Lactose
Contrary to peoples beliefs, milk is not as healthy for you and can make your bones weaker. Milk is Fat, A single serving of whole milk can contain more than 20 percent of the recommended daily allowance of saturated fat; and despite industry claims, a study of more than 11,000 children showed that the more milk they drank, the more weight they gained. We humans are the only specie to drink milk beyond our natural age of weaning and drink the milk of another specie. Cow’s milk is suited to the nutritional needs of calves, who have four stomachs and gain hundreds of pounds in a matter of months, so why would it not make us fat, Cow’s milk does not suit the nutritional needs of humans, so it’s no wonder that consuming it and its derivatives causes us so many problems.
Carbon dioxide usually gets the blame for global warming, but methane is about 85 times more powerful when it comes to trapping heat, although it breaks down faster than carbon dioxide. So what is the biggest methane pollutant? Cows.
Each year, one cow can belch 220 pounds of methane, which is 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide
cow’s milk actually robs our bones of calcium. Animal proteins produce acid when they’re broken down, and calcium is an excellent acid neutralizer,
The lactose in cow’s milk can be difficult for people to digest, resulting in nausea, cramps, gas, bloating, and diarrhea. Difficulty with dairy digestion can develop later in life and result in progressively worsening symptoms. A different beast than lactose intolerance, milk allergies can cause potentially strong and dangerous reactions, such as vomiting or anaphylaxis. There are four paths to lactose intolerance;
Primary lactose intolerance which is a normal result of aging. This is the most common type of lactose intolerance.
Secondary lactose intolerance is due to illness or injury
Congenital or developmental lactose intolerance is developed in the womb.
Developmental lactose intolerance.
It is estimated that 36% of Americans and 68% of the world population have some sort of lactose intolerance.
Cows are often pumped full of antibiotics to keep them alive and producing milk in filthy factory farm conditions.
1.5 to 2 acres to feed a cow calf pair for 12 months
26 percent of the earth's terrestrial surface is used for livestock grazing. One-third of the planet's arable land is occupied by livestock feed crop cultivation.
