Should We Continue Do Produce And Consume Milk?

For many years now humans have been deceived that cow’s milk will provide many health benefits.

Animal cruelty looks like being aggressively bred and drugged to produce as much milk as possible in the shortest amount of time possible. Dairy cows are often killed after just three lactation cycles as it is more cost effective to kill them early on instead of waiting for milk production to

Farmers are using growth hormones in cattle to increase growth on beef cattle and to increase the milk production of dairy cows. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA), is showing utilitarianism, they say the use of these growth hormones is safe and it helps to provide enough food and milk for today’s society, even though, it poses certain health risks to our families and children around the globe (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, n.d.). Due to the hormones being passed through the milk, the risks consists of early puberty in our children and cancer (prostrate, breast, ovarian, and uterine) due to the fast growth of cells. The FDA is showing an extreme form of duty, Kantian, to the people by allowing this to happen. Not only do these hormones affect humans they also affect the cow. These cows are having their right to live a happy and healthy life invaded. Many cows tend to develop mastitis due to the aggressive milk production and then have to be treated with antibiotics, which also tend to pass through milk, this increases the tolerance towards drugs in consumers which could definitely be another health risk. A study in 2010 was conducted in Japan and found when men started to drink milk that had come from a cow that had used growth hormones, their testosterone levels had decreased due to the increase of estrogen levels in the milk. The they took a look at people in

A poll conducted by the ASPCA revealed that 94% of Americans believe that production animals, specifically those raised for food, deserve to live a comfortable life free of cruelty and neglect. Despite this belief, many factory farm animals are abused and neglected in such ways that, if witnessed by consumers, would not be accepted. Over 99% of the United State’s farm animals live on factory farms that use them for means of profit, many of them violating the Animal Welfare Act and other laws put in place to protect the humane treatment of animals (ASPCA). This abuse is not limited to any specific type of farm animal. Although different animals are used for different purposes, they all share a common suffering and a need for humane care.

Throughout our lives we have been told that milk is good for our body and helps to toughen our bones. Drinking milk started when people domesticated animals for food, which happened around 7500 years ago in the central Balkans and central Europe. By that time consuming milk was not as common as it is today. It was only farmers in some specific regions that were using cow’s milk. Milk’s market grew the mass production of meat in the 15th century. Afterwards in the 17th century, the idea of eating out and going to restaurants was born and fast food industries, started using animal’s meat for producing their meals. The rate of milk users grew with the rate of meat users and milk’s market got bigger and bigger every day. Mothers

“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.

In the corridor, Professor Berning explained that each cow requires an intake of approximately fifty thousand calories a day, eighty percent of which is solely for the production of milk. During the cow’s ten month lactation period, they produce between eighty-six and one hundred and thirty pounds of milk per day. The Cal Poly Dairy uses advanced technology, like rBst and artificial insemination, to increase the efficiency of milk production. I found these technological methods to enhance milk production disturbing: I was concerned about the danger of this milk for the human population and for the cows, whose dangerously full udders look poised to explode.

Animal cruelty continues to plague the meat and dairy industry and a policy to reverse this is enacting stricter regulations on meat and dairy labels that explicitly state the additives and preservatives used on the product. Moreover, my policy will persuade people to purchase meat and dairy that is ethically raised and is not made with preservatives or additives, this is my value of health. Moreover, my policy is for those who eat meat and dairy and are unaware of the health side affects of consuming it and the animal cruelty that goes into producing a piece of meat or glass of milk, which encompasses my value of compassion. We are a compassionate species who turns the channel during an ASPCA commercial. We root for Nemo, Babe and Bambi yet we watch the movie whilst eating fish, pork or venison. The hypocrisy is unbelievable yet not talked about. Most Americans do not recognize this link between our compassion and the animals we eat and the hypocrisy that surrounds it. In this essay I address the compassion humans posses and how it is being wiped out through eating meat and dairy. I also address how we have the potential to rid the meat and dairy industry of the abuse. I will also discuss how meat and dairy is detrimental to our health.

