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Milk is unhealthy - until you see what is in all those other fluids. Carbonated drinks are the worst. They literally zap the calcium out of bones which is why there is a masssive increase among the young in bone failure. In experiments with chickens who only drank carbonated water, their bones were so brittle as to break simply when walking. Carbonated fluids (which were never consumed with meals among the 1950 and 1960 kids) is expected to lead to massive bone deficiencies in older age Americans after 2020.
Sport drinks are hype. They provide little that is really useful such as all that hype about electrolytes. In fact, during a recent Boston Marathon, one woman runner was killed by her sport drink. It caused massive electrolyte imbalances that killed her.
I am one of those people who keeps moving, never stops, and moves even faster when it gets warm. As a wrestler, the match was a brawl. As a roofer during those 100+ degree days, we drank everything and only became bloated. Nothing cured the thirst - except milk.
Why does one get thirsty? Some say it is just a need for water. Then why drinking all that water only made us bloated and still thirsty? Yes the body does want water, but not just water. The body remains thirsty because it needs other nutrients as well, such as various types of salts (not just the sodium chloride type). The one fluid that solves this thirst problem (and the reason why others don't understand why I have so much energy in the afternoon on a 95+ degree day) - I drank a quart of skim milk for lunch.
Yes we drank much water during the day. Probably about 9 or 10 bottles. But still, without other nutrious fluids, such as milk, then the body is still starved of what it needs to keep going on a hot day. Skim milk is one of the few fluids that provides that additional material - as well as other important nutrients.
Outside of lactose intolerance (and doctors say about half who claim to be lactose intolerant really are not), then there is no reason to avoid milk. Skim milk is one of the most healthy foods an adult can drink. Milk with more fat content is important to children's health. Explain how else one who never works out in a gym can keep up with the best of them even on those 90+ degree days. One reason - I avoid all those carbonated and diet beverages and those overhyped sport drinks.
Sport drinks? Yes I was distributing them and drinking them in the 1960s - before most ever heard of them. A small amount can be helpful - but not as good as two Florida oranges after an 8 minute wrestling match. But then many only are educated by advertisements - and only know what TV tells them is healthier. Therefore they would drink a sport drink rather than a superior orange (after all Anita Bryant promotes orangesand she also promotes hate).
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