Why 'Got Milk' was a Lie

The Real Reason We Drink Cow’s Milk
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Ever wonder why your mom made you drink so much milk as a kid? Turns out the answer is a lie.
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[@johnnyharris]

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[@Jenny-dj1pi]

First

[@heybye2147]

@@Jenny-dj1pi no way bro you were actually first. this is the most significatn achievement of your life oh my adays

[@Joso997]

Isn't the Cake a lie too?

[@frontendprotogy6749]

i dont really get this video, here in Caucasian mountains, Milk and dairy product is literally what people who live in villages drink al lthe time, not because of "unsold stockpiles" but because it considered as a healthy thing and is part of cultural cousine..

[@forbiddenera]

Lol .. Wonder how Microsoft feels since they also have software called CoPilot ...

[@DailyDoseOfInternet]

The idea that fully grown adult humans need to be breast fed by cows was always weird to me.

[@Milkyshake117]

It's yummy tho

[@mateoben7120]

As a lactose intolerant person who is bulking . I now see this milk lie very clearly 😂

[@anthonycardenas4994]

You’re not alone

[@JCDenton.]

Milk is the shit and what weirdo drinks milk and thinks that your being breast fed? Cows don't even have breasts. Udder fed maybe lmao. Yall mad goofy.

[@felipecorrea7876]

i love u DDOI

[@TheLiamster]

If milk is a lie then why did my dad go to get it?

[@johnnydoe2672]

that was the point my friend

[@cassiniaura]

@@johnnydoe2672 Woah.

[@debaprasad9379]

Can someone explain this meme 🤔🤔

[@samuelboundy7184]

That was the lie.

[@tensinkano6888]

My dad went to get cigarettes.

[@dennishoyt2348]

Here is a quote that I will recite here for entertainment purposes. "Make no mistake, pasteurization was never about healthier milk. It was all about flipping the business from the Milkman to the grocery store, making the sale of raw milk illegal solidified the deal... & you can take that to the bank...

[@olharleypurrs]

Hello dear one. You're preaching to the choir.

[@josegh89]

Makes sense. Anything to hurt the small businessperson.

[@TSYouTuber]

A lot of people were dying from non-pasteurized milk, but ok.

[@MisterBones223]

People were actually being harmed from milk expiration I believe it was actually AL Capone who lobbied for it because his niece got sick due to expired milk

[@gabrielbarrantes6946]

​@@TSKZbinryeah, most likely that also contributed, however is about profit margins, raw milk is perfectly safe but it needs better practices... If you pasteurize you can just get more cows in a smaller place and not clean at all... So better margins.

[@bcaye]

Huh, I actually ate quite a bit of that government cheese. It wasn't bad at all. I lived with a widow who had 3 kids under 18 and we'd get rations monthly-wheat, cheese, canned fruit and vegetables, usually oatmeal and sometimes eggs. A local dairy farmer was sweet on her, he would bring a gallon of milk every week and we would skim off the cream and make butter. No one in the house was a milk fan, we used it for hot cereal, cooking/baking.

[@seand3972]

Matrix confirmed

[@canuckinsk]

People easily accept that the government lied in the past but don't think it does it now. I always ask "when did the officials stop lying?"

[@wdsmauglir4683]

Simple answer, never, too much vested interest in the money they make by doing it!

[@Jonas-Seiler]

Careful now, you don’t wanna be labelled a conspiracy theorist. But honestly tho, my personal experience is that people don’t necessarily believe the government and politicians to be honest, they’re just apathetic towards it.

[@algotkristoffersson15]

@@Jonas-Seiler I personaly believ they are honest unless they actively have a reason not to be

[@Metalgarn]

@@algotkristoffersson15 I fully agree with that... with the addendum of they ALWAYS have a reason not to be.

[@majermike]

@@Jonas-Seiler wish it were simple apathy, I experienced a lot of reasonable family and friends become unpaid salesmen for big pharma a couple years ago. biologically, we are the same as nazis and every other social adventure gone wrong. wish it weren't so, but corporations know how to flip a switch and turn most of us into manchurian candidates. me, you, and others like us who "are able to see beyond the shadows and lies" of our culture will unfortunately be pit against armies of manchurian candidates.

[@user-bh2fz5sf5e]

When I was homeless and strung out on drugs I think milk was the only thing that kept me alive. Lol. Whole milk. Red cap. I drank it and not much else and survived.. so therefore I am greatful to milk. I don't drink it much anymore, but I'll never forget what it has done for me. ❤️

[@curiousbystander9193]

thanks for sharing and I think you make a good point, thanks, glad you are in a different place

[@hyperphenomenal4360]

after all, the govt. was not very bad as johnny describes, it does saves lives!

[@rdltm]

Milk is also the reason why the Netherlands came from being one of the shortest country in Europe to becoming the tall monsters that they are now. Dont think to much of Johnny Harris. He is a WEF stooge, CIA asset.

[@aves1099]

@@hyperphenomenal4360 the government doesn’t assist the homeless and puts millions in food insecurity, and you’re turning this sad story into the government deserving props? This is r/orphancrushingmachine material

[@brandistocker]

there is no problem with it if you can digest it and you do not drink too much

[@user-ui9ec6hf4y]

My grandfather had 5 sons and 5 daughters. They never drinks milk. They live past 80 years. The oldest one immigrated into the US when he was about 55 years old. He went to medical checkup and the doctor always said his health was good. He died at about 85 years old. All of my uncles swam and played soccer a lot when they were young and they did physical work. We are from Vietnam.

[@carltwelve2170]

Had the opportunity to try raw milk. I regularly drink gallons of milk A week, but have begun to slow way down. The processed milk is so much like water. But the raw milk was sweet and rich, and filling. I could only drink a fraction of the raw milk before I was full.

[@Jriker0]

I started drinking raw milk as well and I can digest it so much better than pasteurized. It’s much more nutritious too. Raw milk is healing!!

[@slim_yondah]

Raw milk gang unite

[@lazyeyedwolf5284]

Yeah stop drinking pasteurized milk three years ago thinking my acne was coming from it which may be true but I think it may have been just due to high sugar in my diet which I dialed back on. But I also noticed 3 years ago my hair was much more thicker and luscious back when I was drinking milk so I'm going to try raw milk and see how that goes let's see if my thick hair comes back from 3 years ago and hopefully I don't get as much acne since I don't consume sugar as much as I did back then.

