Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars

Re:Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars... by kikokikokiko on Thursday April 27, 2023 @04:04AM (#35724746)

Tell that to the Massai, that live basically on a diet of milk, meat and blood. Just because you wish it to be bad it doesn't change reality my dude.

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Re:Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars... by denton-scratch on Thursday April 27, 2023 @04:22AM (#35724889)

https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/lactose-intoleran...

"Lactase nonpersistence is most prevalent in people of East Asian descent, with 70 to 100 percent of people affected in these communities."

Masai herdsmen are East Africans; so I find that statistic bewildering. "Lactase nonpersistence" means the decline of the production of the enzyme lactase beyond infancy. I don't know whether lactase nonpersistence is equivalent to lactose intolerance.

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Re:Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars... by kikokikokiko on Thursday April 27, 2023 @04:35AM (#35724997)

A (very small) percentage of the population is alergic to peanuts. They can even die if they ingest a peanut by accident. Does it make so that "peanuts are bad for you"? Can I make this argument? Milk is perfectly fine and is an important part of a healthy diet, for 90% of the population of the Americas, Europe, Africa etc. The magnitude of the propaganda to make people think otherwise simply baffles me.

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Re:Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars... by foogazi on Thursday April 27, 2023 @09:58AM (#35728185)

> Milk is perfectly fine and is an important part of a healthy diet, for 90% of the population of the Americas

Is this true ? I’ve understood milk is for babies and adults don’t need it

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Re:Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars... by jitix on Thursday April 27, 2023 @04:25AM (#35724911)

They specifically adapted to survive on that diet due to both group level isolation and individual upbringing (gut bacteria development). Different socio-cultural groups often have different tolerance for common food items.

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Re:Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars... by throwaway2056 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @04:09AM (#35724781)

Comparing hn-ers lifestyle/needs to that of Massai? not the best idea.

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Re:Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars... by kikokikokiko on Thursday April 27, 2023 @04:15AM (#35724828)

It's indifferent to the question. Some food is either healthy for human consumption or it's not. The argument is: if a population of humans exist that makes milk a very substantial portion of their diet, and is perfectly fine, arguing that it's bad for humans is complete stupidity.

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Re:Aubrey Plaza Is the Unfortunate New Face of the Milk Wars... by helsinkiandrew on Thursday April 27, 2023 @06:34AM (#35726004)

> Tell that to the Massai, that live basically on a diet of milk, meat and blood

They also live a mainly active, nomadic lifestyle herding cows rather than sitting down staring at a computer screen - and usually die in their forties.

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