Milk.

[Babyjustrun]

A while back, in like.. January. My idiotic french teacher (french is NOT a selective thing over here, it's a regular course, so i am fluent in it) decided we would write speeches. Well, I remembered a while back about something I read on PETA about cows & milk.
Turns out milk is bad for you?
Don't believe me?
http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=98

I never drank milk to begin with. it's nasty. it taste gross. my brother & father ADORE it and even can chug it. the thought of milk alone make me want to puke. so this really didn't help me.

 

[Sparx]

Do you have any idea what peta really is? I won't believe a thing with their name on it. Milk isn't great for you, but it isn't bad for you either. Milk is made for consumption. Breast milk and Cow's milk are very close. Milk isn't that full of calcium (a serving of broccoli has more calcium than a glass of milk) I highly doubt that its actually that bad for you.

PETA has no right to say that anyone is abusing an animal. I've seen what peta does. they're not who tehy want people to think they are.


I'm sorry. I have big issues with peta.

 

[MuNkY]

Well of course milk will be bad for you. Don't forget it's coming from PETA.

I have a more intellegent thing to say but I have to think for a moment. Excuse me. Lol.

 

[Babyjustrun]

why do you ask me if i know what the thing is?
i'm well aware as to what it is. maybe i shouldn't have posted this.

but it's not only coming from PETA, there have been other articles about it. the American Gastraeonolgoie (i can't spell it, but i can pronounce it xD) proved traces of osteoperosis (again, i can't SPELL IT!)

 

[MuNkY]

Okay, here is my more thought out comment. Lol.

Milk has it's up's and downs. It helps your bones grow and stay strong, yet at the same time can make your digestive system go heywire, and lucky me got to find that out the hard way. But like anything on this planet, if consumed in moderation, it isn't harmful.

Take Red Wine for example. It's health bennefits are amazing. It's loaded with anti-oxidents, which helps you live longer, yet also has alchohol in it. If you drink, say, a glass a day, it will do more good than bad. But if you drink, say, a bottle a day, thats where your going to have problems. It's the same thing with milk. You drink a little, you'll bennefit. You drink a lot, you'll hurt.

I guess what I'm trying to say here, is don't be so quick to write off milk as dangerous. It does have it's problems, but like I said, consuming milk in moderation will control that. If your drinking a gallon a day, that's bad, but if you stick to the milk you put in your cereal in the morning, it's not going to kill you, and in the long run, you'll probably bennefit from it.

Also, try not to believe everything you read on the internet. Especially when it's the issue of animal rights, and it's coming from PETA.

...and that post still wasn't what I wanted. Lol.

 

[Sparx]

Milk has calcium, but it is a wide misconception about how much it actually has. PETA is a bunch of hypocritical, money grubbing, extreamist wannabe vegans.

I was a vegan for years and I am not trying to offend anyone who is, but PETA should not be who you go to for information. They'll say anything to get people on their side.

I am from a very rural community with dairy farms and nurseries (nursery capital of the world. whoo. go us) And it is NOT as bad as they're making it out to be. If cow's aren't cared for, they don't milk. Its as simple as that.

 

[Babyjustrun]

well, actually.. i just hate milk xD this doesn't help. i won't drink it at all because it just tastes so darn bad.
but honestly it can be bad for your bones because of something i'm too lazy to write xD
something like a part of your body (i've forgotten) will need calcium & it will take it from your bones, and in the long run your bones become brittle. of course, it doesn't make much sense to me.. but whatever xD

 

[Daisymae26]

Do you have any idea what peta really is? I won't believe a thing with their name on it. Milk isn't great for you, but it isn't bad for you either. Milk is made for consumption. Breast milk and Cow's milk are very close. Milk isn't that full of calcium (a serving of broccoli has more calcium than a glass of milk) I highly doubt that its actually that bad for you.

PETA has no right to say that anyone is abusing an animal. I've seen what peta does. they're not who tehy want people to think they are.


I'm sorry. I have big issues with peta.

I totally agree! I don't really want to believe what they say in the media, because they're always changing the story, like chocolate is good, then it's bad, etc.

 

[BandGeek911]

Ugh. I hate milk! I can never drink it alone. It either has to be in cereal or chocolate milk!

 

[VolleyballQt07]

i love milk! i dont care wut all u think but i love it......at my house, we go through like 4 gallons a week! my brother, sister and i have yet to break a bone bcuz we drink so much so i really dont care if PETA says milks bad for you cuz you know wut, i've been drinking it for 13 years and i am still alive! actually, i think i'll go have a glass now!

 

[imabrat]

my brother, sister and i have yet to break a bone bcuz we drink so much

drinking lots of milk doesnt have anything to do with breaking a bone...i drink milk and look at me,i broke my collarbone...doesn't mean i dont drink milk...

ehh,i could really care less about milk...i can live with it,and i can live without it...

 

[Loves Disney]

I could go on and on about what milk provides people with as far as nutrients and other stuff our body needs...but I see people have already gone into specifics and I feel no need to go into again.

I could also mention the down-falls (which are clearly less than benefits...) but again, those too have been mentioned.

I really have nothing educational or even meaningless to say on this thread as my thoughts have been "consumed" already lol.

However, what I do have to say is simple...it's PETA!! The biggest joke to hit animal rights activists everywhere! I'll believe PETA when I see pigs fly...that is, before PETA gets to them...

 

[tinkerbell12]

, i've been drinking it for 13 years and i am still alive!

yup! that is proof milk is not bad for you...... but i still hate it unless it is chocolate!

 

[MuNkY]

yup! that is proof milk is not bad for you...... but i still hate it unless it is chocolate!

Thats a ridiculous argument. My grandma has been smoking sence she was 15 and she's still alive. Doesn't mean it's not bad for you.

I can't even begin to tell you how much drugs the band in my sig has consumed in the past 30 years or so, and they're still alive. Doesn't mean it's not bad for you.

 

[Loves Disney]

yup! that is proof milk is not bad for you...... but i still hate it unless it is chocolate!

VolleyballQt07, apparently since you are still alive, we now have proof that milk is good for everyone! Feel proud?

 

[xtinkerbellax]

It's pretty amusing that we're having a heated debate about milk of all things. Lol.

 

[cheerchick]

i love milk! i dont care wut all u think but i love it......at my house, we go through like 4 gallons a week! my brother, sister and i have yet to break a bone bcuz we drink so much so i really dont care if PETA says milks bad for you cuz you know wut, i've been drinking it for 13 years and i am still alive! actually, i think i'll go have a glass now!

I love milk and infact I'm drinkin some now. I don't care what ppl say about it but I have been trying 2 cut done just b/c drink it 2 much and there r better things u can do w/ milw other than drink it. Lol.

It's pretty amusing that we're having a heated debate about milk of all things. Lol.

I agree this is kinda amussing and wierd all @ the same time. Lol.

 

[Loves Disney]

there r better things u can do w/ milw other than drink it. Lol.
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Maybe being a bit less ambiguous and a bit more clear might make that statement a bit less scary... lol.

 

[Sparx]

there r better things u can do w/ milw other than drink it.

....what?

 

[Babyjustrun]

cook. stuff. like everything xD