[@SieMiezekatze]

As someone that owns cows and milks them, what is raw milk? I can't drink milk without boiling it cause you can taste the cow sweat and hairs 😂

[@user-wm4xf2ew5l]

Bet , I didn't know what raw milk meant in these terms but the place literally down the street is about to be sold out now that I know it's betterb

[@MrMagicharry]

Omg, this finally explains it. When I was growing up as a kid I was always wondering “why in Hollywood movies and shows Americans drink milk all the time?”. In shops you can buy a GALLON of milk and that’s SHITLOAS of milk. Our packaging in Eastern Europe goes up to 2L which is almost half a gallon.

[@freedom_aint_free]

I don't know how it is in Europe or other parts of the world, but my experience with South America, is that no body, not even children drinks pure milk, actually the idea is kind of disgusting actually, milk is a ingredient and so drinking pure milk would be like eating pure wheat flower. My hunch is that drinking pure milk was a social engineering thing and lets say in the XIX century and back not even Americans did it. PS: I almost forgot: the absolute nauseating thing about people drinking pure milk in America movies for people in South America that I've spoken is eating it with food that you would eat drinking a coke, juice, wine, whatever but not freaking milk! That is gross!

[@kayalvizhi7611]

Indian moms also act like milk is the holy grail despite a significant portion of India being lactose intolerant. I’d love to see how this false narrative about milk trickled down to other countries. but drinking plain milk by itself is still weird in india - we have so many malt powder mixes to make it taste better & so these malt companies are advertised more than the milk itself. My biggest culture shock when I moved to America was finding out that Americans drink plain raw milk, especially along with a meal

[@ericl1332]

USDA+Dairy lobby = CDC+Pharma lobby ? Na not possible, right ?🧐

[@Greedman456]

​@@freedom_aint_freeno actually. Millions of people of not billions grew up with milk in Europe far before advertisement existed. Most European countries are aparted by lactose tolerant people. You can also build up those enzymes by consuming small quantities per day but w/e I responded too much in this sections

[@pieEdgara]

Amīši vienmēr tādi jocīgi ir bijuši.

[@malachaiuys711]

We literally studied the "Got Milk" marking campaign in one of my Uni marketing classes in the past week and I was like I wish there was someone who's videos I like watching makes something related to milk and then bingo this man comes in clutch!!

[@rafakazimierczyk796]

Had exactly same experience last Monday, but with European eunion marketing efforts to promote milk in 2010'

[@RobotischeHilfe]

World is small

[@TheStickman419]

Milk is great man, it's just that unfortunately...like most things,it's uses and greatness are exaggerated to make certain people money

[@alexdrudigmail]

Uni? And who's instead of whose? Wow.

[@dianapennepacker6854]

As someone with liver and kidney problems? Milk is just amazing and there is literally nearly nothing oz for oz as cheap and jam packed with both macro and micronutrients. You have to go into dietary or nutritional drinks to get that and while I love Nova Source? It has too many vitamins and minerals and I have to be careful not to get too much of any as my body cannot clear them. Phosphorous being the biggest one I struggle with. I need to gain weight. A glass of full milk has lipids, carbs, and complete protein. I've tried the other replacements and they just don't compare. Especially when I buy Lacktaid Protein or Fairlife. Sure it is saturated fat but ATM I need any fat in order to gain weight for a transplant. Chocolate Milk is also the nectar of the gods! Anyway like all super foods and such it isn't a pancea. Moderation is also key. PS: One reason why Milk is important for me is because of the low fluid restrictions. I can only have 24oz of liquid per day and that includes water in food. So it doesn't make sense for me to drink something like clean ice water or even juice... If I put something in my body? Ideally it should have both macro and micronutrients. To me this is the hardest thing about dying is the fact I don't produce urine. No coffee, tea, juice, soup... I am forever thirsty and if I ever get a transplant the first thing I'm doing is chugging a huge glass of ice cold chocolate milk. Making a slushi and drinking it till I puke or can't handle the brain freeze.

[@missmindy3803]

🤯 mind blown. My husband called our firstborn daughter “government cheese“ because he thought she was kind of lazy because she really enjoyed letting other people do things for her. I mean, just from infancy to like 2. 😆 but knowing origins is crazy. Fing govt

[@jamesbond91615]

I think context is crucial. Mr Harris makes some great points here but it’s worth thinking about what you’re drinking instead. Realistically its the 2nd healthiest drink after water - fruit juice and smoothies are sooo full of sugar (eating fruit let’s you take the sugar in slowly and chewing sets of a whole load of processes that prepare your body for what’s coming), refined sugar is bad and any sweetener (even ‘natural’ sweeteners) are ultra-processed, and our bodies aren’t at all adapted to deal with something that tastes like sugar (which upon tasting may for example cause the body to raise insulin levels) but actually isn’t. Best drink water, 2nd best milk, then comes everything else

[@theemirofjaffa2266]

3rd best kool aid

[@TheMaxik]

How can it be the best thing when a lot of people can't digest it and get side effects?

[@lukefish7562]

@@TheMaxikwell, minus the weak ones. 😉 jk

[@lukefish7562]

I agree and stated in another comment that I was unbelievably active as a child. I drank drank an insane amount of milk BUT other than water what would have been better that was readily available when I was a kid? Coke? Sport drinks? I drank lots of Gatorade to when it exploded on the scene. Likely more genes than anything but I was healthier and in better shape than anyone at my high school or college. Don’t regret it. 😁

[@cloudybrains]

​@@TheMaxik Just because some people are allergic to peanuts, doesn't mean peanuts aren't healthy.

[@AwesomeIan135]

It really was insane how hard schools pushed students to drink milk. A couple years ago, during the peak of the pandemic, I chose to go back to school in person. I should mention this was an optional choice, and most kids chose to stay virtual. Yet, it seemed like the school didn’t adjust the the amount of milk they were ordering. Grabbing a milk box became mandatory at lunchtime, I tried every day to refuse it, knowing I wouldn’t drink it and that it would be wasted. One day the lunch lady just straight up said “Look I know your lactose intolerant, just take the milk and throw it in the trash.” (I’m not even lactose intolerant but I guess she assumed I was since I kept trying to refuse the milk, I just think it’s crazy that the school was encouraging me to waste it.)

[@jamesmanning8269]

Lol your story’s wack

[@rodschmidt8952]

Their budget for the next year probably depended on how many boxes of milk they could push

[@jamesmanning8269]

@@rodschmidt8952 “Dang these kids at that school are running through milk like crack Addicts. Give that school more money!”

[@heroisdomar4248]

The lady is Not a school

[@blubaylon]

As a vegan the mandatory milk would be my worst nightmare lol

[@mahonrimoriancumer9932]

In my childhood I had gas so bad I thought I would explode. I was in tears and my mom consulted with experts and doctors and they said I was swallowing air when I was eating and they taught me how to blow air out when taking a spoon full of food. It turns out, it was just milk. I ate cereal and milk daily, massive amounts.

