Is milk and other dairy foods not really healthy? is it better to eat plant foods ONLY?? please answer?
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Dairy does not cause diabetes or osteoporosis (dairy is an excellent way to prevent osteoporosis)\n\nit is VERY difficult to get all the nutrients you need while eating a vegetarian diet (and impossible through a vegan diet without taking supplements)\n\nif you want to be a vegetarian you must RESEARCH and be very careful to get all the nutrients you need\n\nI agree that americans eat too much meat but cutting meat out of your diet can be dangerous if you are not careful \n\nthe amount of calcium women consume (or lack of) in their youth can have a huge affect on their health through out the rest of their lives\n\nStudies show that over half of Americans do not get the recommended calcium from their diets. The best sources of calcium are dairy products. Calcium should be provided in meals and snacks throughout the day.
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I have a friend who is a dairy farmer and I asked him this question before. He said that the cows have to be milked whenever they have milk otherwise they would get sick, produce toxins and the milk that they produce wouldn't be any good.
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ok, first of all u do not need dairy products, they are bad for your bones if u are no longer a child, exchange those for rice milk, and rice milk ice cream if u must: not soy milk b/c it has more cholesterol than non-fat milk.\neat lots of grains, like brown rice and grain bread with vegetables (preferably raw or slightly boiled/steamed).\nAlso, if u have access to a Japanese or Asian food market get some "Soba noodles" and boil them, they are delicious, and u dont need to drain the water after, u can just make it into a soup with veggies.\nAlso it would be good to get yrself addicted to sushi, preferably sashimi actually (just slices of raw fish).  So maybe u have some sushi-loving friends to help you out to make your own or maybe go out for some! :) I included a link (the 2nd one) of how to make your own sashimi, and note than u should exchange the white rice with brown rice or none at all.\nAlso:\nOmega-3 fish oil tablets to wonders for lowering bad cholesterol\nGarlic extract supplement (liquid)\nCayenne Pepper supplement (pills)\nthese are all perfectly safe and help reduce cholesterol as well as maintainng a healthy heart.\ncheck out the link below for some more cholesterol lowering foods.\nmy father has really bad cholesterol and has had 2 heart attacks in his life, but this new diet has been saving him.
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some plants are beautiful, some are edible, so it is a good idea ot to be ignorant of what kind of vegetables/nuts, ets are what\n\nthen pls realize that virtually al organic matter (and all energy bound in it) in the world originated through photosynthesis. A cow cannot produce organic matter from nothing so the steak that gives u strenght and nutrients is here because the cow ate plants. your car runs on petrol from oil, your clothes are cotton or synthetic fibre from oil , oil comes from prehistoric organisms whose bodies were formed thanks to eating other creatures who ate other creatures who ate plants. etc etc.\n\nthat is what i say whenever asked this. i have studied it in college and for me the ood thing is that vegatation to me is not just green mass, but distinct plant species, so the difference is like when u walk through a crowd of unknown people or you are among people that u recognize. it is great when you can be outdoors and say - look i know that flower/tree, i know something about it\n\nif your botany lessons are very boring, pick up only the information that could be useful to your health - like poisonous or allergenous plants that can grow nearby. like how would u feel if u had a child and it chewed a flower in the garden or in a vase and got sick/died only because u were not aware thet it is poisonous. many ornamental plants are so they are often grown in gardens and u should know which are they in case children are around (not necessarily your children of course) babies can put things in mouth in no time!
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Not necessarily.  Nor is it necessary to go totally vegitarian - i.e. vegan - in order to lose weight.  You don't have to cut out milk and cheese entirely, either.  There are cheeses with a very low level of lactose and there is lactose-free milk.  However, eliminating those, too, is perfectly okay if you wish to do that. \n\nYou'd probably do yourself a great deal of good by cutting way, way down on the amount of red meat you eat.  At least five servings of fruits and veggies a day is recommended by us health professionals, and if you want to cut back on the meat in favor of more veggies and fruit, that's probably okay too.  Just don't forget that its total calories that count in weight loss, not the source of the calories.  Yes, what I'm saying is, you can get fat on a vegitarian diet!  \n\nYour best bet is to talk to your doctor and get a referral to a registered dietician who can help you plan healthy meals that will help you in a weight loss effort.  And get a referral to a physical therapist too, who can help you with the other essential to weight loss - a good exercise program.  \n\nHey - it's good that you care enough about yourself to want to achieve a healthy weight.  Be patient and stick with it.  \nGood luck.
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What about chocolate cake, can you eat that? With chocolate frosting, and lots of it. I would say icecream and milk but a vegan is a kind of vegetarian that can't eat something that does not kill the animal like its milk. What about cereal? There's some cereals that will put on weight if you eat too much of it. Also beer, lots and lots of beer will make you gain weight, if your old enough to drink. Also sleeping too much and not exercising should help.\n\nAlso theres that candy, fun dip, that's nothing more than pure sugar, grape flavored, orange flavored sugar, and those swizzle sticks is the same thing. 7-Eleven should have those. Lot's of coffee too with as much sugar as you can stand.
