Dairy good for kids

[CarlWohlforth]

I love scientific studies because the popular press often runs with them and comes up with their own conclusions. The ones like the article I read on the BBC website today, "Dairy for children 'extends life'" take a commonly understood idea and makes new of it. I foudn it interesting none the less.

British researchers tracked down people from a 1930s study. Those who, as children, consumed enough milk, yogurt and cheese to supply 400 mg of calcium had a significantly lower number of strokes and heart attacks in old age.

Back in the '30s milk was whole milk rich in fat. People who could afford 2 cups of milk a day tended to be richer and eat better in general. The scientists apparently took all this into consideration.

These studies in general support my suggestion that people should eat moderate amounts of a broad variety of food. The more types of food regularly eaten the better. To completely eliminate fat, sugar, meat, carbohydrates or any other item from your diet seems potentially harmful.

[Bubblehead]

I love scientific studies because the popular press often runs with them and comes up with their own conclusions. The ones like the article I read on the BBC website today, "Dairy for children 'extends life'" take a commonly understood idea and makes new of it. I foudn it interesting none the less.

British researchers tracked down people from a 1930s study. Those who, as children, consumed enough milk, yogurt and cheese to supply 400 mg of calcium had a significantly lower number of strokes and heart attacks in old age.

Back in the '30s milk was whole milk rich in fat. People who could afford 2 cups of milk a day tended to be richer and eat better in general. The scientists apparently took all this into consideration.
 

As someone raised in the 40's, and when our milkman delivered milk, buttermilk, butter, cottage
cheese, and even eggs, via a horse and wagon, I recall eating lots of dairly products. I remember
our milk bottles freezing in the winter, out in the box on the stoop, and the cream pushing up the cardboard cap, in the bottles... My point?  I dunno, really... It's just that at age 69, I have yet to suffer any heart troubles..  Yeah....  Ticker is just fine!  (Blind, in one eye and can't...well, you know..
and some hair loss, but not much else..)
 

[Isaiah]

To completely eliminate fat, sugar, meat, carbohydrates or any other item from your diet seems potentially harmful.

As a longtime vegan, I strongly disagree. Vegans have an average lifespan of 89 years, as opposed to Omnivores who have an average lifespan of 79 years, or carnivores who have an average lifespan of 34 years. Save lives, go vegan.

Isaiah 

[CarlWohlforth]

One has to plan better if they want to adopt a Vegan Diet. Since most grains & veggies don't have a complete set of essential proteins you have to take care to make sure you eat a variety of foods that together provide what you need. Calcium and other essential nutrients are also a concern. I would never recommend putting an infant on a vegan diet.

I agree the less meat we eat the better for the environment. Reducing our red meat intake is better for our health.

Are you a vegan because you feel it makes you healthier or because you are against eating animals on principal?

[Isaiah]

Are you a vegan because you feel it makes you healthier or because you are against eating animals on principal?

It is because I am opposed to the murder and consumption of animals.

Isaiah

[Vega]

I think the biggest difference between back then and today, is all the processed foods we eat. There are so many preservatives and chemicals and dyes in our foods compared to back then. Even the dairy cows are injected with antibiotics and other medicines which are then present in the milk and cheese and other dairy products we eat. I think a well-balanced healthy diet is a good way to stay healthy.