[@bonniek7228]

Me too!

[@lacai527]

same here!i like milk too much to stop consuming it, most of time nothing. Oh boy if i take ice cream, then im a gas station in toilet seat.

[@Bronanarival]

LoL farts away my friend

[@Captain_Jack514]

I go through half a gallon in a week. Too much milk makes me sick too.

[@thingsforgotten2254]

By age 10 a bowl of cereal would have me doubled over

[@anthonybrakus5280]

Brother, you have mastered this video essay thing. Your vids are very dense with knowledge and the way you present tells a linear story that keeps us interested and invested. Great work🎉❤

[@victorsvoice7978]

I found out that I have been allergic to cow's milk all my life. My doctor told me that is the reason most people get allergies later in life. Being introduced to cow's milk in the diet as a baby when the immune system isn't mature enough to handle it.

[@inakuvaswaldenstrm6117]

That makes no sense. Being around a lot of allergens and germs as a baby makes the immune system less likely to overreact. www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/food-allergy-causes-prevention

[@arkaadias2526]

Dietary science mixed with bs, go to another dr.

[@ColoMUFC10]

There's been links with raw milk and children's growth in terms of preventing skin conditions. I believe you should see another doctor

[@aliciascott681]

I breastfed my daughter and when she turned 1 yrs old, I give her cow milk and she broke out in hives . I took her to the doctor and she is allergic to milk, eggs, fish and peanuts. She's 8 now and out grown the milk allergy but she hate cow milk , she drinks coconut milk.

[@arkaadias2526]

@@aliciascott681 So genetic then.

[@jhfgjtjutyiuod]

The worst thing about modern "American" (I'm Australian and we have much the same problem) milk was watching you pour the milk from the carton and seeing how thin watery and see through it is. proper milk isn't like that, but what they put in the bottle has already had most of the good stuff stripped out for cream butter and cheese production. Just like Kraft cheese is a pale imitation of proper real cheese.

[@lukesantamaria94]

Not true, milk is standardised so that the fat and protein components are the same for a consistent product. Cows produce milk with different chemical compositions depending on the time of the year and the quality of the feed. Unless you want your brand of milk to taste different throughout the year as the season changes.

[@lukesantamaria94]

Not true, milk is standardised so that the fat and protein components are the same for a consistent product. Cows produce milk with different chemical compositions depending on the time of the year and the quality of the feed. Unless you want your brand of milk to taste different throughout the year as the season changes.

[@lukesantamaria94]

Not true, milk is standardised so that the fat and protein components are the same for a consistent product. Cows produce milk with different chemical compositions depending on the time of the year and the quality of the feed. Unless you want your brand of milk to taste different throughout the year as the season changes.

[@lukesantamaria94]

Not true, milk is standardised so that the fat and protein components are the same for a consistent product. Cows produce milk with different chemical compositions depending on the time of the year and the quality of the feed. Unless you want your brand of milk to taste different throughout the year as the season changes.

[@tomriddle4054]

@@lukesantamaria94 your point is valid about fat content. However some milk will have more solids than others, depending mostly on the breed but also the diet. Skim milk from a Jersey cow will be less watery than whole milk from a Holstein.

[@RojoProX]

During lunch as a kid I always felt sick after eating. Turns out it was the milk that was given out as the drink. Juice was also available but that always went first. Later I found out I was very lactose intolerant. I feel much better today on a day to day basis now that I avoid all things dairy.

[@jamesmcgee8826]

I was in the same boat!! I was always bloated and gassy. This was everyday, because they give you milk (to this day) for every meal in school!!! I didn't realize until after I graduated high school that I was lactose intolerant 🙃..

[@jonathangolgota]

easy, drink a small cup everyday like 10-20ml to coffee/chocolate, now i can tolerance to milk/lactose, same to sea food, teach your body to tolerance not to avoid all of it

[@shawno2380]

Be careful with juice too given at school. Lots of sugar.

[@MrShnazer]

You just weak.

[@valeryvelez4624]

milk is only for babies until they start growing theeth

[@marcellec787]

Just a thought... getting a child to drink a glass of milk to get 300mg of calcium is way easier than trying to get them to eat a 100g of almonds. I can get calcium from cabbage if I wanted to, but I'd have to eat a shitload of it to get even nearly the same amount (oxylates in cabbage bond with calcium, thus reducing the amount available for absorbtion) So yes, you can get calcium from other sources but do remember that it's the ease of ingestion as well as nutrient density that also play a major factor.

[@milesmiles225]

And pretty high vitamin d

[@felucca]

This. I was a picky eater as a child, but I loved milk. So all my parents had to do to make sure I got all the nutrients I needed, was put milk on the table and serve up some potatoes - all bases covered, in the simplest way possible. Almonds, lmao. I'm sure there are kids out there who love them, but I couldn't get my own kid to eat one even if it's in an ice cream chocolate bar (real life example btw, he literally stopped eating the ice cream and said I could have it).

[@glueguygreen420]

🐑 Baaaaaa....

[@madisonw.1313]

This video has brought a lot of deeper thought to an already widely covered topic. Kept me interested from start to finish!

[@cocktailpost]

It's funny how, when I first tried "american cheese" (I'm foreigner, only got to try that at 17) I couldn't help thinking that was the only thing in America that looked, felt and taste like it was produced in the Soviet Union... now I know why 😂

[@brianmessemer2973]

I see what you mean 😂even if you hear the phrase "government cheese" out of context might expect it to be referring to Soviet cheese 😂good point ☝i.e. regardless of whose government it is, a government-produced (sponsored/supported) food product might tend to be bland and not delicious. Excellent comment 👏

[@lisajean228]

It’s quite revolting, to be sure

[@garymathe9863]

I grew up in Europe and moved to the US at 17 so American "cheese" is pretty revolting to me but people here grew up with it so they don't think anything of it. BTW the same thing happens with white "bread", "chocolate", "mustard" and other "foods" that would make a European who grew up on baguettes, Milka, Dijon etc. wanna throw up. That said, poor people are more likely to consume those cheap foods, and quality stuff IS available if you're willing to pay actual money. Like you can buy a loaf of "bread" for $1 but also actual bread for $3+

[@zach3096]

@@garymathe9863 classic Europeans who think they’re better than Americans 😂

[@RealRap619]

@@zach3096 They’re not better but the food is better quality. Those just facts coming from an American lol

[@vilmathealien]

I grew up in Finland in early 2000's and the biggest dairy producer of the country was advertising drinking milk with posters in school cafeterias. And in primary school if you didn't drink milk during school lunch, teachers would look you badly and ask why.