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there is a report that says all dairy products assist in losing weight. they have to be combined with diet and exercise however, they can't do it by themselves.
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Milk has just about every thing the body needs: proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins except vitamin c, calcium and other minerals.It does not have all the vitamins and minerals to make it totally ideal. If you take banana along with milk it becomes wholesome and complete food.A new born baby survives by breast feeding for at least 90 days.By all means milk is the single item of food which is the most nutritious of all foods.With milk and fruits one live for years.If somebody can live in India,why not in other parts of the world.They are all Homo sapiens, after all.
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It would be best for you to ingest the Dha rich cod liver oil, and continue breast feeding. Nothing could be more important to the health of your baby than to receive breast milk until its birth weight is tripled. This is the way of all mammals. Infant formulas with Soy and Dairy are so incredibly toxic, that you might not want to find out what would happen if you make that change. Colic symptoms are only the beginning of a lifetime of immunosuppression, and related maladies.  Breast Milk is very high in DHA, and if you don't replenish while feeding, your brain will suffer....as will other organ systems, e.g. joints, skin, etc.
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2% milk is less fattening however milk in any form is better than none at all.  Sounds like a smart young man especially the rate in which heart disease is killing people - nothing wrong with being aware at his age may lead to a longer healthier life for him
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milk is for cows, and as far as carmel, well it is mostly sugar... but no doubt it tastes good, but as for health, well it will not really hurt you, ... what is really good is bananas and milk.
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Milk is good in the effect that it is healthy bones. Milk is NOT good to drink by the gallon. You are supposed to have I believe 5-6 or 3-5 servings of milk a day, and that includes cheese.\n\nCheck out a pyramid for what is healthy balance.
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I'm in the same situation -- almost there but not quite.  Dairy really helps me lose weight.  I drink lowfat chocolate milk in place of a meal.  It fills you up and it's nutritious.  Good luck.
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Well, if you eat about 3 or 4 eggs yolks daily along with high-fat milk, then your mum is right and you will very likely jeopordize your health in the long-term.  However a few eggs in moderation with a low-fat milk such as skim or 1% will not be detrimental to your health unless you are lactose intolerant or have a genetic predisposition towards high cholesterol.  21 years is an excellent age to begin checking the levels of your cholesterol.  You can then use this as a benchmark for later years to see how high or low you're getting.\n\n145 pounds is quite slim for a 21 year old male who is 5'10".  You could probably use the high quality protein that comes from eggs.  And I would take in some extra carb calories in the evening as well before you sleep.  Sounds like you have a fast metabolism.  You would definitely benefit from a modest weight training program to build some muscle.\n\nJust take it easy and don't have too many yolks on a daily basis since they are the culprits for cholesterol.  If you insist on having eggs on a daily basis, try having only 1 yolk and the rest egg whites.\n\nRegarding milk, it does a body good only if your body can digest it properly.  Stick with low-fat or non-fat.  Rice milk is also delicious and low fat and will not give you the same digestive problems as regular milk will.\n\nThere isn't really an age to start avoiding these foods (especially not in your 20's).  It really depends on your overall health, digestive ability and cholesterol level. There are some people that can never eat these foods and others that incorporate them into a healthy diet until they die. See your physician for further guidance.  \n\nMum usually knows best, but in this case I think you have reasonable grounds for questioning.
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Vegetarian, lots of fat free milk, and water. Make sure you take pre-natal vitamins. You should eat healthy, you don't need to eat extra food, just enough that you are satisfied.
