports drinks as a rehydration beverage. Milk represents a more nutrient dense beverage choice for individuals who partake in strength and endurance activities, compared to traditional sports drinks.” (Roy, 1). Basically leading to the thought of using milk as a post workout drink which provides an increase in protein synthesis. Moreover milk contains conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) which is known to lower the fat mass in animals, whereas the results in humans have been widely varied a study performed by L. Whigham at the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology concluded “Given at a dose of 3.2 g/d, CLA produces a modest loss in body fat in humans.” (Whigham, 6). We can see that CLA can provide fat reduction in humans in large doses but the amount in milk is not enough to get a conclusive answer as to if
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The World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research found in a recent study that drinking diary milk can lead to an increase risk of prostate cancer. (WCRF, 4). It is important as a milk drinker that you can become familiar with health benefits and consequences.
In today’s society there has been a steady decrease in milk consumption. In regard to
2015, Nathalie Gagnon-Joseph stated that “The past year wasn’t great for the dairy industry.
Global demand for milk dropped significantly, cutting into exports and creating milk surpluses everywhere.” (Joseph, 1) In Fact, some countries have banned importing of milk and some countries in the European Union have stopped giving out government subsidies for farmers producing milk. There are many vegans and vegetarians that don’t consume milk for animal
Decker 3 rights. Many people are veering away from milk because there are some healthier alternatives to diary milk. Your body can only take in a certain amount of calcium and the excess calcium
Lipid metabolism is one source of energy for the human body. We eat food containing one form of lipids, triacylglycerols. Before starting lipid metyabolism, these fats get broken down into droplets by bile salts.Triacylglycerols can be broken into fatty acids plus glycerol via hydrolysis with the help of the pancreatic lipase enzymen and then get used by cells for energy by breaking down even further. Once the pancreas and cells have enough energy and don’t need to absorb anymore, fatty acids get synthesized back into triacylgleryols. The excess triacylglycerols get stored in adipose tissue. Excess storage leads to weight gain and obesity.
LI was first recognized in the 1960s when researchers found black children responding unfavorably to milk in their diets (Harrison 812). Research led to the discovery that lactose, the major sugar in milk and related dairy products, was undigestible in some people because they were missing the enzyme lactase. Lactase breaks down lactose into its component monosaccharide sugars, glucose and galactose. In people missing lactase, lactose passes undigested through the small intestine. In some people, the undigested lactose passes through the remainder of their systems with no ill effects. In others, however, the undigested lactose becomes viscous and ferments in the colon (Englert and Guillory 903). The thickness of the liquid and the fermentation cause painful cramping, gas and sometimes diarrhea. Besides not being able to digest lactose, these people suffer from malabsorption, which causes them to receive little or none of milk's nutrients (Houts 110).1
DuPuis, E. Melanie. Nature's Perfect Food: How Milk Became America's Drink. New York: New York University Press, 2002. Print.
...at it was a healthy drink that came from an udder. That?s it, that simple. My attempt to locate a cow that could have produced my milk has made me realize that it is much more than a simple healthy beverage. In tracing milk I have left my apartment, visited the cooler in Safeway, found the driver that delivers it, located the plant which he bought it from, and seen the trucks leaving the plant where it is processed and pasteurized to go to the farms and get more from the udders. Essentially, I have found that the idea of my milk being a simple purchase is a fa�ade for a much more complicated web of processes which provide many jobs and involve many courses of action. Exactly how long does it take for the milk to get from the udder to my fridge? Three days. Exactly how many times had I wrongly assumed my milk was a simple product from an udder? Countless.