[@kayalvizhi7611]

I went to American middle school in 2013 & we also had milk posters in our cafeteria & the lunch lady would make sure we had either a serving of vegetable or milk on our plates

[@GamingLiveToday]

same here, sama tässä 03v syntynyt ja maito joka päivä lol

[@mistiebreeze3469]

Do you have any data what happens if they don't?

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@mistiebreeze3469 they have to handstand on Mount Everest

[@bengagnon2894]

I thought you were drinking kalja beer in Finland's school cafeterias. You, sir, just shattered my dreams.

[@user-tb5rv3xh2h]

I've been binge-watching your videos, Johnny, for about 3 months. I find them very enlightening. You are an excellent journalist. A video on alcohol consumption would really be appreciated. According to the WHO, amongst legal and illegal drugs, alcohol is the one that causes most social damage. Keep up the great work!!!

[@pillai93]

I just want to take a moment to appreciate your set. The colours, the symmetry, the depth, the lighting. All so perfect. Great job guys!

[@RobMedellin]

I don't love the colors, not soothing, not elegant, they seem indie and more active that I like. Also don't see the symmetry, and maybe too cluttered. But depth is nice and content was good.

[@johnwickkx]

​@@RobMedellinwtf how do you see things in such detail, how is life for your kind of people lol

[@djstobbe1301]

If you think this is bad now apply this same idea to the pharmaceutical industry and how they are so concerned for our health 😂

[@gutuvanmorgan5368]

They working for them, how to shut off themselfs?

[@Truth-L-knowledge]

Hey I have one even better,, add it to whatever has industry behind it 😂🎉😮😢

[@desiderata8811]

Try the comestics industry. Far worst.

[@amazinggrapes3045]

@@desiderata8811 imagine using cosmetics. can't relate

[@necrodh]

apply in veganism

[@wanggaard]

It fascinates me that big dairy is pushing cheese so hard but fast food places like taco bell and pizza hut seem to serve cheese-like substances that are mostly oil-based.

[@akatheking82]

Because of cost... ...oil-based cost nothing in comparison.

[@dannymac6368]

Oil is liquid fat. Cheese has from .5-40% fat by volume. I’m calling BS if the cheese-like substance *isn’t* oily when heated. Now I just want a Personal Pan Pizza. It’s like an oily cheese puddle. 🫠

[@hypothalapotamus5293]

The OP is right that these places often use emulsified products that contain cheese, but probably don't contain enough cheese to be legally called cheese. You can either hate it or embrace it. Note: This is different from cheese that is heated and has the oil separate.

[@wanggaard]

@@dannymac6368 I'm certainly not speaking from a thoroughly investigated / researched position, so all criticisms are valid. But my understanding is that most fast food cheese starts from an oil-based method combined with a cheese production method, with cheese being in far fewer abundance. Taco Bell for at least a decade seems to be trying to cut the cheese out altogether with the nacho cheese spread on most of their items.

[@netnomad47]

Cheese is still much healthier than refined oil based "cheeses". especially if made from grass fed free range cows no antibiotics or steroids. But good luck finding that

[@michaelauckland9333]

I still don't understand how this video is telling me that dairy is bad for us exactly? that some people are lactose intolerant?

[@cyberpsybin]

you are too

[@NazrawiTesfaye4567]

Hes putting out a propaganda, and the people in the comment section are also whitewashed who cant think for yourselves.

[@barbarawinsor5306]

Humans are not baby cows. Cow's milk is for baby cows. Human milk is for human babies. Every mammal produces milk for the BABIES of its SPECIES.

[@barbarawinsor5306]

Every adult is lactose intolerant, because humans stop making the enzyme lactase around the age of 4. But it's not just the milk sugar (lactose) that is bad for humans. It is also the proteins and the hormones. Milk from a cow is not designed for human consumption.

[@michaelauckland9333]

Sounds like a problem for only 20% of the world's population

[@datbat1]

I was working on my dissertation and didn't want to stop to eat. I like milk, so I just sat in front of my computer and drank milk for ten hours. At the end of the day, I felt terrible. I have diabetes, so I guessed correctly that the reason I didn't feel well was my blood sugar. I don't know exactly what my glucose level was because it maxed out the meter. I had always been taught that milk is healthy, and I never questioned the veracity of that claim. Turns out I might as well have been drinking soda or juice. Milk converts to sugar. Who knew?

[@lillithcollins5192]

One of the unfortunate truths about being a biologist that I had to learn in my undergraduate studies was where the money comes from to actually fund any proposed research. So very much of it is from groups with lots of money and an agenda and when you pitch your research idea, you have to basically sell your research potential as a product: either as a way to make of save money. The other options are government funding which is a nightmare of red tape and can completely be just as biased or charities/special interest groups like WWF (panda not smackdown) who might have much more altruistic intensions but are equally as biased. So you have to juggle skewing your pitch to be as attractive as possible and then immediately turn around and be as unbiased and analytical as possible so you can practice good science (as you always should) and not get flagged during peer review. All this while under the realization that it's a "publish or perish" job market and if you keep getting "boring" results your career will go nowhere. I'm not saying that biologists who run the studies like the "bigger rats on milk" one in the video are unscrupulous just that there is this massive "sword of Damocles" hanging over all of our heads to produce results that will let us keep doing research. This isn't to say that we are all soulless, greedy puppets who produce false narratives for our benefactors; quite the opposite. Most of the biologists I know and have worked with are people with only the best intensions who pursue knowledge for it's own sake with an almost childlike desire to simply better understand the nature of living things and how they function for the betterment of everything and everyone but are forced to navigate the maze of biased capitalism and politics. An example I like to use is from a presentation I saw from a post-grad while I was doing my undergrad. It was basically "what happens to spiders in winter" it was basic and should be easy to find out, but the honest answer is that we have no evidence based idea what happens to them. I asked afterwards why we don't know and the simple answer was because there is profit in knowing: they aren't pests, we can't make new products or medicine from knowing, and they aren't big cuddly adorable mammals with a million people ready to protest for them. Simply put- we want to know but no one will give us the money.

[@Elite244]

All I'm reading here is "I don't have the spare time to research milk or what spiders do in winter" and both things are so prosaic and accessible that I wouldn't believe anyone's excuses why they don't know or aren't pursuing the questions if they also purport to be interested. I think those are interesting things to research and everyone can spend free time to investigate them. I have a feeling once you do the research and publish you might start attracting the corporate paymasters for some expository research in the fields of spiders and milk and then get that fat moolah you want so much; literally no amount of money obliges you to lie or be biased about anything. You might face consequences of the money faucet being turned off but isn't the world full of things to research? Like peanut butter. When was the last time someone did some great research into peanut butter. Peanut butter is a billion dollar industry. When Peanut Butter Bad from J. Harris productions?

