Do you enjoy milk, but cringe when you remember that it comes from the teat of a cow?

Question

I've been getting this lately. I kind of get grossed out, but then again who could avoid the sweet sweet taste? How do you cope with this?

Answer 1

I know that it is nature and it does not bother me at all.

And I know that milk is much better than the dangerous alternative of soy products:
SOY DANGERS:

* High levels of phytic acid in soy reduce assimilation of calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc. Phytic acid in soy is not neutralized by ordinary preparation methods such as soaking, sprouting and long, slow cooking. High phytate diets have caused growth problems in children.

* Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and may cause pancreatic orders. In test animals soy containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth.

* Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women.

* Soy phytoestrogens are potent antithyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.

* Vitamin B12 analogs in soy are not absorbed and actually increase the body’s requirement for B12.

* Soy foods increase the body’s requirement for vitamin D.

* Fragile proteins are denatured during high temperature processing to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein.

* Processing of soy protein results in the formation of toxic lysinoalanine and highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.

* Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food processing and added to many soy foods.

* Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum which is toxic to the nervous system and the kidneys.


SOY INFANT FORMULA — BIRTH CONTROL PILLS FOR BABIES

* Babies fed soy-based formula have 13,000 to 22,000 times more estrogen compounds in their blood than babies fed milk-based formula.

* Infants exclusively fed soy formula receive the estrogenic equivalent of at least five birth control pills per day.

* Male infants undergo a “testosterone surge” during the first few months of life, when testosterone levels may be as high as those of an adult male. During this period, baby boys are programmed to express male characteristics after puberty, not only in the development of their sexual organs and other masculine physical traits, but also in setting patterns in the brain characteristic of male behavior.

* Pediatricians are noticing greater numbers of boys whose physical maturation is delayed, or does not occur at all, including lack of development of the sexual organs. Learning disabilities, especially in male children, have reached epidemic proportions.

* Soy infant feeding—which floods the bloodstream with female hormones that inhibit testosterone—cannot be ignored as a possible cause for these tragic developments. In animals, soy feeding indicates that phytoestrogens in soy are powerful endocrine disrupters.

* Almost 15 percent of white girls and 50 percent of African-American girls show signs of puberty such as breast development and pubic hair, before the age of eight. Some girls are showing sexual development before the age of three. Premature development of girls has been linked to the use of soy formula and exposure to environmental estrogens such as PCBs and DDE.
http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/03summary.htm

Answer 2

Try soy milk. I love regular milk, but also enjoy soy milk often. The taste takes a little getting used to but tends to grow on people quickly. You can even buy the flavored vanilla kind, though all that extra sugar tends to offset the otherwise healthiness of the product.

Also, do you eat cheese/other dairy products and not have this problem? Beef? If so, the milk thing shouldn't bother you as much as the blood thing. Though I do know what you mean...as soon as you start thinking about the fact that you are drinking another animal's bodily fluids, the taste becomes heavier and not as...clean.... Either don't think about it or switch to soy. Plenty of people live without dairy and they do just fine. I would not recommend it for babies...but I don't believe that it is a main contributor to the fact that girls are maturing quicker...that has been going on long before soy became popular here. And always remember what you started out life drinking from...your mother's teat (no offense if you were not breastfed).

Answer 3

Not only does milk taste great but it is so very good for you,pity you have switched from enjoying the taste,to concentrating on the anatomy of it all.If you find the teat thought all that unpleasant then switch to something more appealing in thought,if that doesn't work then you must seek help or do without the sweet taste of milk.Sad if you have to give milk up totally.

Answer 4

I actually don't have that problem but I do find it interesting. I haven't ever heard of anyone having a problem with where milk comes from. I am willing to bet that if you research the processes that milk has to go through before it gets to you, you might feel a little bit more comfortable. I could be wrong though. I hope that this problem doesn't persist for you because milk is one of the best things ever!

Answer 5

I don't have a problem with it. In fact I would like to drink straight out of the tap!

Answer 6

I am no vegan, but I cringe more about eating the cow.

Answer 7

i don't think about where the milk come from i just drink it.....lol....and the person above me got copy and paste happy huh?

Answer 8

yah, i don't really care, i got problems with my back,and to prevent being a hnchback, i need calcium..., so milk, milk and milk....

Answer 9

I go with it but i still dont like that your drinking like basically pee

Answer 10

i cope with it by not drinking that puss...soy is so much better and healthier.

Answer 11

i agree, thats why i eat eggs instead