3 Preposterous Lies About Cows Milk

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Some days I think to myself “If I see another milk commercial today I am going to scream!” Just trying to comprehend how much money the dairy industry has for their propaganda commercials is mind blowing. According to one source the dairy industry spends about $180 million every year spreading it’s misinformation about how much you need cows milk.

I am writing this article for two kinds of people. Those who still drink milk and are not aware of how bad it is for them and the horrors the cows face, and those who actually defend the dairy industry and it’s hype on health.

What can you do?

You can share this article. Hopefully the headline will make even the most die hard milk drinker curious. I know it can be hard to talk to friends and family about their health and the damage of things like cows milk. But if you can pique their interest with a headline or graphic they may accidentally find the truth on their own. And let’s hope they do! Their lives and health depend on it. And so do the cows.

If you clicked here because of the headline, don’t close your eyes and leave. Click to the next page and learn the truth about cows milk.

Let’s start with the most well known and widely spread claim of the dairy industry and examine it first.

You need milk for calcium and strong healthy bones

WRONG! You do not need cows milk to get calcium. In fact, the modest amount of calcium in milk isn’t even absorbed very well by the human body. Consider this study by Harvard University that not only suggest plant based calcium should be considered, but also points out the many health risks of drinking milk. Some of the disease caused by milk that are specifically mention in this study are increased risk of ovarian cancer in women and prostate cancer in men.

How about your bones? Consider this article on WebMD that shows that calcium is actually leached FROM your bones when you drink milk resulting in a net loss of calcium. If strong bones is what you are wanting then NOT drinking cows milk should be your first step to getting the desired result.

If learning all of these claims by the dairy industry are dubious at best is surprising to you, we’re not done. Click to the next page and we will crush another preposterous lie about milk.

The lie that makes me more mad than any other is that the cows are actually healthier because we milk them.

We are doing the cows a favor by drinking their milk

WRONG! A dairy cows life is one of misery and torture. They are constantly pregnant by artificial insemination. You’d be surprised how many people don’t know you have to keep impregnating cows to keep getting milk. They think dairy cows just produce milk all the time naturally.

Once the cow gives birth the calf is immediately ripped away from it’s mom and take off the be slaughtered for veal in most cases. Meanwhile the mother is forced to stand in a stall barely wider than her body, hooked up to pumps all day to drain her of her milk. When she stops producing the is impregnated again and the cycle repeats.

If you really think we are doing the cows a favor consider this. Not only is the life of that cow a miserable one, it’s life span will on be about 4 or 5 years. Does that seem like a long life to you? In case you do not know, the life of an average cow not enslaved by the dairy industry is 15 to 20 years.

I congratulate you on making it this far. Don’t sell yourself short and stop before you click to the next page where we dispel the biggest lie of all.

This lie is one that has taken many decades to spread and billions of dollars in advertising to deliver.

Cows Milk is for Humans

WRONG! Cows milk is for cows.

Why would any species intentionally drink the milk of another species? Humans are the only ones that do it. It’s unnatural. It’s a bit creepy. And as we have already shown it certainly isn’t healthy. Why would you drink a substance that is designed to help a baby animal grow to 800 pounds in just a few months? How that can seem like a good idea just blows my mind. And people wonder why the world is getting fatter by the year.

If you are just now learning about these lies of the dairy industry and want to learn about other ‘milk’ alternatives you can check out our article on them. There are so many healthier and delicious choices to pour over your cereal or drink with your cookies. Learn more about vegan milk options here.

3 Preposterous Lies About Cows Milk