Is Drinking Cow’s Milk Healthy for Humans?

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It has been brought to the public’s attention that drinking cows milk is not healthy for humans to consume. Should this product be taken off the shelves at the local grocery store? Milk is one of the most popular beverages in the United States. There are multiple advantages to the human body when milk is consumed. Milk contains nine essential nutrients, it creates bone and teeth health, and it is a large contributor to the economy in the farming communities of the United States. There are also cons to human’s intake of cow’s milk. There are negative health effects, lactose intolerance in the body, and false advertising of the product in regards to weight loss. Humans drink cows milk by the gallons since “it does a body good”; yet, the product is in the spotlight for not being healthy for human consumption.

Milk is one of the most popular beverages in the United States. The definition of milk is a white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. ("Milk," 2005). Milk proteins consist of lactalbumin One of the proteins of milk (casein 3%, lactalbumin 0.5%, lactoglobulin 0.25%). Not precipitated from acid solution as is casein; hence, whey contains lactalbumin and lactoglobulin, which are precipitated by heat and can be used to make whey cheese (Bender, 2005). There are variances in the quantities of the ingredients in milk. This can be due to many variables of the individual animal that the product comes from starting with the breed of the animal, the stage of lactation, and the age and the health of the animal. The caretakers of the animals and environmental c...

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