Why don't we all drink human breastmilk?

--LOS-- wrote: »

It's easier to recognise the suffering involved in beef production, most people grasp that an animal was killed for the meat they eat, with dairy there's a disconnect where you think it's ok to take cows milk because you're not killing the cow. But the dairy and beef industry are interlinked, one contributes to the other, a dairy cow suffers the same fate as beef cattle and is also used for meat, only this time after a life (much shorter than it should be) of being continuously impregnated so that we can take the milk, the calves depending on their breed and gender will either become part of the dairy industry, raised for beef, raised for veal or culled outright. So the dairy industry is more cruel for that reason.


I drank raw milk until my early teens But people misunderstand what pasteurisation is, it's not a removal process, there's pus and blood in all the milk you drink, and that's allowed but they prefer to call that 'somatic cell count', so don't kid yourself that the milk you drink isn't harmful.

How long should their lives be in your opinion?
The average girl here gets beyond 8 and considering she would start ovulating at around 12 months you'd be looking at around 100 in human years iykwim. One girl last year was 15 when she went. Now I'll grant you she ended up as lunch but she had a good innings and was properly looked after while she was around.

The cruelty accusation really bugs me. If I'm such a monster my girls must be masochists of the highest order. Nothing else would explain why they come over to get their ears scratched. I think in general they have a good life. They spend 8 months per year outdoors day and night, 2 months out during daylight and another 2 months indoors. During most of that 2 months they would stay indoors by choice as while it's a bit cramped the beds are soft and the grub is good and conditions outside are on the cold, wet and miserable side. For the other 10 months most of their diet is grass supplemented with our own grain and some distillery or veg oil byproducts.

There's no pus or blood in the milk I supply if there was it would be rejected not to mention the fact that I would have a lot of very ill animals on my hands. As any of the ladies posting here who have suffered from it can atest mastitis is bloody awful. You might want to check your definitions there btw I can't find any reference to scc equaling pus and blood.

conorh91 wrote: »

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And in one simple sentence is exposed the real reason none of the... Excellent inventions and ideas put forward on AH don't come to fruition

vibe666 wrote: »

It's actually great as a topical ointment for nappy rash etc.

A lot of women complain of sore, cracking and chafing nipples after breastfeeding, but if you actually express a little and rub it around the nipple and let it dry in, it prevents this. It's probably a combination of enzymes, sugar and fat that's good for the skin. So no reason why it wouldn't be just as potent on other skin conditions.

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

It's supposed to be quite sweet. I think the idea of sweet milk grosses me out far more than knowing where it came from. It's just mammal's milk, I would drink it if I was hungry enough.

I didn't find it tasty in the slightest. Had a bit of an icky aftertaste; a bit like sugary milk I suppose.