Let us talk about milk. Milk, an opaque white liquid that only the mammary glands of female mammals can provide. It is the first to provide the nutrition to new born mammals need before they can digest other types of food. It is the first to provide protection to new born mammals as it passes the mother's antibodies to the baby thus reducing the risk of disease.
Whole milk, a white nutritious liquid that is secreted by mammals and used by humans as food. Whole milk is milk in which the cream has been skimmed. As much as we see milk as full of nutrition and all, there are now new studies that question the status of milk as great calcium source. These question have created controversy.
Milk has a lot of minerals. Minerals such as sodium, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, chloride, zinc, iron ,iodine, selenium, trace amounts of copper and manganese. Milk has also a lot of vitamins. Vitamins like carotene, niacin, retinol, vitamin E, thiamin, riboflavin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folate, pantothenate, biotin, vitamin C, and trace amounts of vitamin D. But although cow's milk has all of these nutrients, these vitamins are contained in very low levels and the mineral content is out of balance with human biochemistry that it only becomes difficult for the body to absorb the the optimum amounts that is required for our health.
Then there is more. Whole milk,cheese, butter and many other dairy products contain a high amount saturated fat, cholesterol and animal protein. These are very dangerous to the body as it has been link to cause a wide range of illnesses and diseases. Excess saturated fat and cholesterol is known to increase risk of heart disease and stroke. Saturated fat, cholesterol and animal protein can help cause obesity, heart diseases, diabetes, osteoporosis and even certain cancers.
Then milk also can cause cow milk allergy, an immunologically mediated adverse reaction to cow milk proteins. There are also studies claiming that milk can also cause a slightly increase risk of developing Parkinson's disease in men more than women. Though this study has made it unclear why there is less risk for women and the reason behind is the claim is still not fully understood. Medical research have also shown a possible link between milk and Chron's disease.
What makes it even worse, the modern dairy cow because of new technologies have made it prone to stress and disease. In UK alone, cows suffer a wide range of infectious disease that include bovine tuberculosis, foot and mouth disease, brucellosis, viral pneumonia and Johne's disease. These infectious diseases can then become a wide range of contaminants in whole milk.
So we return to the question, is whole milk a good source for calcium absorption? Is it a whole food that is a good calcium source? You be the judge. Have a nice day!
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