Hi,
I think I did not make my point clearn enough or I wrote it too hastily.
I did not mean "give milk" per se but that if you give something then give it in the most natural form.
Skimmed milk does have a higher calcium content but it does not mean that it is better than other things. I would also like to point out that I have not drank milk myself and I have excellent bone density and that there is a lot of genetics behind the whole bone-business anyway.
Sorry about this confusion.
M
Conflicting information about milk for babies
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exilschwabe
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Hi,
it is nice to read so many reasonable contributions here.
Many of the recommendations concerning food are just not based on a scientific analysis. If one considers recommendations concernig milk, vitamins, salt, fat etc one should always keep in mind that lobbying is a big buisness. Can you imagine how many billions the chemical industry earns by selling vitamins?
There are really interesting books from a german food chemist (Udo Pollmer), but I think they are not translated yet. They deal with all the popular fallacies about food and health which are often just based on some "ideas".
Do not misunderstand me, I do not think that it is wise to eat a lot of fat or to consume a lot of salt. Try to consume things which you think are healthy, but do not understimate your instinct and do not overestimate recommendations of "experts".
it is nice to read so many reasonable contributions here.
Many of the recommendations concerning food are just not based on a scientific analysis. If one considers recommendations concernig milk, vitamins, salt, fat etc one should always keep in mind that lobbying is a big buisness. Can you imagine how many billions the chemical industry earns by selling vitamins?
There are really interesting books from a german food chemist (Udo Pollmer), but I think they are not translated yet. They deal with all the popular fallacies about food and health which are often just based on some "ideas".
Do not misunderstand me, I do not think that it is wise to eat a lot of fat or to consume a lot of salt. Try to consume things which you think are healthy, but do not understimate your instinct and do not overestimate recommendations of "experts".