Posted on 10/31/2014 10:30:02 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Milk is often touted as an elixir for bone strength, but new research suggests that those superpowers may be true only to a certain extent.
A study published in the Oct. 28 issue of The British Medical Journal suggests that consuming three glasses of milk per day may double women’s risk of dying in 20 years, compared to drinking less than one glass daily, Medical News Today reported.
Researchers in Sweden found that the sugar D-galactose—which comprises half of lactose—increases oxidative stress and inflammation of the body. Experimental evidence in various animal species shows that chronic exposure to galactose can expedite aging and decrease lifespan. …
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Darn! All my favorite drinks and food have just about been labeled bad. Soon there won’t be anything left to eat that’s healthy.
Bullcrap. We need milk for the calcium benefits. I’m soooo sick of these ‘studies’.
According to the left, plants have feelings to, so even a salad will eventually be verboten ... starving is the only thing left.
Instead of fighting the Islamic menace, the Brits send money to fund stuff like this. Priorities, eh?
Nah . . . Soylent Green will be around then.
Ridiculous.
Well, yeah. That’s the ultimate plan.
You say that with confidence, like it aint here now? (LOL)
LOL. So true. Wonder if they consider algae a plant?
Dennis Prager has this YouTube video, “study says, what?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEmBCiEnREQ
” We need milk for the calcium benefits. “
You need 3 glasses of milk for calcium?
They could turn it into kefir. Kefir grains convert lactose into lactic acid.
Three glasses of milk equals 90% of daily requirement. How many glasses you need depends on how much calcium you get from other foods.
Milk is specifically designed for baby cows. It is not ideal for adult humans.
it is perfectly designed for cereal
I’m sorry, but my mammaries can only take so much. Perhaps I should have switched to soy....with those wonderful phytoestrogens.
Gee and smoking pot has no negative health effects
No! You don’t need milk (baby food) for the calcium benefits. You can take loads of calcium but unless you are taking in the nutrients with which it works in conjunction, ie magnesium, Vit D3, you will merely be damaging your bones.
Well now, like the famous Jackly Elders, the former Surgeon General during Slick Willie’s reign, said to the effect, “ well everyone is gonna die of something.....”
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