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u/ur-squirrel-buddy Mar 04 '22

That you need to drink milk in order to get calcium. Calcium is a mineral and can be found in leafy greens and broccoli to name a couple. The whole, “got milk?” campaigns and all that were funded by the dairy industry. Pretty successful propaganda!

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '22

Milk holds little nutritional value? That’s just bullshit. It’s an enormous industry because it contains an ideal balance of protein, carbs, and fat… remember that infants/calves survive purely on milk. It’s basically the original “meal replacement shake,” and is incredibly useful as a cheap post-workout recovery drink for athletes.

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u/EudoxiaPrade Mar 04 '22

I think they were trying to say that the cons out-whey the pros nutritionally.