I was scolded my entire childhood for not drinking my milk because my parents feared that I wasn’t getting enough protein due to the fact that I didn’t enjoy eating animal products. But I was never convinced that I needed it. To this day, I can’t stand the taste or the idea of milk (I know, unpopular opinion). Because I sound so crazy to most, I had to look up some facts to back myself up. What I found would be shocking for most. For years, people have been told that milk is good for the body in a variety of ways. But if you’re observant, you’ll see that these studies and advertisements have been promoted by the dairy industry (shocker).

 

Fallacy 1: Children need milk to be healthy.

Studies show that after children are weaned from breast milk or formula, they don’t actually need any kind of milk to be healthy. In fact, milk consumption at a young age has been linked to colic and type 1 diabetes. Crolic is a severe pain in the abdomen that is caused by obstruction in the intestines and is often found in babies.

 

Fallacy 2: Milk contributes to strong bones.

The idea that milk can help to build strong bones has been sold to most of us since we were young. One of the largest debunkers of this idea was a large-scale study conducted by Harvard. Researchers followed 72,000 women for two decades and found no evidence that drinking milk will prevent bone fractures. On the other side of the spectrum, a study created of 96,000 people found that the more milk that teenage boys drink, the more bone fractures they experienced as adults.

 

Fallacy 3: Consuming milk can help you to lose weight.

Most studies actually show that dairy products are key players in weight gain and that they offer ZERO benefits for weight control. Watch out for those milk advertisers who want you to think otherwise.

 

Fallacy 4: Milk is heart-healthy.

Due to saturated fats, milk and other dairy products are at the top of the list of artery-clogging food. Milk based products also include dietary cholesterol. If your diet is high in dairy products and milk (aka saturated fat and cholesterol) then your risk of heart disease is also high.

If you drink a lot of milk because you’re looking to build a strong body, you might want to consider looking elsewhere.