Comments on: A short quiz for the “milk is bad for you” crowd http://chimprefuge.com/2012/07/19/a-short-quiz-for-the-milk-is-bad-for-you-crowd/ A variegated compendium of bonobo scat. Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:50:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kemibe http://chimprefuge.com/2012/07/19/a-short-quiz-for-the-milk-is-bad-for-you-crowd/#comment-12278 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:40:35 +0000 http://chimprefuge.com/?p=4624#comment-12278 The food pyramid is bullshit, and is continually being revised (a stand-alone testament to its bullshittery). I agree that simple sugars are not a good choice even for non-insulin-resistent specimens, except possibly in the case of post-workout replacement (even then I opt for the diluted G50-type beverages). But I have yet to see anything that would dissuade me from drinking (skim, always) milk. I appreciate the fact that someone who reads this shitblog has actually heard of, and can comprehend, PubMed (PLoS is great also).

]]> By: Brian Erb (@erbbrian) http://chimprefuge.com/2012/07/19/a-short-quiz-for-the-milk-is-bad-for-you-crowd/#comment-12265 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:22:22 +0000 http://chimprefuge.com/?p=4624#comment-12265 Cordain addresses dairy at length in this interview. He is a tenured faculty member here at CSU with peer-reviewed publications in PubMed – not a crank.

I am increasingly compelled by the science arguing for much lower carb intakes (especially for sugar, and even for athletes) that formerly recommended (largely, obviously, owing to our giant grain industry) and against the “food pyramid” that calls dairy, something humans didn’t eat for most of our evolutionary history, a required food group.

]]> By: Brian Erb (@erbbrian) http://chimprefuge.com/2012/07/19/a-short-quiz-for-the-milk-is-bad-for-you-crowd/#comment-12264 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:16:50 +0000 http://chimprefuge.com/?p=4624#comment-12264 Loren Cordain:

Additionally dairy products and milk in particular (whether whole, skimmed or fermented) is highly insulinotropic and has been demonstrated to cause insulin resistance in children while simultaneously increasing free IGF-1, a risk factor for many epithelial cell cancers (breast, colon and prostate).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=cordain%20l%5Bau%5D

Milk, of course, is formulated by natural selection to make cows grow. There is more to milk than calcium. People are probably on a continuum of how optimal this novel food in evolutionary terms is to their health. Casein, lactose, and the hormones in milk might not be optimal for most adults.

“artificial sweeteners will poison and kill you”

Some are less then ideal and others are better:

http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm#safety_summary

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