I don’t blame my parents for putting a glass full of this stuff in front of me at every meal since they were simply doing what they thought was right based on what they were being told through the media. And now that I am a parent myself, I realize my parents were handicapped by the fact that they didn’t have access to one game changing piece of technology. They didn’t have the Internet. It’s funny how much we take the Internet for granted but just 20 years ago it was very difficult for the general public to research anything. Not only was there very little access to research but we had very little access to each other. Our communications were generally confined to the media and our circle of friends. Flash forward to the present day and I can pull up 20 research articles on just about any subject from all over the world in less time than it takes to, well, pour a glass of milk.
While it is true that commercial milk does contain protein, calcium and other nutrients, these nutrients are all found in other foods. Not only do countless other foods contain these nutrients but they contain them in much greater quantities and are more easily assimilated in the human body. If our diet is full of nutrient dense foods like fish, leafy green vegetables, fruits and nuts then there is no doubt that we are getting every bit the nutrition that milk can provide. So the question of drinking milk for weight loss, in my mind, is answered by the fact that we really shouldn’t be drinking it anyway. Remember that after a certain age of infant development, the only liquid that is consumed by any species in nature is water. And we humans can benefit greatly by recognizing this fact.