Yeah. I didn’t know it was even as high as 21%, among any ethnicity except asian. Wow. I wonder why I know so few lactose intolerants, then.
I did know a girl with lactose intolerance once who said there were pills she took to help with it? Can you essentially eat what you want if you can get those pills?
“Get away with”? Choosing not to drink a tablespoon or two of thin, oat-laden, probably warm milk is bad behavior? What would you do: spank them, or order them to sit at the table until they finished it, even if it meant they missed school as a result? If they missed school, what would you do then?
I was also taught that it’s rude to drink from a bowl.
Yeah. We live in a society where, thankfully, a bit of milk isn’t the line between life and death. It’s awful that some places aren’t so fortunate, but shouldn’t you be happy your kids don’t have to worry about food?
Like I said before in this thread, nowadays I usually eat my cereal dry. Now, having read a lot of the responses in this thread, I’m kind of glad I no longer add milk, so now I’m not going to be hated by those on either side of this debate. 
I don’t eat cereal at all. It just seems like a silly way to eat something, and sometimes I’m a little amazed at how big of an industry it is.
It’s really just a disguised way to eat what’s basically cookies (for the majority of brands), so I guess it makes sense to throw out the milk, which apparently is just a moistener–for some–that lends the appearance of nutritional value. I suppose they could use water, instead. Or better yet, just open a bag of cookies and do away with the pretense.
I also drink almost all of it, but have to leave a tablespoon or so with a few bit of cereal in it for the dogs. They get very offended if I do not.
I just put more cereal in the bowl if there’s milk left over or just drink the milk.
I have never heard of anybody just dumping milk after eating a bowl of cereal, which strikes me as wasteful. No wonder so many people have a Vitamin D deficiency* (also a waste of high quality protein, cereal only has a couple grams or so of incomplete protein per serving). I even drink a separate glass of milk along with a bowl of cereal for breakfast for about 2 1/2 cups total, a “bowl” of cereal being more like 2.5 3/4 cup servings of cereal and a cup of milk (I measured it before, usually just fill the bowl to the top then add milk until it rises).
*Well, not really, since many of them supposedly get enough, including from the sun (IMHO, the optimum blood levels are too high).
What, no one slops the pigs with the remainder?
Ditto.
What? You’re kidding me. What a terrible waste. It’s very abnormal to throw it out. Why not just take less milk in the first place?
EXACTLY. Just pour the amount of milk you are going to use to eat your cereal, problem solved.
It’s theorized that people in Europe kept their dairy tolerance because it proved to be an advantage in colder climates with less sun, because it has vitamin D. Interestingly, that’s the same reason why white skin was naturally selected for in Northern Europe; it generates more vitamin D from the sun. So being white and tolerating milk were inextricably linked. 
Also, they probably had an easier time storing the milk than other ethnicities in warmer climates, like the Middle East, which also have a long history of eating dairy products, but probably ate more fermented milk products like yogurt and cheese, which have a much longer shelf life (and wayyy lower levels of lactose) than straight up unpasteurized milk.
Cite : http://www.marksdailyapple.com/milk-dairy-human-diet/#axzz2HAhOBK6z
I drink milk by itself, anyways. Seriously though, people going “omigawd, so wasteful!!!” is ridiculous. Just use less milk.
And as I pointed out, my parents taught me that one never drinks from a bowl.
Grew up slurping the leftover milk from my cereal bowl. I always do it! When I eat cereal, which isn’t all that often. My favorite is cinnamon toast crunch milk, yum.
It never occurred to me to toss the milk. I’ve never seen anyone do it, and I’d never do it myself.
I try to use the right amount of milk for the cereal, but if I don’t get it right, then I don’t drink the milk. That goes for any sort of milk - I’m lactose intolerant, so use alternatives, but even almond milk goes down the drain. It’s warmed up milk with little bits of cereal and spit in it (from your spoon - there will be some), not a refreshing drink.
Same here, but usually I err on the side of having too little milk, because I’m broke. I just eat the cereals at the bottom of the bowl first 
Vitamin D is added to milk, which only has a small amount in its natural form (i.e. straight from the cow); you’d have to drink gallons to get enough. Another fun fact from the same link - all milk is skimmed; they add the fat back to get 1%/2%/whole milk (the last actually has less fat than from-the-cow milk, which varies in fat content and other nutrients, which are also controlled so it always has the same number of calories and grams of protein/carbs). Although there are other nutrients in milk that likely resulted in the spread of lactose tolerance due to milk-drinking people being more likely to survive. Even today, it appears to have advantages:
(milk is also good for building muscle mass, better than whey and other supplements (and cheaper), and you can guess why I mention this)
I know milk has Vitamin D added, silly…it says so on the container. I just figured that it was in addition to naturally-occurring vitamin D. But now that I think about it, that doesn’t make much sense! I was misinformed - I only mentioned it because a friend had showed me this article. Now looking at the rest of the website I think it’s a bit iffy… But couldn’t all the calcium in milk increase absorption of vitamin D? Maybe that’s what he was referring to.
Anyway, seriously, thanks for the advice. I can’t afford all that GNC stuff. Or at least, I prefer to spend my money on other things. Plus it always reeked of snake oil to me… I have another good friend who is studying to be a nutritionist and she always tells me that most dietary supplements aren’t necessary and that it’s best to get your nutrients from real food.
But regardless I would still drink boatloads of milk, because I fucking love milk! Which is why I don’t like to waste it on my cereal!
Go Team Milk Nazis!!!