[@mitchcompton5929]

Would you recommend pursuing a career in biology?

[@Sjapilot]

Damn. Now I really want to know what happens to spiders in winter!

[@user-rk6sn7du4k]

I bet there are lots of politicians who would argue along the same lines "I want to help change the world for the better, but all the money and influence that it buys to create change, comes from lobbyist"..... A sellout is still a sellout

[@Nightsmaiden]

@@Elite244 Actual research that can be published isn't generally cheap to do, even for small prospective studies just to see if a topic has further research potential. It's not really an out-of-pocket thing in most cases. (Ironically, psych studies are actually some of the cheapest.) Also, as Lillith mentions, publishing is its own problem- because there aren't people with infinite free time to do peer review (which is generally an unpaid task), there is a limit to how many articles can and will be published in peer-reviewed publications. The bias there is towards papers that demonstrate some strong outcome- while there is great scientific value in studies whose conclusion is "We didn't find any statistically significant results", unless it is about something controversial, it will be hard to get published, at which time you have wasted the time and resources you used for the study, while some other researcher did one of the milk-fed rat studies, got a publication credit, and is now able to maybe get some funding for the research they want to do that doesn't involve milk, in addition to having a better shot at promotion and/or tenure. If you do the spider study and all you can figure out is "they aren't in spots A, B, or C during the winter", that is great information, but it's not going to go anywhere but your own filing cabinet. A close friend of mine did a study funded by a local news station. He was testing the pushbars on grocery carts to see how germy they were. Turns out, the environment around here is so dry that it makes hard surfaces like that very inhospitable, and unless there was so much dampness that it would be obvious on the handles, germs lasted about two minutes. Unsurprisingly, that didn't make the news. They were looking for a shock study, and the fact that people could be calm about that particular hazard wasn't what they had use for. There is a severe problem with inconclusive studies or ones that don't produce "interesting" or desired results being trashed, and all the time and resources the researchers put into it are just gone. Calling them lazy for wanting to avoid the career effects of repeatedly doing studies that don't get published just seems shallow to me.

[@cheekyb71]

My friend is a food scientist who works for DMI, and was sent to Taco Bell for 10 years, she's just finished a 4 year stint at Kroeger - and her WHOLE JOB is getting more cheese into food. She is responsible for the taco bell products you love guys, a New Zealander employed by USDA and sent into places to shill for cheese. The irony is she is lactose intolerant!!!!

[@GameFuMaster]

that's not ironic. Lactose intolerant people can eat some kinds of cheese, because the process removes lactose.

[@HeatherFarris]

@@GameFuMaster”virtually lactose free” isn’t 100% lactose free. There are proteins in dairy that people struggle with as well like myself. I blowup like a blowfish when I eat dairy even goat milk has lactose. There’s more to this than “lactose intolerance” that people struggle with.

[@GameFuMaster]

@@HeatherFarris sounds more like an allergy than lactose intolerance.

[@HeatherFarris]

@@GameFuMaster I think intolerance in vastly understudied though in general.

[@googiegress7459]

@@GameFuMaster The irony is that a person who is lactose intolerant has a job to promote products that generally have lactose in them - to the extent that the product and lactose are all but synonymous. It'd be like someone allergic to caffeine being a coffee promoter. The fact that decaf coffee can exist does not reduce in any way the irony of that situation.

[@typedbytuyen2407]

I am immensely in love with this guy storytelling and well-investigated information. Thank you so muchhhhhhhhhh

[@vulcan4d]

Can you imagine if we could rebuild the world with our current knowledge and not rely on old beliefs and governments that will NEVER admit that they were wrong even decades ago?

[@Kyotosomo]

The food pyramid we all grew up with is practically the exact OPPOSITE of what our diet is supposed to be, the US government is completely untrustworthy on this stuff.

[@dersatansschuh4426]

go eat butter on a stick then

[@mr.tallow6606]

Absolutely RIGHT my carnivore/ketovore/animal based friend! Raw milk and fermented dairy is the only form for safe intake. In moderation of course.

[@offwitmelkychrms]

Yep! All bread and dairy, I now mostly avoid both.

[@yonasmk4682]

I’m actually curious so what’s the TRUE food pyramid ? Or what type of diet was it supposed to be

[@TillyOrifice]

I know, right? Your diet ought to be based on sugar, salt and fat and you should eat as few vegetables and fruit as possible. An opposite pyramid, that's what we need.

[@RobbinRams]

Great video as always! I'm from the Netherlands the country of cheese/milk. In the 90s our schools had some sort of subscriptions that in our lunchbreak (we bring our own food) everyone at school gets milk. I always found this super odd.

[@crusader8331]

That's explain why nearly all Dutch are so tall.

[@larsstougaard7097]

Same here, wanna say MUUUH🐄

[@Mrenjoy92]

This is still a thing in Norway

[@hiriotapa1983]

@@crusader8331 Didn't like milk and cheese as a child, only some drinking yoghurt, but nevertheless got 1.90m.

[@RobbinRams]

@elfrjz I said in captions that we have to bring our own food. We don't have canteens.

[@HouseofTaint]

One of my favorite Hip Hop songs is "When the Shit Hits the Fan" by the Circle Jerks: "5 pound blocks of cheese, Bags of groceries. Social Security has run out for you and me. Gotta get by, however we can. We all gotta duck, when the shit hits the fan. Shoobity doobity do wop say what yeah..." I actually got a block of this cheese when I was young. We ate cheese on everything. Being broke wasn't so bad with cheese.

[@kimchibubbles]

Cannot thank you enough for taking the time to make such a high quality video on this subject!

[@novasiri7809]

Growing up my mother had to actually stop giving me milk within weeks of being born because they found out I was born with a milk allergy AND intolerance of it entirely. So.. Imagine growing up around all this, and having teachers trying to force me to a point my parents had to get a doctors note to say 'Hey, they have an actual allergy, DONT GIVE THEM DAIRY AT ALL'

[@Buycapricorn]

I can imagine! I was born in Ukraine in post-soviets era and I remember that that was a trend at that time! My parents forced me to drink milk but I hated it and I hate it till today. I remember coming to smbs birthday and there has always been some milk on the table and everyone tried to force me having it 🤢 I am not lactose-intolerant, I just hate the smell and taste of it.

[@dannyarcher6370]

"they"?

[@someguy2135]

I am vegan and can relate. Isn't it disappointing when you want to buy a product, but when you look at the ingredients they include dairy for no apparent reason?

[@themexyeti]

@@dannyarcher6370 yep, the use of singular they has been in use for ages

[@spacecat316]

@@dannyarcher6370 just read a book or something. english isn't that hard.

