Milk - Violence ???

Well I think the folks at PETA have outdone themselves this time. Their latest thing is that the amount of milk you drink as a child correlates how violent you are as an adult. So the more you drink the bigger possibility that you'll become a violent criminal. I think this falls right in line with the environmentalist that say that hurricanes and other natural disasters are no longer considered to be natural and henceforth will only be called disasters. Man is ruining the world and we should all commit suicide...I say to them...you first

Well I think the folks at PETA have outdone themselves this time. Their latest thing is that the amount of milk you drink as a child correlates how violent you are as an adult. So the more you drink the bigger possibility that you'll become a violent criminal. I think this falls right in line with the environmentalist that say that hurricanes and other natural disasters are no longer considered to be natural and henceforth will only be called disasters. Man is ruining the world and we should all commit suicide...I say to them...you first

Stankleberry drank a lot of milk.

I sure did. Are you shaking in your boots now?

Are we talking mother's milk or other mammal milk.

I, of course, came out of the womb with a taste for flesh! Which explains my violent tendencies.

Hah you too eh? Of course my situation was different. I couldn't breast feed as my mother's nipples had been bitten off by angry beavers.

PETA obviously dislikes the dairy industry (http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=98) but their site doesn't make any mention of a correlation between violence and milk consumption, that I could find. Admittedly, I made only a cursory search, as I am busy eating a ham & baby seal sandwich while wearing my full-length mink coat.

I call bullsh*t on this thread.

Even if Peta people are nuts who don't want to understand that psychopaths are people who don't have empathy, and that their abuse of animals is symptomatic of their pathology (which is not created by the abuse itself), this thing about them saying " that the amount of milk you drink as a child correlates how violent you are as an adult" sounds like an exaggeration of their ideology to stir up a controversy.

I thought it was obvious. People who fail to drink enough milk end up with weak bones and bad teeth making it more difficult for them to be violent.

People who fail to drink enough milk end up with weak bones and bad teeth

Dietary protein, including that from dairy products, influences calcium balance. An adequate protein intake is important for supporting bone growth in children20 and maintaining bone mass in older adults.21,22 However, increasing intake of dietary protein, particularly animal protein, is associated with increased urinary calcium losses23 that may result in increased bone resorption24 or increased fracture.25 In metabolic studies, doubling protein intake produces an 50% increase in urinary calcium.26 Approximately 6 mg of dietary calcium is theoretically required to offset the urinary calcium loss associated with 1 g of protein.27

Dairy products may contain up to 20% of the recommended dietary allowance for sodium per serving. Sodium is an important determinant of urinary calcium excretion because the 2 minerals compete for resorption in the renal tubules.28,29 For every 2300 mg of sodium excreted by the kidney, 40 to 60 mg of calcium also are lost (ie, every 100 mmol of sodium excreted leads to the excretion of 1 mmol of calcium).30

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Dairy products contain nutrients, including protein, sodium, and, in some cases, supplemental vitamin D, all of which influence calcium balance and bone mineralization and alter or negate the effect of dairy calcium in the body’s mineral economy. Animal protein and sodium, in particular, tend to increase calcium excretion. According to calculations by Weaver et al,27 even with the calciuric effect of protein and sodium, dairy product consumption should result in a positive calcium balance and, presumably, a positive effect on bone mineralization. However, in clinical, longitudinal, retrospective, and cross-sectional studies, neither increased consumption of dairy products, specifically, nor total dietary calcium consumption has shown even a modestly consistent benefit for child or adolescent bone health.

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Dairy products contain protein and sodium, and some dairy products, especially processed cheeses, clearly increase the urinary excretion of calcium as a result of their increased sodium, sulfur-containing amino acid, and phosphorus content.26 Although dairy products tend to contain more calcium in absolute amounts than calcium-rich plant foods, when absorption fraction is taken into account, the amount of plant food needed to get the same amount of absorbable calcium is modest. For example, 1 cup of cooked kale or turnip greens, 2 packets of instant oats, two-thirds cup of tofu, or 1 cups of broccoli provide the same amount of absorbable calcium as 1 cup of cow milk (as would 1 cup of fortified orange juice, soy milk, or Basic 4 cereal).

Nothing is true; Everything is permitted

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PS: I don't drink milk, I can't stand the taste