EZDisplay has it pretty close to the truth. Not all fat is bad -- some fats are essential for health. Milk fat is NOT. No animal consumes milk after weaning from it's mother and humans shouldn't be doing it either.
The big "joke" is that dairy is probably the worst way you can get your calcium. Do some research. Go read about what happened in Japan after dairy products were introduced into the diet. Read about how the countries with the lowest rates of dairy consumption have the lowest rates of osteoporosis and the countries with the highest rates of dairy consumption have the highest rates of osteoporosis.
All milk contains growth hormones -- all of it. Organic milk may not have "added" growth hormones but it still has the naturally occuring amount. Baby calves need to grow quickly so their mother's breastmilk has a lot of growth hormones.
By the way, the bovine growth hormone matches the human growth hormone and so it attaches to the receptors in our bodies very easily, confusing our bodies into thinking it's human growth hormone. So when you drink milk, you're getting extra doses of growth hormone in addition to your own.
I think the reason so many parents have problems getting their young children to "drink their milk" is because the kids' instincts know something that adults don't -- cow milk is bad for you.
And for the record, I'm not a vegetarian -- I like my meat!!
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