to think drinking milk is revolting and utterly unnecessary for humans.

[EccentricaGallumbits]

Drinking another mammals milk. WTF is all that about?

Why would anyone want to do such a thing?

And past weaning unecessary and slightly disgusting.

I think it should be stopped.

[ravenAK]

Ah. I was reading about this today (Daniel Dennett).

Apparently it is the default for humans post-weaning to lack lactase (the enzyme that means we can process milk) - babies have it pretty much universally, adults don't.

HOWEVER in herding cultures adults have retained lactase via evolution. It's not a foolproof system hence dairy being a common intolerance.

(Disclaimer: I was skimming so the above is quite likely a gross over-simplification...)

[FAQtothefuture]

FIL has very little milk in his tea................as he's fed up of it - having spent his entire life milking the cows in his rural home back in Zimbabwe (he just can't entertain the idea of tea without milk LOL)

[witchofeastwick]

I had a caramel milkshake at McDonalds today and it was aaaaaaaamazing!

[EccentricaGallumbits]

there's no milk in muckdonalds shakes. it is all genetically modefied seawead.

[DidEinsteinsMum]

ravenak -you pretty much hit the nail on the head. Thank you for making my post make sense.

[SixtyFootDoll]

Raven you are right
I am remembering reading about this in my degree
Babies have lactase but we loose it at weaning
We can produce it again but not everyone does.
All i really remember is that the Chines loose it and do not regain it hence they have no diary in their diet as it cannot be digested.
DISCLAIMER I read this over 15 yrs ago so may be befuddled

[EccentricaGallumbits]

i knew i was right.

now i'd like some apologies from all you scathing vipers.

[DidEinsteinsMum]

sixtyfootdoll are you rejoining us mad people later or did we scare you?

[FAQtothefuture]

no you're not totally right - as those in herding cultures retain it - so NER

[TheBolter]

I don't like milk neat either - fine in food, tea, coffee, cereal (although I l still leave a fair bit pooled in the bowl ). I went off it when I was little because I didn't like the thought of it coming from cows' udders (shudders).

I still give it to the dcs though, only organic though because of the mucus factor.

[msled]

cows with mastitis are not milked for human consum;ption. So-called Pus in milk is just white blood cells. Don't believe everything Peta says!
I hate milk and eggs to eat though. Yuk.

[ForExample]

i don't like milk. have soya milk only.

[GeekIsGood]

Thank goodness someone has said it. Milk is gross.

Saying that, I like it cooked in things and I love cheese. I like cereal with milk but it's too disgusting to eat any time other than the evening and I can't have a spoonful of milk with no cereal bits in it.

Eggs are gross too. Saying that, I do like a fried egg for breakfast at the weekend. Unless the yolk is at all runny, that's revolting.

[Flamesparrow]

I want milk now.

Pregnancy makes it do bad things to me though.

Damn you!

[Littleredshoe]

YANBU milk is vile.... but lots of people like it !

[raffyandted]

I love milk, but now you've made me think about 'drinking another mammal's milk' it does seem weird. I mean, wouldn't it be really odd to think of our breastmilk being drunk by sheep, or something?

[DidEinsteinsMum]

Personally not supposed to drink milk or eat dairy as it makes my joints swell and does bad things to my digestive system. But cant resist cheese or ice cream need a big kick in ass sometimes. consequences are really not worth it

[LindenAvery]

Remember reading something that suggested Camel's milk was closer to human milk than cows milk and less likely to cause intolerance/allergies but unlikely to feature in european diets due to monoploly by dairy farmers.

Personally can't drink the stuff by the glass but love all the other forms!

What about food such as mushrooms,shrimps(surely aquatic bugs) and pork scratchings!

[lowlandlady]

dairy haters are just so

JOYLESS

go live somewhere cheeseless with your boney mates and leave us to enjoy life and dance in the street like the French

[Wanderingsheep]

I love milk! It's one of my weaknesses. Mmm, big class of ice cold milk.

DP likes it too. We go through about 4 pints a day in our house .

[Wanderingsheep]

glass of milk

[MamaLazarou]

Yuck - milk is revolting stuff.

I do like cheese and butter, though.

[lowlandlady]

OP says "And past weaning unecessary (sic) and slightly disgusting."

What are you? The world health organisation?

[Wanderingsheep]

If it's so unecessary past weaning stage, why have there been those "got milk" campaigns in America featuring celebrities to encourage people to drink it?

[sayithowitis]

Firstly I love milk as long as it is straight out of the fridge.

Secondly, I believe the human body is better able to access the nutrients that occur naturally in food than to access the same nutrients from a tablet. Especially as most tablets contain artificially produced versions of the nutrients concerned. My mum spent several years as a participant in a major study into osteoporosis and was given calcium tablets to take daily along with the tablet that was supposedly the treatment ( she never knew if she had the actual tablet or a placebo as she was not told whether she was in the control group or the other one). BUT, she was told that the calcium tablet was a very definite second best to drinking half a pint of skimmed milk a day in terms of the amount of usable calcium available.

Thirdly, as this report shows milk is better than sports drinks there are plenty of reasons why milk is actually worthwhile drinking.