Why people ask. Many people that don't understand the dairy industry think that there is antibiotics in the milk they drink from the store, but that is not so. Even if there is, the milk will get tested at the dairy and if there is 0.00001% antibiotics in the milk the tank will be dumped and will not even go into the dairy. Plus why not drink it because cow's milk offers a rich source of calcium, a mineral essential for healthy bones and teeth. Cow's milk is also often fortified with vitamin D, which is also beneficial for bone health.

Even though these treatments are reasonable and economic if people see the problem from the cow owners’ perspective, it is not ethical for animals at all. Yet, with increasing demand for dairy products, milk manufacturers will not stop their unethical treatments. In order to stop these, the first move people need to make is not to convince cow owners to be ethical but is to stop drinking milk to solve the problem from its

Since the discovery of the nutritional benefits associated with the consumption of cow’s milk, it has become highly consumed within the western diet and worldwide (Kanekanian 2014). However, health concerns arose in the late nineteenth and early twentieth Centuries due to an increase in infant mortality and milk-borne illnesses relating to the consumption of raw cow’s milk (Knechtges 2012). This became an increasing public health concern and highlighted the growing need to introduce and enforce laws and legalisations relating to the processing and sale of cow’s milk. In 1864 Louis Pasteur discovered pasteurisation was an effective processing method for destroying pathogenic microorganisms responsible for foodborne illness present in beverages; prolonging its life and quality (Brown 2015). Current laws and legislations now state milk must undergo this process before being sold for retail sale and intended for human consumption. Yet, there is still a growing demand for the sale of raw cow’s milk due to beliefs in greater nutritional benefits if consumed. This creates a growing public health concern to ensure safe laws and legislations are in place and practice. This paper investigates the introduction of a new milk processing technique allowing for the sale of raw milk which undergoes a high water pressure processing (HPP) technique and whether it is an effective alternate processing method. Moreover, it identifies the human health risks associated with the

Imagine being told to drink something your whole life, only to find out it is bad for you. People grew up on the idea that dairy milk had tremendous benefits for the human body, the industry had people convinced of this. However, scientist have recently found many negative effects of milk on the human body. Dairy milk was thought to be a healthy drink with many benefits however, scientific studies on it shows negative effects on the body.

You always hear your mom or dad say, “Drink your milk, so you can get stronger!” but is milk really making you strong, or is it actually hurting you? Scientists say, Dairy consumption can play a role in asthma, Parkinson’s disease, and highly elevated blood pressure. Dairy is highly inflammatory, causing issues like bloating, gas, constipation, diarrhea, and acne. When you drink milk, you are actually consuming far more than just milk. American dairy farmers have long been injecting cows with a genetically engineered bovine growth hormone called rBGH to increase milk production(MindBodyGreen), So what are you really putting in your body that according to your parents makes you “Big and Strong”? In this paper, I tell you the truth about the three most common dairy products that just might leave you speechless. Dairy consumption can lead to fatal diseases.

Milk has been in the limelight since ages for being considered one of the most important and essential source of calcium for human beings. It's been considered a popular and healthy drink worldwide.

In most cases, dairy milk has always been the go-to option in our fridges since we were children. Even today, dairy milk is the leading milk product, and it accounts for the majority of milk drank in the United States. However, these days new alternatives have risen such as soy milk or almond milk to name a few. In fact, a Mintel research study done in 2015 found that non-dairy milk purchases in the United States had increased by 9% just that year (Rowland, 2017). This showed a drastic change in consumer habits in America because the American milk market had traditionally been dominated by dairy. To put things in perspective, that same Mintel study found that almost half, 49%, of Americans drink non-dairy milk (US, n.d). This massive increase in recent non-dairy milk consumption reflects a massive increase in accessibility to non-dairy milk products. Just ten years ago access to non-dairy products was far more limited than it is today, and the non-dairy products available were undesirable. Because of advances in food science, there are not only more non-dairy