I don’t understand what’s so bad about cows milk?

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We’ve been drinking it for generations but all of a sudden there’s this new trend of not giving toddlers cows milk anymore. 
I’m not talking about if you have sensitivities to it or are lactose intolerant. I’m just talking about moms never trying it and making like its poison when we’ve all been drinking it this whole time. 
I know cows milk has the fats and calories needed for toddlers especially if you have a picky toddler. So....what’s so bad about it?  Educate me please.

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Nothing. Lol. Like you said, unless you’re lactose intolerant, we evolved to drink it safely. In fact it was a staple of the diet of many European populations for ages. The “humans aren’t made to drink the milk of other species” argument is false. We actually are (those of us who have the lactase enzyme).

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I think people are just more knowledgable about the whole thing these days. Veganism is on the rise and has highlighted some facts about cows milk that people may not have known years back. I'm not vegan by any stretch, but my partner is, so we'll be giving our baba almond/rice/soy milk instead of cows milk when he time is right, which I'm totally fine with. Plant milk has more vitamins and nutrients than cows milk without any of the "nasty" stuff, and we'll top up his calcium and protein intake with his solid food.

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I can't tell you because I love it and won't give it up.

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Honestly milk isn't all that great for you and the way it's mass produced tends to end up with there being some pretty yucky stuff in the milk. When I was younger, I worked with a woman who was in school for something (honestly I can't remember what it was, but it heavily involved being in the food industry) and she said she would never drink milk again after seeing it produced. Obviously you can drink it without it causing any harm, plenty of people do, but we just know more now than we did then. And honestly I think milk was handled better when it was coming from small farms and not produced on mass. If I was buying milk from a farm down the road where I knew the cows were being well cared for and clean, I'd probably be much more inclined to drink it. But really, as far as babies are concerned, they're not cows and don't NEED to drink it, the nutrients in cow milk is easily obtainable through other foods and vitamins. They even make toddler transition formula. Personally my husband and I just don't drink milk so we don't normally buy it. Our son has tasted it a few times, but doesn't seem to like it anyway so we just offer him water and unsweetened almond milk (but he's still nursing so I haven't been too concerned with him missing out on any nutrients.

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If your toddler isn't lactose intolerant he/she is fine to drink it. It's not anyone else's business what you feed your child as long as its not harming them and you're keeping their development and nutrition in mind.

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It's for growing baby cows not baby humans. The cows are also treated with hormones and antibiotics so you're getting them too. The treatment of the cows is cruel and poor in most cases. I've seen videos of their udders bleeding and filled with pus and that going into the milk 🤢 saying all that, I still drink milk just opt for organic.

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The whole argument is. “Cows milk isn’t made for humans and mothers should breast feed as long as they can.” At least that’s the argument I’ve heard.

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I completely 10000000% agree with you!!! Your body needs milk. And cows milk is so much better for you than almond and soy and coconut and whatever other milk alternatives. As those ones don’t have the calcium and protein like the cows milk. It’s just like that stupid trend where everything has to be gluten free or organic. Like your body needs gluten unless your allergic or have celiac disease. Or sensitive to gluten.

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The type of protein found in cows (and goats) milk is different than that found in human milk. A lot of people of all ages can’t process it as well. Health problems like constipation/diarrhea, IBS, and anemia can all be caused by non-human dairy. Pretty much ALL babies and toddlers can handle lactose because lactose is found in human milk too, it’s adults and older children (8+) who have to worry about that because they are biologically designed to be weaned by that point. But any animals’ milk still isn’t designed to be drank by another species, especially frequently and/or long term. Other species shouldn’t have human milk either. It works both ways.

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I have no idea but I know that I love it and was completely addicted to it when I was pregnant lol like a gallon every 2 days and my baby is as healthy as can be. Plus I live in Michigan so I can get milk from soo many different farms and know it's good and clean. Milk is awesome.

I don’t understand what’s so bad about cows milk?

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