Cow’s milk is a frequently consumed food in the Western nations and makes up a considerable amount of energy in the typical Western diet. However, this is not the norm, as most of the rest of the world’s population are intolerant of lactose and therefore cannot consume cow’s milk into adulthood. There is perhaps a growing consensus amongst nutritionists in the West that cow’s milk may have certain allergenic properties in adult humans and that these allergenic properties may be causing chronic intolerances to drinking cow’s milk over time. This situation is not clear, and certain individuals are not affected. In addition, cow’s milk, if whole, has a large amount of energy associated with it. Because cow’s milk is often eaten with foods, such as breakfast cereals, that may be considered fattening, cutting it from the diet may hold advantages. The choice to abstain from milk is therefore a personal one and would be based on the individual concerned, but certainly some individuals do better health wise, without cow’s milk in their diet.
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