Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ewj01.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!bbnccv!ewj01!lj From: lj@ewj01.UUCP (Leonard Jacobs) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: does milk really do my body good? Message-ID: <180@ewj01.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 21:06:22 EDT Article-I.D.: ewj01.180 Posted: Mon Aug 12 21:06:22 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Aug-85 00:23:12 EDT References: <2414@amdcad.UUCP> Organization: East West Journal, Brookline, Mass. Lines: 12 > One book says "drink lots of milk, the calcium is good for you". > Another says "don't drink milk, it's loaded with cholesterol". > What to do? (I like the taste of milk, not to mention ice cream!) Could the question be, why drink milk? If not for the heavy advertising proclaiming its value, why would we drink it? Seems no other animal needs the nutrients in milk after weaning. Why should humans? -- Len Jacobs East West Journal harvard!bbnccv!ewj01!lj