# A poll: Do you drink Milk? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 6, 2007, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609 "2007-08-06T11:08:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/21 "2007-08-06T13:11:57Z")
Yes, why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/22 "2007-08-06T13:21:01Z")
Yes, in cereal, or along with brownies or cookies or some other food that begs for milk. It must be skim milk, it must be very cold, and it must not be even one day past the sell-by date on the carton. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/23 "2007-08-06T13:25:29Z")
1.) Nope. Not since I spit out my bottle for the last time ( but see below ). 2.) I just don’t find it appealing straight in the natural state. Mind you, I DID use to drink _chocolate_ milk and slurp down the stuff with breakfast cereal. I don’t have an actual aversion to cow squeezings per se. I just don’t have any interest in downing a glass right from the carton. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/24 "2007-08-06T13:26:42Z")
1. On cereal. I don’t drink it straight. 2. I think it tastes gross. I haven’t drunk it since I was a child. ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/25 "2007-08-06T13:33:18Z")
I drink it occasionally, and use it on cereal, which I eat at least once a day. But it has to be Lactaid or something similar. Regular milk makes me gassy like you would not believe. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/26 "2007-08-06T13:35:20Z")
Yes, I love a drink of milk, especially in the summer. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/27 "2007-08-06T13:36:17Z")
Yes, usually with breakfast. I like milk. But I won’t drink any crappy chocolate milk. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/28 "2007-08-06T13:36:36Z")
1. Alas, no. 2. I love milk, but after a lifetime of dealing with eczema and asthma and scoffing at being told that it might be caused by a sensitivity to dairy products (as if!), I finally cut all dairy out of my diet to see what would happen. Much to my horror, the dairy was the thing. Sigh. I haven’t had a glass of milk since. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/29 "2007-08-06T13:45:01Z")
Yes, I think sweet stuff like cookies or pie demands milk, preferably locally-produced whole milk. I didn’t realize what I was missing until I discovered the local dairy in the place where I used to live, and fortunately there’s one here, too. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/30 "2007-08-06T13:46:37Z")
Not much. First of all, I’m lactose intolerant. Second of all, we used to just have soy milk in the house. Then, my wife started having some thyroid issues, so she brought back milk, instead of soy. Sometimes, I chug a few ounces from the container, but if I have much more, I’ll get a slightly upset stomach. I kind of like the idea of drinking another species milk. Seems like a nice way to share. I wish I could drink it a little more. I use yogurt with my cereal. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/31 "2007-08-06T13:50:20Z")
Yes. It does a body good. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/32 "2007-08-06T13:51:20Z")
Yes I do, but whole milk makes my stomach hurt so I drink the fancy percentaged kinds of milk. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/33 "2007-08-06T13:56:25Z")
I use skim Lactaid (not an endorsement, just a statement) on my cereal and have it with cookies, but that’s about it. I’m not a milk drinker. I’m not a milk drinker because I’m lactose intolerant and if I drink whole milk (my parents still do) I’ll have the world’s worst gas and other digestive upsets. Not pleasant. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/34 "2007-08-06T14:00:07Z")
I almost never drink it. I consider it something for newborns. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/35 "2007-08-06T14:05:43Z")
Nope. One day, a day I clearly remember, I picked up an iced latte and something in me said “Nope, don’t put that stuff in me any more.” Ever since then my body has not been able to recognize it as “food” and it even grosses me out if someone I’m about to kiss has drank milk recently because I can see and smell it on them. (Ugh.) I’m not lactose intolerant, because I can eat cheese, but it aggravates my hay fever so I largely stay away from that too. You can have my probiotic yogurt when you pry it from my cold, dead hands, tho. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/36 "2007-08-06T14:23:44Z")
Yes, 2%. Every day, in tea, and whenever I eat cereal. It goes well with cookies and other sweet baked goods. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/37 "2007-08-06T14:28:06Z")
Yes. I drink it with most meals, and also with cereal and coffee. I love the taste and would drink the highest fat stuff available if I dared, but stick to 1% or 2%. I cannot _abide_ skim except in lattes, where I can’t tell the difference once it’s all whipped up. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/38 "2007-08-06T14:39:39Z")
Rarely. I drink it with cookies, or maybe donuts. I sometimes put it on cereal. But I so rarely have any of these. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/39 "2007-08-06T14:58:49Z")
I used to drink it regularly. Then I started eating low-carb so I got out of the habit of milk (and cereal and cookies and cake et al, all which require milk). I did always drink skim milk, though. Then I ceased eating that way, but at the same time moved in to my own home and no longer had the de-facto gallon of milk in the fridge, and just never thought to buy it. Every so often I buy it, but I drink it way too fast, and am too cheap to continually spend the $2 for the half gallon. So, I don’t drink milk regularly but I would love to. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609/40 "2007-08-06T15:12:14Z")
1. No\* 2. Lactose Intolerance/I don’t care for the taste. \*I do drink lactose-free milk from time-to-time but only if I’m taking a medication that requires it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-do-you-drink-milk/414609.md?page=3)