There are several factors that go into deciding whether products can be considered safe for consumption. One process in deciding for dair is SCC, or Somatic Cell Count. The SCC is a count of all the white blood cells existing in milk products. If a certain number is reached, the milk is considered infected. An article entitled Somatic Cell Count- Milk Quality Indicator states, “A threshold SCC of 200,000 would determine whether a cow is infected with mastitis… Cows infected with a significant pathogen have an SCC of 300,000 or greater” (“Somatic Cell Count”). It is also stated that in Europe, “milk with an SCC of more that 400,000 is deemed unfit for human consumption” (“Somatic Cell Count”). While 400,000 is considered unsafe in Europe, The United States Department of Agriculture allows for “Grade A milk shipments” to have a maximum SCC of “750,000 cells/mL” (“Determining U.S. Milk Quality”). It’s questionable what actually is safe for consumption. No mammal other than humans consume milk after infancy, and especially not from other mammals. Needed calcium is easily obtained through consumption of various vegetables and nuts. People just aren’t meant to drink milk. Dairy is the most common food allergy out there. A concept easy enough for kids to understand, an article from Kidshealth.org explains to lactose intolerant children, “[Y}our body starts making less lactase when you’re around 2 years old” (“Lactose Intolerance”). Because at 2 years of age, a person is no longer an infant, and therefore the body thinks that a person isn’t going to be drinking milk anymore. Dairy consumption can even lead to cancer. In an article entitled Milk and Prostate Cancer: The Evidence Mounts it is stated that “Major studies suggesting a link between milk and prostate cancer have appeared in medical journals since the 1970s” (“Milk and Prostate Cancer”). One of these studies indicated that “frequent dairy could increase
This article goes into depth on the different components that make up breast milk’s nutrient content. The article also goes over the different types of milks that a mother produces when feeding her infant. It also brings up that every mother’s milk is different because breast milk will change itself based on an infant’s nutritional needs. Both authors work at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research for Human Milk and Lactation which means both authors have a strong knowledge about breast milk. All sources they
Very few experts disagree with the fact that breastfeeding is the optimal choice for the infant. However, decreasing breastfeeding rates raise many questions as to why mothers are not choosing the best nutritional choice for their children. Despite breast milk being the obvious choice for infant feeding due to the health, psychological, and economic benefits, many mothers still decide to feed their infants formula due to lack of knowledge and support, difficulties with breastfeeding, and social embarrassment. Changes need to be made with formula companies, medical professionals, and the public opinion of breastfeeding in order to give nursing mothers the support they deserve.
... for people with lactose intolerance.” Women’s Health Advisor. 16.3 (March 2012): p6. Health Reference Center Academic. Web. 12 November 2013.
Milk today is not what it used to be. Only three percent of the U.S. population regularly consumes raw, unprocessed milk regularly (CDC). Before the process of pasteurization, cultures throughout history thrived on raw milk. In America, the first cows were brought to the Jamestown colony in 1610. Cottage dairying in America started in 1620, with the large importation of cattle from Europe. As the nation moved west, settlers sought pastures and room for more cattle. Most families had a family cow, and even small dairies were family-owned. During this time, cows fed off lush, green pastures. Ron Schmid observes, in his Untold Story of Milk, “Milk in America at the beginning of the nineteenth century was of the same character as the milk that had nurtured humanity for many thousands of years . . . This was soon to change, as the growth of the cities would lead to changes in milk that would have devastating effect...
mother’s milk. It a practice that has been passed down from generation to generation since the beginning of our existence. It has proven to be an efficient and healthy way to feed newborns. Several research have shown numerous benefits of breastfeeding. For example, when it comes to the comparison of breast milk and formula milk, studies have shown that formula milk can be harder for babies to digest. This is due to the fact that formula milk is created from cows and babies, stomachs have a hard time digesting and adjusting to it. In addition, the overall quality of formula milk lack the critical nutritions such as antibodies, which breast milk provides to help fight of infections and prevent diseases. As a result, the benefits of
Mozes, Alan. "Drinking Milk as Teens May Not Protect Men's Bones."WebMD. HealthDay, 19 11 2013. Web. 01 Dec 2013.
The idea of pasteurizing milk bagan in the 1920s, and later became an aspect of everyday life in the 1950s. Milk that has undergone this process is normally prefered since it is sterilized, therefore lowering the chance of human illness. However, it’s not the 1950s anymore, and the idea of pasteurizing milk has lost its luster for the people that now prefer raw milk. Unlike the milk that most Americans consume, raw milk has not been pasteurized, or quickly heated to a high temperature to kill harmful bacteria. In raw milk, these bacterias haven’t been removed, leaving people at risk. E. Coli, salmonella, and listeria are only some of the bacteria that raw milk carries, all of which can cause sickness, or even death. Common affects of consuming raw milk are diarrhea, stomach cramping, and vomiting, but it's the rare ones: kidney failure,paralysis, and death that causes raw milk to be illegal in half of the states and illegal to carry over state lines in its final form. Nevertheless, people still actively seek out and consume raw milk because they believe its nutritional values to be greater. Controversies surround this topic on whether organic food
Wagner, C. L., Anderson, D. M., & Pittard III, W. B. (June 1996). Special properties of human milk. Clinical Pediatrics , p 283.
Those who are able to do so are proud to tell you how they are glad to not have to use formula. Yet, if you asked her if she would drink it herself, she would probably “no way!” Yet, this article expresses a lesser known and curious prospective.; it opens the door for the question, of: “Is human breast milk as an acceptable food for adults?” It (what?) features a well known New York ...
Breast milk is made for the baby having just the right amount of protein, sugar, water, and fat that is needed for a baby’s growth and development. As breast milk is easier for newborn’s to digest than formal, it prevents intestinal upsets. Furthermore, breast milk includes substances such as immunoglobulin’s...