Rachele-Why would humans need the milk of another animal? Why would we need
to switch to cow's milk at "one"? You have not explained this. The dairy
industry made the "one" year recom. when they were forced to because of the
damage of infants receiving cow's milk. Pediatricians are still stumped
when I ask them the best type of milk for a 2 or 3 year old. Cow's milk? No
way-still human milk until WEANING and then the milk need for all mammals
is over. Cow's milk naturally contains alot of saturated fat and
cholesterol-neither of which are essential nutrients in a human diet.

Rache wrote> I have been on this list a long time and try to stay out of
discussions
> about whether milk is right for humans or not, but one other time and now
I
> feel it is worth it to give a differing opinion than that above.
>
> I feel that cow's milk is not at all appropriate for human BABIES.
> Mother's milk is what they should be drinking.  That is the perfect food
> for them.  I do feel that after age 1 or later that cow's milk is
> approriate.  The ancient science of Maharishi Ayurveda show's in many
ways
> how milk is a wonderful food for humans.  I think this is why in India,
for
> example, the cow is held sacred.  I think there are certain things nature
> designed.
>
> I think the problem with humans and cow's milk began when people no
longer
> breastfed their children and instead began giving them cow's milk at
birth.
> Also, I think it depends on what kind of milk one has.  Homogenized milk,
> for example, has all the fat all broken up and the milk is no longer in
> it's natural state.  This makes it much harder to digest.  I think in
this
> country we have gone against nature's design so much that that is what
> causes so many of our problems.
>
> Rachele Shaw