I've always been a milk drinker, especially in the last few years when I start weight lifting. I would say I went threw half a gallon a day with protein shakes,oatmeal, and cheeses. I've always kinda questioned the health issues with milk, there are seeming more amounts of people that have chosen to give up dairy. It really hit me when I started to think about how we are the only mammal on planet earth that 1) Drinks milk from another species and 2) Drinks it threw out our entire life, after we are done developing. These cows that we get our milk from are injected with god knows what to further increase their milk production and antibiotics to keep them alive in terrible conditions. Drinking milk doesn't seem natural to me.
I've always had a little mild acne through out my teenage years and I think milk played a part in this. When researching the connection between acne and milk, I came across numerous sources stating the connection was because of the hormones in the milk. The two main ones I was concerned with were hair loss's best friend, DHT and IGF-1.
Heres one of the articles I read:
http://themilkblog.blogspot.com/2007/05 ... -acne.html
"So milk is full of hormones: not only ones intended to help the calf grow, but also those produced by the placenta to aid the cow's pregnancy. They include DHT, and other hormones that are the pre-cursors to DHT. In other words, the hormones teenagers naturally produce are plentiful in milk. It of course contains other growth-enhancing hormones too - as Danby says: "Milk is, after all, specifically designed to make things grow."
Another worrying hormone, as far as acne is concerned, is IGF-1. This "growth factor" peaks at age 15 in girls and 18 in boys, coinciding with peak acne levels. IGF-1 is thought to works with testosterone and DHT to cause acne. IGF-1 is present in cows' milk anyway, but levels rise by 10 per cent when cows are given injections of recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) to increase milk yield. Drinking organic milk is not a solution because the cows are still pregnant while lactating, so they have the same hormones in their milk as non-organic cows"
I will be increase my green vegetable intake to make up for the lost calcium.
I am on day 3 of being dairy free and I plan to make this a routine.
I've always had a little mild acne through out my teenage years and I think milk played a part in this. When researching the connection between acne and milk, I came across numerous sources stating the connection was because of the hormones in the milk. The two main ones I was concerned with were hair loss's best friend, DHT and IGF-1.
Heres one of the articles I read:
http://themilkblog.blogspot.com/2007/05 ... -acne.html
"So milk is full of hormones: not only ones intended to help the calf grow, but also those produced by the placenta to aid the cow's pregnancy. They include DHT, and other hormones that are the pre-cursors to DHT. In other words, the hormones teenagers naturally produce are plentiful in milk. It of course contains other growth-enhancing hormones too - as Danby says: "Milk is, after all, specifically designed to make things grow."
Another worrying hormone, as far as acne is concerned, is IGF-1. This "growth factor" peaks at age 15 in girls and 18 in boys, coinciding with peak acne levels. IGF-1 is thought to works with testosterone and DHT to cause acne. IGF-1 is present in cows' milk anyway, but levels rise by 10 per cent when cows are given injections of recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) to increase milk yield. Drinking organic milk is not a solution because the cows are still pregnant while lactating, so they have the same hormones in their milk as non-organic cows"
I will be increase my green vegetable intake to make up for the lost calcium.
I am on day 3 of being dairy free and I plan to make this a routine.