Decision Making Guidelines For Dairy Milk

Relevance to Audience: I’m sure everyone in this room has consumed a dairy product whether it be an ice cold glass of milk with cookies, or a nice piece of cheese on a big juicy burger.

Considering the minority groups are dramatically increasing in the U.S. population, USDA continuing with the current recommendation which involves dairy(or milk) consumption shows the ignorance towards the minority groups which are part of the U.S. citizens as well and therefore, it is conflicting with its

Present data on the trends in the sales of all milk to adults over the last 10 years, as this indicates the size of the adult milk market.

The final rule regulates the type of milk offered in schools. Unflavored milk is required to be low fat (≤1%) and flavoured milk must be fat free. The USDA (2012) claims 1% or ½% flavored milk provides added sugar and fat in meals, and allowing this type of milk would make it difficult for schools to stay within the limits on calories and saturated fats. The USDA (2012) anticipates the calorie restrictions within the new standards will cause menu planners to select milk with the lowest levels of added sugar. While a few commenters suggested the USDA set limits on a maximum level of added sugar in flavored milk, the USDA (2012) claims placing limits on calorie allowance will allow menu planners more flexibility than placing limits on added sugar. The nutrition standards for non-dairy milk substitutes for

The other thing that we should consider before using dairy products is from the ethical point of view. Drinking cow’s milk or consuming any dairy product is equal to torturing thousands of cows, due to changing their nature and way of living in order to make them useable for ourselves. It has become evident that milk is not the only source and product that we can reach vitamins, proteins and calcium from, in fact there are many natural and healthy products that we can reach out those factors that we are looking for it in milk, for instance fruits. Contrary to common belief, people should stop consuming milk because it is unhealthy, unnatural and unethical.

Drinks such as milk can easily be seen as the perfect drink, coming from a healthy cow, but the main thing food companies avoid is how the food processing industry does it. A drink like milk can contain a disease and other bacterias that can hurt the human body, this is because cows by themselves are not able to produce much milk so they are giving hormones to increase their milk production. In the article “Dirty Secrets of The Food Processing Industry” says “The confinement environment and the inappropriate feed make these cows sick, so they need antibiotics and other drugs.” This shows that cows are forced to take drugs that can possibly be transferred to our drink can we would not be able to know. Milk is not the only drink that is affected by this, drinks like orange juice and other drinks that can be seen as something natural run the risk of having types of

“Raw milk today is a fringe movement, a crusade of underdogs, a pesky mouse against the entrenched lions of medicine and industry.” The book The Untold Story of Milk begins with the undesirable situation of raw milk in today’s society.

It is on the myplate as a needed food item which is endorsed by the U.S. government. (“Choose MyPlate”) Milk is promoted because calcium can reduce the risk of getting osteoporosis. The truth is that calcium from milk is barely absorbed in the bones. The amount of people with osteoporosis in the U.S. rose from 10 million in 2002 to 12 million in 2010 and is expected to be more than 14 million by 2020. (“Facts and Statistics”) In a report done on whether three servings of milk a day was an evidence based recommendation it provides evidence against milk being good and nutritious. This report was done by two medical doctors who each had Phds from the Harvard School of Public Health. They explained how the milk everyday was promoted because of the sugar content in milk that got kids to drink it. They also explained how humans have no nutritional requirement from milk and countries that do not consume milk have a much lower bone fracture rate than countries that do consume milk. They also provide results from a meta-analysis that showed that milk consumption had no benefit for bone protection in adults. A meta-analysis is a combined report of multiple scientific studies. (Ludwig) Green vegetables such as kale provide just as much calcium as milk and this calcium is better absorbed by bones. Three cups of kale provide the same amount of calcium as one cup of cow's milk without the added fat and cholesterol adding in vitamin a and e. Oranges have about the same amount of calcium as kale and oranges have vitamin c which helps the immune system. Given that three cups is a lot one cup of soy milk has the same amount of calcium as cow's milk and only one ounce of sesame seeds have the same amount of calcium as a cup of milk. That is just one spoonful of seeds that also gives iron and omega-3 fatty acids which are both nutritional requirements. cow's milk is clearly very

While the article brings up lots of strong points that advance the notion that dairy has many benefits, there are also a lot of points that are not fully developed and lack context. Specifically, the arguments over MyPlate, a nutrition guide, and Healthy Eating Plan, a nutrition plan developed by Harvard, expose the presence of unclarified claims. Nichols chooses to include the point that the Healthy Eating Plan recommends a replacement of a dairy drink with a glass of water, as a person should limit diary to one to two servings per day. However, Nichols also cites MyPlate which says that dairy should be

When you consume your dairy products, do you ever wonder what cow it came from? Or when you go down the dairy aisle, do you have trouble deciding which milk to choose? The stores we shop at offer so many different types of milks, with different vitamins, percentage of fats and the prices vary.

Dr. Nestle and Dr. Ludwig bring up the issue of misleading labels on the front of many packages. Most claims are not proven scientifically but are still being placed on the front packaging of many products. “Front-of-Package Food Labels Public Health of Propaganda,” brings up how the the legislation passed by Congress throughout the 19th century has impacted the FDA’s ability to regulate misleading claims on food labels.

Although there are certain non-dairy options to milk, some of which are treated with genetically modified organisms, there are healthful, natural options like almond or soy milk which have the same benefits of milk but do not contain the casein. The resources used to produce non dairy milk are substantially lower than to farm cows for their

The two main causes are because of lactose intolerance and milk allergy. Lactose intolerance occurs in the digestive system, and happens because most people do not produce the enzyme lactose needed to break down the sugar in milk. A dairy allergy takes place when the immune system overreacts to the proteins casein or whey found in milk. Milk is also known to increase the risk of many life threatening illnesses. According to Mark Hyman, MD, prostate cancer is increased by thirty to fifty percent when men intake large amounts of dairy products. (Finish the sentence and 1 more pro and 2 SD and conclusion)

Due to the foreign, powdered milk flooding the market, the people who work on the dairy farm cannot compete to sell their products and ultimately lose their jobs. You did not consider the fact that people can lose their jobs due to foreign competitions

Chapter 6 of Nestle, Marion, and Michael Pollan. Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health is about American food companies using public relations to convince people that their products promote health and are harmless. Breast milk is at war with public relations because the company Nestle wants to promote infant formula as a substitute for breast-feeding. What Nestle is, marketing is not beneficial to the new mothers, but rather for themselves. It’s all competition and making profits for your company. In order for the company to make money off their products, they will have to provide false information to the public that their products are nutritious even if they are not. My class has learned in the beginning of the