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by cies 3361 days ago
> Will we learn in 30 years that milk is actually unhealthy

I do not know if you are joking, but we know for some time now that regular consumption of dairy as an adult human increases risk for many health complications. (similarly evidence builds up against meat and eggs for some time now)

http://nutritionstudies.org/12-frightening-facts-milk/

http://www.peta.org/living/food/reasons-stop-drinking-milk/

http://www.pcrm.org/health/diets/vegdiets/health-concerns-ab...

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I know you are serious and I have actually heard this for years and was of the understanding that recommendations was now changing towards "milk and dairy more healty than previously though".

Full disclosure: grew up on a dairy farm. Like milk. Might be biased.

This whole recommendations thing is a battle ground for corporate interests. It is better to do your own research (find doctors that argue in favour and against) and weight the evidence yourself.

> Full disclosure: grew up on a dairy farm. Like milk. Might be biased.

Dunno if yr biased. Only after to gather enough info and are ready to pass a judgment by yourself, then bias might show. Currently I expect your are merely uninformed. Some of the bigger "abandon milk" doctors grew up on dairy farms themselves.

And enjoyment is different story from health-impact. Some claim to enjoy smoking :)

I deliberately chose this subject because I know it's very controversial.

I had head aches all my life, and my hippie family doctor told me I should stop milk. I never listened to her.

Then in the last recent years I made experiments, and I noticed a correlation between raw milk intake and my head aches.

Now my veggie no gluten no milk doctor has died. Of cancer. Oh the irony.

But I don't have to take pain killers that much often anymore, only when I screw up my diet.

Life is funny that way.

Maybe it depends on how the milk was processed or not rather than the milk itself? I also have health issues with milk, yet find yoghurt and milk based products just fine.

There are studies that found a link between gut bacteria and mental illnesses. Some of the bacteria in our guts also thrives in milk based products like yoghurt.

On the other hand, the BBC were running this story yesterday about the risks of a low dairy diet for young people:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39557687

No one's life can last forever. I'd like to enjoy mine eating cheese and having a glass of milk with cookies.
That's a different topic. Enjoyment. We were talking about health.