Any communicable diseases that are person has will almost always be present in breast milk, and while this is true of animal milk as well, there are only a handful of diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans, where as human to human transmission is a given.
Also, any substances (nicotine, alcohol, drugs, medications) ingested will be present in breast milk as well. Compared to animals, which are usually administered antibiotics and possibly hormones, humans, on average, ingest exponentially more medications...not to mention, cows don't chain smoke Marlboros and drink beers.
Also, in most countries, animal milk is treated with antibiotics and/or homogenized, and there are procedures to adjust that fat content to make milk more healthy. This can't be said for human milk. Not to mention that fact that it's unethical to put humans on antibiotics, just cause.
I guess the good thing about breastmilk for infants are the antibodies that are transmitted via feeding as well. This is called passive immunity. I never thought about it the other way round, with the mother being ill/ has bad habits that are detrimental to the child's health, and so that can be transferred via breastmilk. Very interesting!
I wasn't lobbying for anything. I was just stating simple scientific facts about why drinking human milk from an unknown source is dangerous. I am neither for or against animal milk; I'm perfectly happy with soy or almond milk...although...if you want to get nit picky, soy farming has done a great deal of irreparable damage to the environment in certain parts of the world.
Why do we drink milk?
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I agree with this comment, but to add to it.
Drinking human milk can be incredibly dangerous.
Any communicable diseases that are person has will almost always be present in breast milk, and while this is true of animal milk as well, there are only a handful of diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans, where as human to human transmission is a given.
Also, any substances (nicotine, alcohol, drugs, medications) ingested will be present in breast milk as well. Compared to animals, which are usually administered antibiotics and possibly hormones, humans, on average, ingest exponentially more medications...not to mention, cows don't chain smoke Marlboros and drink beers.
Also, in most countries, animal milk is treated with antibiotics and/or homogenized, and there are procedures to adjust that fat content to make milk more healthy. This can't be said for human milk. Not to mention that fact that it's unethical to put humans on antibiotics, just cause.
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That's very true. Thanks for adding!
I guess the good thing about breastmilk for infants are the antibodies that are transmitted via feeding as well. This is called passive immunity. I never thought about it the other way round, with the mother being ill/ has bad habits that are detrimental to the child's health, and so that can be transferred via breastmilk. Very interesting!
Working for the dairy lobby eh?
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I wasn't lobbying for anything. I was just stating simple scientific facts about why drinking human milk from an unknown source is dangerous. I am neither for or against animal milk; I'm perfectly happy with soy or almond milk...although...if you want to get nit picky, soy farming has done a great deal of irreparable damage to the environment in certain parts of the world.