Milk Is a Scam

I often post or embed videos with which I disagree. This is one.

Some of the arguments here I found extremely unconvincing. While I think Dr. McDougal made a strong case against babies drinking cow's milk, I am not a baby.

On the other hand I see no reason to use milk as a beverage. Drinking any form of protein, carbohydrate, or fat in a liquid form is in my opinion a mistake. The calories so consumed do not seem to properly signal, at least to me, that I have eaten.

But I see no reason not to eat some dairy occasionally. I do so. I eat Greek Yogurt, as long as sugar is not added. I also use cheese as a way to get my vegetables past my lips, not always an easy thing for a manly man like me.

This brings me to McDougal's final point. It is true that male humans have prostates and seminal vesicles, and this is common mostly in vegetarian mammals. All primates have this--vegetarian or not. Many primates, like us, are omnivores. That is, we eat plants and animal products. This does not fit the template that McDougal is pushing, veganism.

But it does fit the template I am using: eat your fruit and vegetables, add some meat, dairy, and enough fat to keep one satiated.

So while I disagree with the premise of the speaker,I find it interesting enough to embed it here on my blog.