Totally random geek thing...

[mbarrick]

OK. I have had this same stupid argument with people about milk so many times. It generally starts with some granola-type claiming that milk is for babies only and is in fact not good for people. I counter with something along the lines of yes, unless you are of a Northern European stock, in which case dairy farming has been part of the diet for long enough for an adaptation to have taken place. Asians, Africans and American natives are generally lactose intolerant, true enough, but for Northern Europeans milk is part of the diet. Generally at this point the PC/granola argument goes along the line that humans are humans race isn't a factor in diet, as if regional differentiation only affects skin tone. Sorry folks, but that ain't the case. And in the particular case of milk, here's the scoop: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020113/sc/health_lactose_dc_1.html

So, in general terms and in the context of humanity as a whole, people of Northern European backgrounds like myself are melanin deficient, milk-drinking mutants. Also recently in the news was evidence that lettuce can absorb e-coli through the roots and it therefore potentially hazardous even if washed, which backs up the boil-the-shit-out-of-them approach to vegatables, which is also backed up by hard facts that the vast majority of cases of food poising come from raw vegetables, not meat or fish as we are led to believe. Beer and wine have been redeemed for their cardiovascular benefits.

Bangers and mash with a pint of stout then a big bowl of ice-cream for dessert!

Comments

Re: Generally Agree....

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about the references, I consider you a reliable source . Ivana is keen on organic meats for some of the reasons you have mentioned so it'll be easy enough to get milk from the same place.

Personally I've always been of the opinion that the natural human lifespan, "in the wild" as it were, is 35 years anyway. I figure the dying of cancer from preservatives at 75 beats the hell out of cholera or black plague or some such other bacterial nastiness at 30-something anyway.