coccyx

Think inactivity and a diet dripping in fat may have more to do with obesity problem than drinking milk. My children love milk and they don't have any of those medical problems. Isn't milk sterilised?/ zapped before we drink it?

Rolo

Yeah, I think milk isn't the only thing that's making people obese!.. I think we have Mcdonalds and everything else to blame for that! But I am put off by what they say about the big factories and I'm sure there is alot of disgusting things they're doing that we're not aware of. I find is easy to avoid milk when it comes to what you put on your cereal but avoiding chocolate is so hard! My brother's a vegan and reckons vegan chocolate is just as good but how often do you see vegan chocolate?

TrixieLox

The links below should help, bit more reliable than MilkSucks or whatever it's called. When it comes to trying for a baby and ensuring the health of a developing baby, you gotta follow expert advice as far as I'm concerned (but also not go OTT about it all). And all the reliable and good and non-commercial sources say drinking cow's milk is important.

But if you're really adverse to it, I'm sure there's other ways of getting the nutrients provided by milk, maybe there's some vitamin tabs out there for you?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...25/wpreg25.xml

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...icle708997.ece

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publications...nce/DH_4137167

http://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/en/fe...1=1&n2=5&n3=26

Rolo

the result of hormones on dairy cows..

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Mervs Mum

I'm not sure that's necessary on a TTC board.

Samo

people would believe anything these days and i think a lot of times organizations and media put out so many health hazards for ANYTHING. I bet i can find something that claims i will go blind if i am on the computer for more than 30 minutes at a time. Or something like i will get cancer if i leave my toothbrush in the bathroom and not sealed in a tightly closed sanitary container. Drinking milk can cause infections and is a health hazard...just another one.

How i see it is people have been drinking milk for YEARS and if it's a health hazard, the FDA would have taken it off the shelves years ago. the only health hazard i see from milk or dairy is if you happen to be lactose intolerant.





we can all post pictures. there's always more than 1 side of the story.

Mervs Mum

And how do you actually know that these pictures are as a result of hormones? They could be as a result of anything. I could have posted the picture Samo did and said 'as a result of eating fillet steaks and bread and butter pudding'

Wobbles

I have removed some pictures above.

I find them completely unnecessary sorry.

TrixieLox

Even if the pus thing is true, my future developing baby comes first over my political / humanitarian views. I'm a bit selfish like that but I understand why some people want to stand by their strong beliefs and concerns so each to their own.

So let's ligthen this topic a little - considering the post earlier re: ice cream, my mate does these AMAZING milkshakes with milk and ice cream so I'm off to make one :-) Yumsers! (I'll just try to block out the pus image, barf!)