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Milk

Why vegans don't drink milk?

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In the population study “Milk Intake and Risk of Mortality and Fractures in Women and Men,” researchers following more than 100,000 men and women in Sweden for about 20 years found significantly higher rates of bone and hip fractures, heart disease, cancer, and premature death in general for women who drank more milk. Three glasses a day was associated with nearly twice the risk of dying early. Men with higher milk consumption were also recorded having a higher risk of premature death. A meta-analysis of all such cohort studies, however, failed to find a significant relationship between milk and mortality. Findings of a 2015 meta-analysis found that men with high intakes of dairy products—milk, low-fat milk, and cheese, but not nondairy sources of calcium—did appear to increase total prostate cancer risk.

Dairy consumption may also play a role in increased risk of asthma, Parkinson’s disease, and elevated blood pressure, among other health concerns such as recurring canker sores.

 

(nutritionfacts.org)

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On the other hand, Cows do not naturally produce milk all the time and they wont die if they are not milked as thought. As any other mammal, they produce milk only after they've had a baby. It is breast milk for their calf. Organic or not, dairy cows are artificially inseminated. Calves are taken away from their mother right after birth. If the baby is male, it goes to a veal crate. If the baby is female it's recycled back into the dairy or beef production. The cow is pumped with hormones to artificially increase milk production. Machines milk the cow for as long as they can until she naturally starts to reduce her milk supply. Then she is artificially inseminated again and it starts all over. When she starts to lose profitability she is sent to the slaughterhouse to become meat.

A cow’s natural lifespan is about 25 years, but cows used by the dairy industry are killed after only four or five years.

 

(veganlife-blog.com)

 

Milk alternatives:

 

Almond milk ,Rice milk ,Soy milk ,Hazelnut milk ,Coconut milk ,Oat milk ,Flax milk ,Hemp milk ,Cashew milk 

Our favorite recipe:

Any cup of plant based milk / 1 ts Dates molasses / 1/4 turmeric / a sprinkle of cinnamon / heat for 2 minutes in a microwave & enjoy.