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Re:The rise of alternative milks by kbutler on Monday February 04, 2019 @10:16AM (#19076938)
Almond and coconut milk? Yes, almost as natural as cow milk.

But why are you blending and steeping and straining the coconut/almond material instead of just eating it? Oh yeah, because you want it to be like what you'd get from "breastfeeding from a random animal" as an adult.

Lactose intolerance is about as relevant as nut allergies, except it's unlikely to kill you.

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Re:The rise of alternative milks by mixmastamyk on Monday February 04, 2019 @01:08PM (#19078840)
So cooking is unnatural to you? Uh huh.
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Re:The rise of alternative milks by kbutler on Thursday February 07, 2019 @03:38PM (#19108354)
Absolutely - cooking is a totally unnatural thing that humans have learned to do, because it provides additional nutrients, calories, and variety. Find an animal in the wild that cooks its food... Closest may be the firehawks, which may spread fire to help hunting (live) prey. (Though many wild animals are happy to consume cooked food if available!)

But in drinking "not animal milk" you're trying to artificially approximate the experience of drinking "animal milk", which you described as unnatural.

Note that I'm not one to say that "unnatural == bad". I think cooking is good. I think dairy is good. I think consuming something nutritious in its natural state is more natural than cooking something.

You're free to differ.

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