This is one of my more angrier entries, originally posted on Myspace back in April of 08.
http://www. cnn. com/2008/HEALTH/diet. fitness/04/15/cl. milk/index. html
This shit makes me so goddamn angry I could VOMIT.
What the fuck is wrong with Americans that they think they NEED another animals breast milk to survive?? Do you honestly believe that lactation from a cow is necessary to human survival? Are you fucking kidding me?
You want to know what that is? It’s the USDA and its affiliates freaking out that people are cutting back the purchases on their product in droves, for plenty of good reasons too. Hormones are not even half of the things wrong with the milk we drink, and it is far more unhealthy and fattening (skim or not!) than it is beneficial. All the nutrients in milk that this so called “food pyramid” says we need can be found in non-animal products. It is absolutely ludicrous to believe that without nutrients intended for newborn calves (NOT HUMANS) we would simply wither and die, or else leave irreparably unhealthy lives.
Never forget that the USDA is a BUSINESS, and they’re number one priority is not your health-- it is profit.
If the United States government was so concerned about your health and what we put in our bodies, do you think America would be the most unhealthy and obese nation in the world? Don’t give me that “freedom of choice” bullshit either, our government should not even be giving us the option of destroying ourselves via chemically altered and completely nutrient deficient garbage, while simultaneously failing to provide it’s people with proper information about what we’re actually consuming. It’s bad enough that they present us with this poison they try to pass off as food, but to lie and mislead it’s people, and not even give them the chance to make their own choices? It’s fucked up. Truly. If you research it, you’ll find that very few countries in the world even consume milk at all, from any animal. It is absurd to drink bovine breast milk!! Can you believe so many Americans have been absolutely convinced that they need it? Think about it, people. There are lots of nutrients in human breast milk too, meant for helping babies grow, can you imagine pumping humans for your cereal in the morning, or baking some nice sweet human juice into your birthday cake? No? THEN WHY IS A COW ANY DIFFERENT?! And if that human juice had been pumped from infected oozing nipples, from a body coursing with hormones and antibiotics? That’s crazy right? So why do we continue to chug cows milk like it is our existence depends on it? Give me a break.
Remember, it’s all a business. Your health is not Priority Number One--turning a buck is. And they won’t shape up, up the standards, or clean up their acts until they get caught doing something blatantly unhealthy or stupid and then someone can actually prove it (before it gets covered up or swept under the rug). They will get away with feeding you whatever they can for as long as they can, because there is gooood money when you bank on someone’s ignorant taste buds.
Know what you’re putting in your body, and educate yourself for christ’s sake. America might give you the freedom to be a complete fucking jackass, but please, try to rise above it if you can.
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