Is cow's milk a poison for humans? The contradictory information we receive about cow's milk in recent years leads to schizophrenia! Should we completely stop using it? Can our body do without it?

Cow's milk is good for babies

• What we thought: cow's milk is good for everyone! It is rich in calcium and necessary for the growth of babies.
• What we learn: A study advises not to give cow's milk before the age of one year. It is poorly adapted to the needs of infants, could lead to iron deficiency and could also affect the subsequent socialization of very young children.

Cow's milk should no longer be given to children

• What was believed: with all these accusations, should we stop using them to our children? Should we replace cow's milk with something else? Soy or almond milks are popular.
• What we learn: Children who do not drink cow's milk are twice as likely to have vitamin D deficiency, which plays an extremely important role in bone development and strengthening, since it allows to the human body to absorb calcium.

Milk protects older people from fractures

• What we thought: eating milk could prevent fractures related to osteoporosis, a disease that causes bone fragility in the elderly.
• What we learn: A Swedish study conducted by researchers at Uppsala University found that women taking more than three glasses of milk a day appeared to be more prone to fracture and die than those who drink per day. Information to be taken with tweezers, however, because the study is based solely on an observation that deserves to be confirmed.

Milk calcium is needed in the human body

• What was believed: your mom never told you to drink milk so you do not run out of calcium?
• What we learn: The milk calcium, reserved for cattle transit is almost not assimilable by the human body! In other words, we absorb little calcium when we drink milk. Fruits and vegetables are more easily assimilated, and you will also find them in almonds, hazelnuts, shrimps, parsley, spinach and the whole family of cabbages.

You have to eat "3 to 5 dairy products a day"

• What we believed: the National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), formulated the famous recommendation "3 to 5 dairy products per day".
• What we learn: This institute is partly funded by the dairy industry ...

There are more and more people intolerant to milk

• What we believed: with all we hear, we thought that more and more people were intolerant to milk, ditto for gluten intolerance.
• What we learn: in Western Europe, only 15% of adults digest milk badly, and it is estimated that 6 to 10% of adults in France are intolerant to milk.

What lessons should be learned from all this?

If the controversies surrounding the consumption of cow's milk are worth asking (especially why is the human being the only one to consume adult milk, which is more of a different species than his own?). he for all that abandon it totally? And if all was question of dosage? "The dosage is poisonous," said toxicologist René Truhaut. To consume cow's milk in a reasonable way would be the solution?