[@alexjasonchandler]

I am lactose intolerant, pasteurization also removes the digestive enzymes within the milk itself and when I was able to get a hold of unpasteurized milk for a while. I never had lactose issues with unpasteurized milk. Then when I had to return to pasteurized, the lactose issues came right back 😢.

[@bodigames]

you have pasteurized lactose free milk buddy.

[@wezerd]

​@@bodigames also known as white water

[@nuudelz3711]

@@wezerd yea I love adding water to my coffee in the morning

[@Neon12J]

Good to see someone in these comments who knows what they are talking about 👍 Intolerance to lactose is due to pasteurisation, it kills the beneficial bacteria that facilitate the production of the lactase enzyme in the small intestine. Many indigenous cultures still consume animal milks without issue. I used to be severely “lactose intolerant” until I tried raw milk. We are mammals, we can consume another mammals milk and utilise the highly bioavailable nutrients within it at any stage of life. Common sense 👍

[@Neon12J]

@@bodigamesNo, he has raw milk , buddy.

[@bingbing-ti2rv]

Coming from EU (France precisely) and it feels so weird watching this video since we didn't really had that era here. As you even mentioned in this video, France made and is still making at this day, some very cool cheeses and dairy products, and ofc we don't have the same government sooo nobody was pushing the parents, to force-feed their children with a gallon of milk every day 😂 in fact, in France we even say that it is bad to drink too much milk. Things like, "more than 2 glasses per day raise cardiac problems and clogs your arteries" etc... (because milk indeed contains a lot of fats) but yeah feels funny for me, just watching this video about something we never witnessed here in Europe, during the entire video I was like "What? Whaaaat? Lol what kind of bullshit those Americans were saying during the 50's 😂" other than that, great content as usual! Keep it up my guy, aaand hope to meet you in France where I would let you taste some of our best cheeses such as a good homemade Camembert, Brie a la Truffe, some Saint-Félicien, aaand ofc my favorite (which is actually Italian but we master it in France too) : The Pecorino A La Truffe Noire 😮😋

[@zach13mlb1]

Man your videos are so engaging and interesting! I can’t stop watching them

[@TheNeonLynx]

I never expected "government cheeses" to be considered a music genre but you know I want more of it.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

That's the difference between government cheese and government cheese music. The latter, you actually want more of.

[@josebravo5125]

It ain't easy being cheesy- government

[@willtheprodigy3819]

It’s just rap music complaining about poverty.

[@JJ_Magnificent]

Cheese means money, not literal cheese lol

[@super6070]

@@willtheprodigy3819 bro what?

[@AmnesiaFX]

As a Milk drinking adult Swedish man. It is kind of weird when you found out growing up everyone else doesnt really consume dairy product the way we do. We have rows upon rows in of different dairy products in Scandinavia. Stuff you never even heard of ;) Ever heard of Norwegian Röme? Its the bastard child of Cream, sour cream and creme fraiche and its delicious.

[@Crazyeg123]

You have to abuse a cow and kill it’s baby to drink milk

[@edwinbosfan]

As a Dutchie, I agree. There are just so many dairy products to choose from. However, milk does not seem to be too big here. I feel like cheese is by far the most consumed dairy product in the Netherlands.

[@karenrhoads1598]

Lol...I'm a full grown person and I still drink milk & eat skyr and cheeses lol

[@timothykarlsson3126]

As a fellow milk drinking adult Swedish man, agreed.

[@Skiddoo42]

Do you all pasteurize it multiple times until it has a shelf life of ten years like Americans do?

[@robfromvan]

This guy is right about the government setting prices. This always leads to either a surplus or shortage. In the case of milk it led to a surplus because the price they set was above the going rate. This meant that more farmers were supplying milk than consumers were demanding it. This is because the higher price incentivizes producer to produce it but disincentivizes the demand for it. Demand goes down, supply goes up = surplus, too much milk. This is always true of price controls. It’s true of minimum wage, it’s true of rent controls. All price controls wreak havoc.

[@Wingo537]

The only truth I need to know is if there's a good amount of quality protein in it. The rest of that BS I could gaf about

[@100whiteduncan]

“American Cheese” sold in the UK can’t even legally be called cheese, I’ve got a pack here and it’s labelled ‘Processed slices made using a blend of cheese, palm oil and milk proteins’ 🤔

[@thedmitryguy]

Haha

[@shadowcween7890]

I think the whole point of American cheese is that it's like cheddar but emulsified with palm oil so that it melts at a lower point

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

See through the lies, be vegan: Dominion (2018) 👈

[@timhanser1943]

They eat a lot of garbage in the USA .

[@100whiteduncan]

@@timhanser1943 we eat a lot of garbage in the UK too, they just have to tell you it’s garbage 🤢

[@Finch460]

First it was breakfast. Then it was bananas. Now it’s milk. IM RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO EAT, JOHNNY. STOP IT!

[@TomVCunningham]

Wait. What happened with bananas?!

[@user-qd3rz7fb1t]

at least doritos are still on the table

[@mr.fishmanman]

​@@user-qd3rz7fb1t Doritos Forever Baby!

[@mr.fishmanman]

The Next Title Be Like:Why Your Life Sucks

[@TheStickman419]

@@TomVCunningham bananas were basically bought and grown with blood money, the Banana business led to the death, oppression and empoverishment of millions just to help greedy food companies like Monsanto and Dole

[@cholland3440]

American slices is not cheese, that's why the package doesn't say cheese anywhere on the package. It's trash with micro plastics.

[@marineinathens]

Great video! I am so glad that we are in the "oat/almond/coconut milk era" since I also grew up in the 90's where milk was waiting in the table right before school and lactose intolerance wasn't in the dictionary.

[@ryan6391]

Coconut is good, 90% of all oat milk has Glyphosphate in it and almond is very high in lectins.

[@xBlazh]

its not milk tho...its just high concentrate of sugar and water...

[@felucca]

Meh, the fake milk era is stupid too. Just drink water if you're lactose intolerant. I'd say it's generally a good idea to limit the amount of weird stuff we drink.

[@0scJohnson0]

The not milk milks are just as bad and sometimes worse than cow milk

[@marineinathens]

@@felucca I personally try to consume filter water since tap water or even the one in bottles seem to be harmful.🤐 Everyday a new study pop-ups where everything is bad for your health and u should not consume

[@bobzagas6008]

I knew most of this stuff but I never realized that fast food chains and the dairy industry were in cahoots to add more cheese to their products. Wow

[@presidentnotsure9536]

Cheese really sells itself. They just capitalized on it.

