• Whole milk, or anything made of whole milk, is high in saturated fat, which can increase bad cholesterol level.
  
• Milk is a common cause of food allergy (allergy to milk protein).
  
• Many people, especially adults, lack the enzyme to digest lactose (milk sugar). This is called lactose intolerance, which causes bloating, gas, and diarrhea.
  
• Milk (and meat for that matter) usually contains the anti-biotics given to the animal before slaughter. It has been argued that when humans then eat the dairy or meat products, they absorb the anti-biotics, potentially allowing for bacteria harmful to humans to become more resistant to these antibiotics. The consequence is that when anti-biotics are prescribed, they may not be as effective at killing the bacteria as they once were. Not that anti-biotics themselves are good for humans to ingest as they suppress the immune system.  But there are crucial times when anti-biotics are a must and it is important that the body can use them productively.
  
• Dairy products may actually cause osteoporosis, not prevent it, since their high-protein content leaches calcium from the body. Population studies, backed up by a groundbreaking Harvard study of more than 75,000 nurses, suggest that drinking milk can actually cause osteoporosis.  Fresh green vegetables are an excellent source of calcium the body can use immediately.  Get a juicer.

Here is a great article written by the good Dr. Joseph Mercola pertaining to the hazards of drinking milk: http://www.formerfatguy.com/articles/dont-drink-milk.asp  for those of you who are interested in knowing more about this topic.  But wouldn't it be fantastic if the farmers, the agriculture community and produce wholesalers came together to create the Produce Industry?  Preferably the Organic Produce Industry because like all the other Industries the Produce Industry is just as susceptible to becoming drunk with power and could load their produce with presticides and growth hormones and if there isn't such a thing as a growth hormone for plants now, there will be... But an Organic Produce Industry, that sounds different.  If one existed, we'd be hearing Got Carrot? as much as we'd be hearing Got Milk? At the very least, carrots would be in everyone's living rooms as often as milk is.

 

There are people who refuse to consider giving up cow's milk because they believe it's the only source of reliable calcium.  There are people who believe that others who do prolonged juice fasts, RAW food enthusiasts and Vegetarians are calcium deficient because they don't include milk, dairy or animal products in their fasts or vegan diets. Both of these beliefs are fallacies. Not only are there other and better sources for calcium, these sources offer something milk, or calcium from dairy products, do not offer and that's almighty fiber.   In addition, animal milk boasts something that plant sources do not, which can be a silent killer and that is cholesterol.

 

The below extensive listings are based on a 100 gram serving of each (the equivalent of 3.53 ounces), listed in a descending order from the highest amount of calcium to the lowest amount of calcium. We ended the table at "Milk, Human" (breast milk) as this is the only natural source of milk-based calcium for humans, which of course is intended for our infancy. The sourse of the data listed here is the USDA Nutrient Database: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl . Please notify usda of any errors.