Dairy milk has played such a beneficial part in many lives; strengthening bones, flavoring tea, and helping humans grow nice and tall right? So one may think. "But it’s milk – she’s supposed to drink lots of it," said the mother of a one hundred pound nine year old who was drinking an average of four glasses a day (Freedhoff 1). During many people’s adolescent years they are told to drink lots of milk and grow big and strong, yet no one ever showed them proof that dairy milk actually did complete what it has been promising to do for so long. “For example... did you know that according to a study from the Harvard Medical School, some types of milk could cause as much damage to your health as smoking 4 packs of cigarettes a day? Think about that…
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Dairy milk has been directly correlated to obesity. “To combat the epidemic of obesity among youth, both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association have advocated giving low-fat or skim milk to all children ages 2 and up. But the U.Va. research suggests that tactic may need to be reconsidered...” this is because no matter what the type of dairy milk used, obesity is still an obvious outcome (Barney 1). Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Ottawa, explains that the common knowledge of dairy milk’s high concentration of fat is definitely the main cause of the direct link to obesity. He argues against the food pyramid that most grow up knowing and says that drinking four glasses of milk a day, is equivalent to drinking a “Big Mac’s worth of milk a day” (1). Also, dairy milk has been directly correlated to cancer. Farmers inject rBST, otherwise known as bovine somatotropin, into cows every two weeks to increase hormonal activity, boosting milk production by as much as twenty-five percent (Hill 11). This injection is commonly known as “the growth hormone they inject into animals for increased production,” and has sparked quite a scare within consumers. The use of this unnatural hormone has been banned in the entirety of the European union as well as; Japan, Australia, …show more content…
Instead of tossing out the gallon of milk sitting in one’s fridge, one may instead buy an alternative source of calcium and protein to keep next to their gallon of milk so when feeling healthy one can make the right decision. Eventually one could integrate that gallon of milk right out of their lives. For example, soy milk is a healthy alternative to dairy milk. “Soy isoflavones have been shown to be beneficial in preventing heart disease and at least 10 mg per day can decrease breast cancer recurrence by 25%” (Ware 2). Since cancer has a known link to dairy milk, one would obviously choose the milk with a link away from cancer, especially since the flavor of soy milk is so similar to that of regular cow milk. “Drinking organic unsweetened soy milk has provided me with several benefits for my body, skin, and hair, and my overall wellbeing. Although access to soy milk, specifically organic soy milk, may not be within my reach all the time, I will continue to make a conscientious effort to incorporate it into my diet in moderation” (2), writes Lizette Borreli, a media specialist who made the switch from regular dairy milk to soy milk. Soy milk’s natural fiber composition suppresses appetite so that is how Berilli lost weight, the milk’s fruitful amount of protein strengthened her hair, and the lack of dangerous
Dairy milk has been directly correlated to obesity. “To combat the epidemic of obesity among youth, both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association have advocated giving low-fat or skim milk to all children ages 2 and up. But the U.Va. research suggests that tactic may need to be reconsidered...” this is because no matter what the type of dairy milk used, obesity is still an obvious outcome (Barney 1). Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Ottawa, explains that the common knowledge of dairy milk’s high concentration of fat is definitely the main cause of the direct link to obesity. He argues against the food pyramid that most grow up knowing and says that drinking four glasses of milk a day, is equivalent to drinking a “Big Mac’s worth of milk a day” (1). Also, dairy milk has been directly correlated to cancer. Farmers inject rBST, otherwise known as bovine somatotropin, into cows every two weeks to increase hormonal activity, boosting milk production by as much as twenty-five percent (Hill 11). This injection is commonly known as “the growth hormone they inject into animals for increased production,” and has sparked quite a scare within consumers. The use of this unnatural hormone has been banned in the entirety of the European union as well as; Japan, Australia, …show more content…
Instead of tossing out the gallon of milk sitting in one’s fridge, one may instead buy an alternative source of calcium and protein to keep next to their gallon of milk so when feeling healthy one can make the right decision. Eventually one could integrate that gallon of milk right out of their lives. For example, soy milk is a healthy alternative to dairy milk. “Soy isoflavones have been shown to be beneficial in preventing heart disease and at least 10 mg per day can decrease breast cancer recurrence by 25%” (Ware 2). Since cancer has a known link to dairy milk, one would obviously choose the milk with a link away from cancer, especially since the flavor of soy milk is so similar to that of regular cow milk. “Drinking organic unsweetened soy milk has provided me with several benefits for my body, skin, and hair, and my overall wellbeing. Although access to soy milk, specifically organic soy milk, may not be within my reach all the time, I will continue to make a conscientious effort to incorporate it into my diet in moderation” (2), writes Lizette Borreli, a media specialist who made the switch from regular dairy milk to soy milk. Soy milk’s natural fiber composition suppresses appetite so that is how Berilli lost weight, the milk’s fruitful amount of protein strengthened her hair, and the lack of dangerous