[@ChristysChannelYall]

I was born in 1972 and grew up in this milk era. Much to my parent’s chagrin I hated milk. They would push it on me constantly but it upset my stomach as did cheese. Eventually they gave up. I’m now 50, have never broken a bone despite being a very active person and don’t seem to have any health issues…other than being lactose intolerant 😂😂

[@krono5el]

milk from a cow actually is bad for bones, black beans are the best thing for bone strength.

[@derrick1511]

And that's because you're not a cow .... Or a baby

[@Alex-ds6sw]

"Despite" being a very active person? More like "because". Being active strengthens your bones and prevents health issues.

[@alb12345672]

@@Alex-ds6sw Also 52. Drank tons of milk, because I never drank any alcohol. I feel like I'm trapped in an 18yo's body. I do 20 miles of inline speedskating. Drinking a glass now. Works very well for me.

[@kaakrepwhatever]

I never much cared for milk as a child. When I got pregnant, my mother insisted I needed to drink lots of milk. I bloated up so badly, turns out I was seriously lactose intolerant.

[@SuperChriz92]

I’m still waiting for him to present studies disproving that milk isn’t actually good for you. Of course an excessive amount isn’t good for you, that goes for everything though. The only thing I got out of this was that it’s heavily marketed to Americans other than that I don’t see an issue.

[@copyinthe9oh9]

I am a victim of abuse and have eaten very little over the years. In the 6 months since I escaped, milk has saved my life and made me feel and look a lot better. I hadn't drink. Milk in almost a decade

[@pelicanus4154]

Up to age 30 I thought it normal to have a sort of rope of mucus in the back of my throat most of the time. Then a friend told me much of what is in this video. So I stopped consuming milk except for cooking. Goodbye mucus. I was discussing this with a friend who's an opera performer and she said, "OMG, you didn't know that? It's the first thing they tell you in voice training. No milk, no smoking." Live and learn.

[@crwhhx]

does this only apply to dairy milk? or plant milk the same?

[@pelicanus4154]

@@crwhhx dairy. dont do plant milk,

[@crwhhx]

@@pelicanus4154 thanks, guess i"ll give plant a try to see if it is better

[@GameTrailersPlus]

What about yogurt? :(

[@pelicanus4154]

@@GameTrailersPlus It kinda gums up the pipes as well but I love tzatziki sauce so I indulge occasionally....

[@DannyCsaszar]

This really hits home. My mom would give me milk every night with sugar as a kid which caused several teeth to have issues.

[@__-zm8yt]

In Finland we have free school luch, there is option to drink milk or water even in the high schools and universities. In the health check the nurse always recommended to drink at least 6 dl of milk per day

[@janetbrooks8505]

There are those of us who are not lactose intolerant and feel good with dairy 🥛 better than alcohol and soda. I was Government cheese kid and the free milk at lunch got me through school. I’m healthy as an adult. A balanced diet is best.

[@pascaleand0r]

A few years back, Canada’s Food Guide removed dairy products from the pyramid and it made national news. Basically said to drink more water and get vitamins from other spaces. Personally, i never liked milk. Only get it for my coffee and my cereals. My twin sister is lactose intolerant and my brother was intolerant to bovine proteins when he was young.

[@s_gnals]

I never liked milk in its pure form but I love literally every single other version of milk; cheese, yogurt, butter, etc

[@pascaleand0r]

@@s_gnals that’s bc cheese is amazing

[@s_gnals]

@@pascaleand0r also ice cream

[@pascaleand0r]

@@s_gnals GELATO 😍😍😍

[@cdnpacker]

I didn't know that!

[@zzzarkka]

What REALLY pissed me off was that all the way until High School graduation, they gave us milk for free but a water bottle was $1!!Milk never quenched my thirst. Water always does even to this day.

[@billfordbreezy]

I’m just here to say I love milk

[@GeoffCostanza]

You didn't have drinking fountains in your school? That was the only free drink I got.

[@zzzarkka]

@@GeoffCostanza I did but the water was never cold.

[@zzzarkka]

@@billfordbreezy Not with with some pizza it’s not.

[@RannitheCat]

We had to pay for our lunch unless we got milk as well.. 16oz water bottle cost $2, 6oz apple juice cost $1.50, and a lunch without milk cost $3. I hated it so much

[@VuULF]

Great video! For the record, when I was a kid, I thought the same about Pasteurization (putting cows in the pasture I thought, and wondered what they were in prior to pastures) until we learned about Pasteur at school in grade 3 or 4 😂

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Excellent video. I love cheese (despite a little bit of Vietnamese genetics), and I find it very sad that American cheese, on the whole, is so bland and uninteresting, when they have so much milk. But then, if they made camembert/brie type cheese, or Provolone etc, it would impact their bottom line as it takes time and effort.

[@minhsonpham6709]

I remember spending entire primary and secondary school years squirming in pain due to lactose intolerance. It was not until one day I decided to drink black coffee instead of milk coffee and felt wonderful. That was when I realized milk was not meant for me and cut down pretty much as 95% of my milk consumption since. Best decision of my life 😂

[@Cancellator5000]

Good for you. I think I'm somewhat lactose intolerant, but just got used to it. Went vegan and cheated once and realized that I felt like shit after eating just a slice of cheese. Very strange feeling realizing you've been harming yourself for decades. I have somewhat unconsciously decreased my dairy consumption slowly overtime because I noticed harmful effects after a ton of dairy and just thought it was normal, but intuitively felt it wasn't the healthiest thing to eat for me. It's pretty insane they've been pushing dairy like this in a multicultural country when most of the world shouldn't be consuming the stuff.

[@traktor321]

U drank coffee in kindergarten, damn

[@brockreynolds870]

Sounds depressing as hell. I can do without milk drinking before I could give up CHEESE.

[@waycaster2912]

This dude 100% still eats pizza knowing the consequence

[@89andresp]

​@@Cancellator5000 how can someone cheat to morals and values of not wanting to use or abuse innocent sentient animals? Do yoy also cheat not being a rapist and rape sometimes? Being vegan is not a diet, thus, someone can't cheat, its just ethics and morals. Someone that rapes is a rapist, it doesn't matter how often or how not often that person does it.

[@chechechacha5079]

I'm convinced this root of a bunch of this country's problems is LIES. I was a teen during that Got Milk campaign. All the dairy companies banning together for one ad campaign made me suspicious. I stopped drinking for the most part after that, though I relapsed during pregnancy.

[@TheDrewskie7]

As a barista and my love for coffee I’m always blown away on the amount of people ordering a 20oz latte at like 6 am. I’m like dude he’s your VAT of hot milk with sugar to start your morning bloating.

[@AtomicB-zq2cw]

So long, detailed and thorough yet he misses the cereal connection with marketing milk.

