My boyfriend loves milk. Loooooves milk. To the point that I find it almost repulsive. I’m not a fan of it myself (I even lied in kindergarten and said I was allergic so they’d give me orange juice at snack time), but I appreciate its use in cereal, and maybe with some cookies. Other than with cereal or the occasional glass, though, I am really grossed out by it.
The boyfriend says that he used to drink a gallon of milk a day, and probably still would if it weren’t so expensive. I was thinking, that can’t really be healthy for you, can it? Even children, who need the fat and calcium, only drink a couple of glasses a day.
Is too much milk harmful? I’m thinking things like kidney stones, maybe. Are there any complications from excessive milk consumption?
Until we get some formal nutritional advice–I’d venture that fat is the only possible problem. That’s why I drink skim milk. Is your boyfriend seriously overweight?
For quick results, there’s always Wikipedia. “Detriments” are listed, but are indicated to come from questionable sources.
Does your boyfriend buy his milk from a Chernobyl area dairy?
If not, perhaps you should just accept that he loves milk.
I love milk too! I have a big glass of skim milk at every meal, and love chocolate milk a ridiculous amount (though try to keep that for the occasional snack or dessert).
I once asked my doctor if there was any chance I could be drinking too much milk, thinking of kidney stones like in the OP, but she told me (something along the lines of) that the amount of fluid you take in when drinking milk lowers the possibility of calcium buildup, because any calcium over what your body can absorb will be washed out when you pee. She said over-consumption of cheese is another story, but that milk is hard to o.d. on.
One thing to remember is that milk, juice, etc aren’t just drinks, they are food and contain caloric content. You can add a big excess of calories if you drink these things like they’re water. Aside from that I can’t think of anything except maybe digestive distress, even lactose tolerant people can have problems processing massive amounts of milk.
The corner shop has a litre for 79p. I don’t recall seeing 2 litre bottles - there are 4 litre bottles but I’m not sure of the price. Obviously that would be a bit cheaper in a supermarket where things like milk and bread are considered loss-leaders. It does seem that milk in the USA is extremely expensive!
Mum would get 18 pints so we could get through the weekend. I never drank water back then (or coke etc), so only milk. I’d have a pint at a time, with the milk being full cream. Because my activity level was high, my weight was normal.
As much as I still like milk, I’m down to 2 litres a week now due to cost (NZ$4.50/ 2 litre), and because my cholesterol was a bit high. I’ve found a filtered milk that has 4mg/100ml of cholesterol and has the usual taste of milk.
However, **organic **milk is right now $4.50 or more a **half-**gallon in Chicago, while conventional milk is around $3 a gallon. Milk seems to have the greatest percentage difference between organic and conventional of any food. Even organic meat isn’t 3 times the price of its conventional counterpart.
You know when annoying posters correct you with, “Google is your friend?”
Well, Google is your friend!
If you do a “search” on a string like “1 US gallon in liters” (using the American spelling of litre, obviously), Google will, instead of actually searching, do the conversion for you. Very handy in cases like this.
Oh, and it’s important to remember than Imperial gallons and US Customary gallons are not the same!
And I’ve never heard of milk going for $5 a gallon… The highest I’ve seen is $3.29, and in some places, you can find it as a loss-leader for as low as $2. The half-gallon containers are of course proportionately more expensive, but even those, I’ve never seen at more than $2.19. Is there something local to Chicago in particular, to make it that expensive?
However, I keep reading about record milk prices and every expectation that prices will continue to rise. I don’t know if they’ll hit $5.00 by fall or not. I’ll bet $4.00 with some certainty since they hit a national average of $3.80 in July.
I can and have done, at least 3 times, the drink a gallon of milk in an hour bet. Easiest $100 I’ve ever made. The first two times, I had all day, but I did it in under an hour. The last time, the bettor heard of my feats (of strength ;)) and told me to do it within an hour. If I have cookies or cereal, I can do it a lot faster (I prefer fresh baked chocolate chip). Other than feeling full for like a couple of hours, I don’t have any issues at all. Skim milk is the easiest for me to down. Whole milk tastes better, but definitely need something to wash it down with. I can even do the equivalent bet if done with ice cream (I did 4 ben and jerry’s in about two hours). If it weren’t so cold, I could probably do it faster.
