More people who don't believe me...
Apr. 26th, 2004 12:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Okay, honestly. Who here really thinks that drinking milk is natural? Because I mentioned this to somebody and she acted like I'd said it rains pennies.
Yes. Milk. Unnatural. Humans wean by 7 or so (usually earlier, the median weaning age worldwide is 4). After that point, any milk drinking is unnatural. And it is NEVER natural for one species to suckle at the teat of another. It never has been, it never will be, especially not when it comes to adults. There's an exception made for "fostering". We've all heard of baby tigers in a zoo being put with mama dogs because the mama tiger was out of the picture somehow. I've heard of somebody doing the same thing with a squirrel and a cat. That would almost certainly not happen in the wild, but it saves lives. HOWEVER. Pulling the milk from a cow to drink in a cup? That's different, and freakish. I mean, eeeeeeew!
Of course, I eat cheese, which is worse, it's rotten milk solids, but eh. At least I know it's bad.
Yes. Milk. Unnatural. Humans wean by 7 or so (usually earlier, the median weaning age worldwide is 4). After that point, any milk drinking is unnatural. And it is NEVER natural for one species to suckle at the teat of another. It never has been, it never will be, especially not when it comes to adults. There's an exception made for "fostering". We've all heard of baby tigers in a zoo being put with mama dogs because the mama tiger was out of the picture somehow. I've heard of somebody doing the same thing with a squirrel and a cat. That would almost certainly not happen in the wild, but it saves lives. HOWEVER. Pulling the milk from a cow to drink in a cup? That's different, and freakish. I mean, eeeeeeew!
Of course, I eat cheese, which is worse, it's rotten milk solids, but eh. At least I know it's bad.
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Date: 2004-04-25 11:08 pm (UTC)Yeah - drinking cow's milk is totally nuts. And being on the spectrum, I am guessing you are familiar with the whole undigested-dairy-permeable-gut-equals-opiate-like-substances-causing-autistic-like-symptoms theory.
It's interesting, because Bolt would drink 1/2 gallon a day or more, duuring those years when he was non-verbal. And he DID act like an addict. When I went dairy-free, hoping to "treat" his autism, I don't recall it changing a thing, except he got fewer ear infections. Eventually we had dairy again, but he has never consumed it like an addict since. Just a glass or so a day (if that) and milk on cereal.
I myself *hate* milk, unless in coffee or tea or on cereal. I do however, love cheese and ice cream is ok in small doses. :-)
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Date: 2004-04-25 11:12 pm (UTC)Oh, hell yeah. I'm also familiar with the "eating-dairy-after-cutting-down-gives-you-severe-intestinal-problems" theory. Because it ain't a theory. The problem is I know I'm addicted to the stuff, I crave it, and then I go eat it anyway. But yeah, no plain milk. Buttermilk with pepper, sometimes, but otherwise just cheeses and ice cream. Love ice cream....
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Date: 2004-04-26 10:33 am (UTC)Of course, non-dairy ice cream/cheese is probably even *more* unnatural than the dairy-derived equivalents, as it's a synthetic version of something that's already pretty weird. So hmm.
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Date: 2004-04-26 04:07 pm (UTC)