Milk

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Today, many people are beginning to realise that cow’s milk is not nutritionally essential, and even that it’s unhealthy.  Because there are thousands of different products made with it, almost everyone still continues to buy it, or foods that contain it.

There’s a tendency for we humans to insist on getting what we want.  Perhaps it’s a ‘dominant species’ thing - we want it and prefer to get it without a struggle.  Take milk, for example.  It is legal, cheap (subsidised) and plentiful.  It is therefore the favourite ingredient of many food manufacturers.  It is a truly struggle-free product.  Fresh supplies are available everywhere. We go no further than the nearest corner shop to get our milk supply.  As consumers, we can’t contemplate drinking tea or coffee without it.  Everyone has a carton of it in their fridge.  There isn’t a more prevalent consumer item on the market, and therefore milk is a guaranteed money spinner for the Industry.  They’ve turned it into something as natural and available as fresh air.  They say it’s essential to human life.  Its use has become part of an entrenched consumer habit.

         

We forget that whenever we buy milk, we are helping to finance cow prisons.