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Why is the standard milk now Low Fat

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    danslevent wrote: »
    It's kind of odd when you think about it that we drink cow's milk. It's yummy and all be is meant for calves, not humans really. Isn't it kind of strange that humans are the only animals on earth that drink milk produced by another animal?

    I wonder is human milk nutritious to adults.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Scanlas The 2nd


    danslevent wrote: »
    It's kind of odd when you think about it that we drink cow's milk. It's yummy and all be is meant for calves, not humans really. Isn't it kind of strange that humans are the only animals on earth that drink milk produced by another animal?

    The jury is is still out on what the long term effects of drinking it are. Who knows what it could don to humans considering its designed to turn calves into 500lb animals.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    I wonder is human milk nutritious to adults.


    Probably, depending on the diet of the woman. Might be a bit sweet though for most tastes.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    Probably, depending on the diet of the woman. Might be a bit sweet though for most tastes.

    Hmmm.would it be considered immoral or something to have people produce milk for others to drink it?

    I'm not high,i swear


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Hmmm.would it be considered immoral or something to have people produce milk for others to drink it?

    I'm not high,i swear

    Pregnancy?


    ...And lies!!! ;)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Hmmm.would it be considered immoral or something to have people produce milk for others to drink it?

    I'm not high,i swear


    Are you thinking of sticking new mothers into a milking parlour? May be human rights issues to deal with :p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,336 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    danslevent wrote: »
    It's kind of odd when you think about it that we drink cow's milk. It's yummy and all be is meant for calves, not humans really. Isn't it kind of strange that humans are the only animals on earth that drink milk produced by another animal?

    Some ants milk aphids.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    Are you thinking of sticking new mothers into a milking parlour? May be human rights issues to deal with :p

    Nah you could put them in a big comfy room with cushy armchairs :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,298 ✭✭✭Namlub


    Hmmm.would it be considered immoral or something to have people produce milk for others to drink it?

    I'm not high,i swear

    I'm sure I read about a shop in London that sells breast milk ice cream. Bit weird...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    danslevent wrote: »
    It's kind of odd when you think about it that we drink cow's milk. It's yummy and all be is meant for calves, not humans really. Isn't it kind of strange that humans are the only animals on earth that drink milk produced by another animal?

    I wonder is human milk nutritious to adults.

    It would be easier to digest as cow's milk is 80% casein 20% whey. Human breast milk is 60% whey 40% casein


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    Hmmm.would it be considered immoral or something to have people produce milk for others to drink it?

    I'm not high,i swear

    Ya can buy ice cream made from breat milk. Not immoral but given that it probably wouldn't be subjected to the same health checks as cow milk I wouldn't chance it yet. :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭Maedbhish


    Full FAT milk.
    Any other kind is just a cheap imitation.
    Fake milk.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,336 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    Low fat is just a marketing ploy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭Jev/N


    Low Fat definitely a marketing ploy but it's also a taste issue for many people, as it is for me.

    There's something I heard/read/possibly made up, though, about some vitamins or minerals only being fat soluble (or something to that effect) and thus having less in Low Fat. Kind of the inverse of the calcium point.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    danslevent wrote: »
    It's kind of odd when you think about it that we drink cow's milk. It's yummy and all be is meant for calves, not humans really. Isn't it kind of strange that humans are the only animals on earth that drink milk produced by another animal?

    Panda drink other animal milk as well



    Got to love pwo shake


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 548 ✭✭✭Seomra Mushie


    Jev/N wrote: »
    Low Fat definitely a marketing ploy but it's also a taste issue for many people, as it is for me.

    There's something I heard/read/possibly made up, though, about some vitamins or minerals only being fat soluble (or something to that effect) and thus having less in Low Fat. Kind of the inverse of the calcium point.

    Yeah, I'm sure that's true! Actually, there is only negligibly more calcium in low-fat milk, I only brought it up to point out that low-fat isn't necessarily less nutritious.

    There's still a decent amount of fat in low-fat milk, so it's likely that the nutritional profile isn't affected too drastically.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,299 ✭✭✭hairyprincess


    Breast milk

    Breast is best I tell ya :P


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Eroticfishcake


    I hate milk, looks so refreshing and tempting but tastes so different.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    Jev/N wrote: »
    Low Fat definitely a marketing ploy but it's also a taste issue for many people, as it is for me.

    There's something I heard/read/possibly made up, though, about some vitamins or minerals only being fat soluble (or something to that effect) and thus having less in Low Fat. Kind of the inverse of the calcium point.

    That's to do with how the body absorbs them, not whether or not they can be present in a bottle. :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Don't ever try to make milky coffee on super-milk! :eek::eek::eek::mad:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    Such a lad thing, sthandin at the wall outside Centre sippin on a carton of Avonmore Milk with your GAA bag and gelled hair.

    I don't have a problem with full fat milk, its not the worst kind of fat but if you're going to get through a whole litre or two before it goes off and you're overweight then you don't get anything from it, if your weights fine then pssh its just a bit of milk I'm sure the hormones in the milk is more fattening :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 767 ✭✭✭Odats


    Full fat milk. When I'm working abroad all we have is that UHT sh1t. Went to the supermarket one day and had a craving for normal milk. Mind you it is $10 for 2 litres imported from the US, but I just wanted normal milk.
    Looked at the options Half and Half, 2% reduced fat, 4% reduced fat, Lactose intolerant friendly, reduced low fat, semi semi skimmed (wtf).
    Got confused and didn't want it anymore.


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