Drinking Cows Milk Is Not Cool Anymore
Four alternative kinds of milk to try instead of cow’s milk.
Do you still drink cow's milk? Full fat? Semi-skimmed? If you answered yes, you won’t be allowed to sit next to me in the canteen for breakfast I’m afraid.
Over the past two years, I’ve noticed it’s not cool to drink cow’s milk anymore. More and more people around me have announced they made the magic cut months or weeks ago and they haven’t looked back including myself. I’ve stopped adding dairy milk to my cereal but I’m still working hard on cutting out dairy products as a whole.
Why has the number of people cutting out cow's milk risen over the past few years? I can assure you it’s probably for a good number of reasons, one of which is due to the rising trend in vegetarianism and vegan diets and the interest in consuming plant-based foods.
My friends told me there was a documentary that looked at how cow’s milk was made and apparently none of it was a pretty sight. I think it was called The Milk System on Nextflix which investigates the dairy industry around the world.
PETA publishes 12 reasons why we need to stop drinking cow’s milk and here are a few of them:
- Cows are often pumped full of antibiotics to keep them alive and produce milk in filthy…
