Another Reason to Give Up Milk: Does It Really Do The Body Good?

by Andrew Martin

“Producing the peak yield of 35 litres of milk per day has been compared to a person jogging for six hours, seven days a week.”

Health Reasons

A large study coming from researchers at the Uppsala University in Sweden found that drinking milk led to an increased mortality rate and actually made bones more prone to fracturing, not less.(1)

The study was recently published in the peer reviewed British Medical Journal, and was specifically conducted to examine whether high milk consumption is associated with mortality and fractures in both men and women.

This is not the only study done regarding the health claims of the food industry, you can read more about it in this article.

Profit Before the Planet

Most people associate New Zealand with a clean, green image of lush rolling hills, hobbits frolicking between spectacular mountain terrain, and bountiful streams meandering through untouched wilderness. Like most Western countries over recent decades, the profit motive has driven farmers toward a commercial model which places the environment, animals, and ecosystems a distant second behind economic interests. A carefully constructed image of contented cows in lush pastures is marketed and promoted to the public, while economic prosperity is touted to the locals who are burdened with debt to fund this commercial destruction of the New Zealand landscape and ecosystems.

Good Marketing Has Helped Create an Illusion

Similar to other countries who market dairy, the packaging promotes lush pastures and contented animals who seem to have not a care in the world and are treated with love, dignity, and respect. Yet when it comes to the commercial reality, things are much different. A recent undercover investigation by Farmwatch and SAFE in New Zealand has raised some serious concerns about how inherently cruel this industry really is, in addition to exposing a shocking level of cruelty to which calves who are only a few days old are subjected. Whether dairy cows are factory farmed or raised out on open pastures, one thing is consistent around the world: they all need to continuously produce babies so we can have milk. (1)

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