Originally Posted by GLobal
Milk from cows is made to make calf’s gain a few hundred pounds in a small amount of time. Who thought this would be a good idea to eat. If you are living is a place where food is hard to come by then yes, milk will probably do your body wonders due to lack of other sources of food, but it is by no means an ideal source of anything. Eat greens and you can get all the calcium you need. The 5 countries with the highest dairy consumption also have the high rates of osteoporosis. I think there might be a link.
There's a link between people who have very high protein diets and osteoporosis. The reasons are unclear. The real reason could be something that has nothing to do with protein itself, but something else in the diet of people who consume large amounts of protein. To start making quantum leaps in conjecture and say everyone should stop drinking milk and stop eating good sources of protein doesn't make much sense. The biggest causes of osteoporosis have nothing to do with calcium consumption.
There's nothing nutritionally wrong with milk if consumed in moderation. The Amercian Cancer Society found that people who drink at least 8 oz of milk per day have a 15% lower risk of colon cancer. This pretty much shoots PETA's credibility straight to hell when they start putting out information that milk causes colon cancer. They probably say that the ACS has been bought off by the milk industry though. They always have an answer to everything.