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AVOID:\n\nAll animal foods - meat, milk, cheese, butter, eggs, fish...and the derivatives - whey, egg albumen, gelatin...etc. These products are a fibreless mixture of saturated fats, cholesterol, steroid growth-promoters/vaccine/antibiotic/ pesticide/herbicide etc. residues, mastitis pus, disinfectant, salmonella, listeria, campylobacter, E coli 0157, etc., etc.\n\nRefined carbohydrates - sugar, white flour, bread, biscuits, cakes etc.\n\nSynthetic food additives-preservatives, colourants, etc. READ THE LABELS\n\nFood prepared or contained in aluminium, copper, non-stick cookware or prepared in microwave ovens; smoked foods; very hot food and drinks.\n\nUse salt, celery, parsley, parsnips, deep-fried foods.in strict moderation.\n\nUtensils washed in washing-up liquid must be very thoroughly rinsed; in preference, use washing soda, soap flakes etc.\n\nEAT:\n\nOrganically-grown, if possible, fruit, vegetables, peas, beans, rice: chemically-grown carrots are out. Non-organic cabbage, broccoli, sprouts, mushrooms etc. should be boiled for a couple of minutes in salted water, drained and rinsed, then cooked. Lettuce and similar foods which cannot be cleansed with this process or peeled should be home-grown or avoided.\n\nEmphasise raw foods; whole grain breads; soya products: tofu, soymilk, miso.\n\nEat B17 foods regularly - seeds of apricot, peach, plum, cherry, apple; sprouted alfalfa, mung and wheat seeds; millet, lentils, watercress, lima beans, blackeye beans, broccoli, cabbage, buckwheat, linseed etc.\n\nGarlic is the supreme plant from a physician's and a cook's point of view: eat it raw, cooked: grow it: use it as a medicine for everything from cancer and tuberculosis to coughs, colds, infections, high blood pressure, whooping cough, chemical/heavy metal/radiation detoxification etc., etc.\n\nUse some form of water filter if only a jug type: areas where fluoride-waste has been dumped in the public drinking water supply will require reverse osmosis or distillation to remove the chemical.\n\nLook after the liver: take the juice of a lemon in water on rising; wait a half hour before taking breakfast.\n\nFast one or two days per month on purified water or pure fruit juice; or per week if the will power is there.\n\nThe Green Drink: gather unpolluted nettles, dandelion, chickweed, nasturtium, carrot tops, cabbage etc.; wash well, blend with water, put through coarse sieve, drink: put the residue, in small amounts, in the dog's/cat's meal and help avoid the vet's bills and a sick/prematurely-dead animal - from the effects of the vet's treatment.\n\nChew all food thoroughly and slowly; without distraction from the television, radio, newspapers or relatives.\n\nAlcoholic drinks, preferably organically produced, in moderation and in the evenings can be immuno-supportive and a relatively safe, effective soporific, cleanser and sedative.\n\nProf. Aviles, of the Mexican Cancer Biochemistry Dept., saw 7,715 cancer patients over 15 years: 99% suffered chronic constipation, the degree of malignancy parallel to the intensity of the constipation. Colon cleanliness is fundamentality important to the prevention of cancer and other chronic, degenerative diseases: anyone on Doctor's Balanced Diet or worse, for decades, might well be carrying 5 to 25 pounds - or more - of rotting waste in the colon; poisoning and robbing the system of nutrients. A herbal/ nutritional cleansing regime will remove the residue in time.
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Almond milk is an excellent alternative if you have lactose allergies or do not enjoy the taste of soy milk.  May I ask if it is Almond Breeze that you are drinking?  There are many health benefits of consuming almond/almond products (see below), but as with anything, stick to the recommended daily amount that should be listed on the back of the container.\n\n\n"Health Benefits\nLower LDL-Cholesterol and Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease\nA high-fat food that's good for your health? That's not an oxymoron, its almonds. Almonds are high in monounsaturated fats, the same type of health-promoting fats as are found in olive oil, which have been associated with reduced risk of heart disease. Five large human epidemiological studies, including the Nurses Health Study, the Iowa Health Study, the Adventist Health Study and the Physicians Health Study, all found that nut consumption is linked to a lower risk for heart disease. Researchers who studied data from the Nurses Health Study estimated that substituting nuts for an equivalent amount of carbohydrate in an average diet resulted in a 30% reduction in heart disease risk. Researchers calculated even more impressive risk reduction--45%--when fat from nuts was substituted for saturated fats (found primarily found in meat and dairy products). \n\nA study published in the October 2004 issue of the British Journal of Nutrition indicates that when foods independently known to lower cholesterol, such as almonds, are combined in a healthy way of eating, the beneficial effects are additive. In this study of 12 patients with elevated LDL cholesterol levels, a diet containing almonds and other nuts, plant sterols (also found in nuts), soy protein, and soluble fiber (in high amounts in beans, oats, pears) reduced blood levels of all LDL fractions including small dense LDL (the type that most increases risk for cardiovascular disease) with near maximal reductions seen after only 2 weeks.(January 14, 2005) \n\nIn addition to their cholesterol-lowering effects, almonds' ability to reduce heart disease risk may also be partly due to the antioxidant action of the vitamin E found in the almonds, as well as to the LDL-lowering effect of almonds' monounsaturated fats. (LDL is the form of cholesterol that has been linked to atherosclerosis and heart disease). When almonds are substituted for more traditional fats in human feeding trials, LDL cholesterol can be reduced from 8 to 12%. \n\nIn addition to healthy fats and vitamin E, a quarter-cup of almonds contains almost 98 mg of magnesium (that's 24.4% of the daily value for this important mineral), plus 258 mg of potassium. \n\nMagnesium is Nature's own calcium channel blocker. When there is enough magnesium around, veins and arteries breathe a sigh of relief and relax, which lessens resistance and improves the flow of blood, oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. Studies show that a deficiency of magnesium is not only associated with heart attack but that immediately following a heart attack, lack of sufficient magnesium promotes free radical injury to the heart. Potassium, an important electrolyte involved in nerve transmission and the contraction of all muscles including the heart, is another mineral that is essential for maintaining normal blood pressure and heart function. Almonds promote your cardiovascular health by providing 298 mg of potassium and only 0.4 mg of sodium, making almonds an especially good choice to in protecting against high blood pressure and atherosclerosis."\n\nhttp://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=20