[@alec4672]

Growing up milking cows in rural Wisconsin, I'm glad someone as high profile as you is shining some light on the absolute craziness of the dairy market. It's like no other market out there (besides maybe natural makeup syrup but they're tiny). Most Americans don't ever think about this stuff, and why would they? They just go grocery shopping like they were taught. So thank you very much 🤘

[@maxheim3802]

If anyone wants an alternative, there are tens of different types of plant milk and hundreds of brands. Most people either like oat milk soy milk or almond milk. Oat milk definitly is the most environmental friendly and imo the tastiest. Dont be disappointed if you dont like one, some other brand might be just yours!

[@anarex0929]

​@@maxheim3802 most of these plant-based milks are bad for you Oat milk is also bad for you. And soy milk literally makes you a pussy mentally. I'm not knocking on you I'm just stating facts. But everybody's entitled to do what they want it's your body. But there's a reason they came up with the term soy boy.

[@noaha6185]

Did you mean to say maplesyrup?

[@Arccosyne]

@@maxheim3802 Oat and Soy 'milk' are not milk and should not be legally allowed to be called as such. Why does the FDA allow this but requires Velveeta to be a 'Cheese-like Product'

[@Apathymiller]

Beef industry is just as bad...

[@mihran79]

I'm from Italy and when I moved to the UK I was quite shocked but the amount of milk people drink or have it as an ingredient in so many things, people drinking tea with milk/lattes/cappuccinos at any time during the day, a culture shock!!

[@jessicadoan834]

And you’re from the country of Alfredo and Parmesan 😭

[@Itsallawesome]

ok

[@TheWeardale1]

yes, i was surprised when i heard that italians don't have cappuccinos after 11am...

[@francescozzononsisa1078]

ah zi, ma se noi italiani ad ogni colazione ci facciamo latte e caffè, che shock culturale ;)

[@kalex888]

Ok, S M, stop it with your Parmigiano and Pecorino cheese which seem to appear on a lot of your dishes. Don't forget to stop eating cannoli also.

[@OzoneTheLynx]

As a person from Switzerland I can definitely relate to this. We also have a big dairy industry that isn't competitive at all and just subsidized for it's own sake (while having huge marketing budgets of course). Though as always it's not quite as extreme as in the USA XD.

[@jmab23]

I just want to let you know you are my new favorite KZbinr thank you for all the amazing content

[@claudias6492]

THIS explains why the majority of "Leave It to Beaver" episodes from the 1950s include Wally and the Beaver drinking milk AND sometimes even talking about it. Ice cream, too. There's even an episode where mom, June Cleaver, swigs down a big glass... which has always struck me as peculiar. Finally, an explanation for one of my favorite old shows! Thank you ❤🎉

[@barbarawinsor5306]

Also on Lassie in the 50s, Timmy was always drinking big glasses of milk.

I'm Indian and we pretty much have a Milk fad much similar to that in America and most other Northern European states. Much similar to your mom my mom too kept insinuating I drink milk despite the fact that I was well past the required age to do so. I tried explaining to her that it never really had all the benefits most people think it does, but she kept reprimanding me.

[@SuperCatacata]

First mistake was trying to be logical and talk back to mom. Lol

[@Bacopa68]

And People in India got their milk digesting genes from the same place Europeans did! We even have shared linguistic heritage from our common ancestors.

[@baldroinnsson783]

​@@Bacopa68 people from the pontic-Caspian steppe. Although the Yamnaya expansion and common ancestry to modern day Indians and Europeans are just some sort of shared ancestry Like in Europeans the genetic composition is EEF, (Eearly European farmers) WHG(West Hunter-Gatherer) and Steppe-like ancestry (Yamnaya) and in Indians Although they have ancestry from the Pontic-Caspian Steppe like modern Europeans, the rest of theirs genetic background is different.

[@farexponent9173]

Don't people from India see cows as almost family? I'd imagine drinking cow milk is kinda a grey area right?

[@-SP.]

Milk has a lot of protein and protein consumption is actually correlated with height. That also explains why states like Punjab and Haryana where people drink significantly more milk, have the tallest people in India.

[@lisabaughn]

Milk is one of the highest-quality protein sources available, according to the DIAAS scale, which rates protein sources according to nutritional quality. I drink gallons weekly, along with a resistance training regimen, cardio and yoga. I feel very good. I love milk!

[@ThatVeganTeacherYouTube]

Be smarter. Be kinder. Be saner. Be vegan. Start now. You're not a baby cow.

[@Monkchelle_Kongbama]

@@ThatVeganTeacherKZbin 'be less' obnoxious with your faithless pseudo religion

[@ThatVeganTeacherYouTube]

Milk is for babies. And cows. And for cruel people who pay for rape, kidnapping and murder to steal it. Be better. Be vegan. Start now. Choose oat or soy milk instead.

[@RageQuit29]

@vegan teacher I love meat and milk

[@TheMaxik]

Yeah but it's not an universal food. A lot of people can't digest milk.

[@amandajeffery2745]

I need to know what that song is called. The one that goes "Theres a dream of a world that wide and bountiful" Johnny, if you could let me know, that would be great. I love your videos!

[@SriHarshaChilakapati]

Surprised to learn about this. Growing up in the southern part of India, unsweetened (very slightly sour) Yogurt mixed with rice is a finishing item for us in every meal since a long time. There are poems which describe the love of curd (Yogurt is more in use in America) mixed with rice from as old as 11th Century CE. In fact, I only started hearing about lactose intolerance after coming onto the internet and meeting people from other parts of the world.

[@Burbie]

yes in india we have been using milk for many centuries so it's weird , is milk good or not? ig it's different for Indians genetically

[@GeoffCostanza]

Milk is really good for you because it provides every nutrient your body needs. That's why mammals only drink milk for the first months of their lives, when they are the most vulnerable. He didn't do a good job of explaining the cultural or biological reasons why people drink milk. There are valid, non-conspiratorial reasons to consume dairy products, that Johnny glossed over.

[@loading...4038]

​@@GeoffCostanza there is literally no reason to drink milk

[@BKL-qe1po]

@@GeoffCostanza I don't like milk anyway.

[@yunaru3643]

@@loading...4038 No reason to eat fries either. You gonna ban fries?

[@glitch1182]

I love how we’re basically watching Johnny Harris work through his childhood problems. I mean, the man is absolutely right. We were oversold on milk. It's painful to see the lie in retrospect.

[@eriknervik9003]

More like Johnny Harris is insecure because he’s ashamed of not being raised to be a good liberal activist and it really shows. Strong hick lib vibes from this guy

[@redwhite_040]

Maybe we are today, but in the past it was one of the crucial foods. All my grandparents had a small farm and they made their own butter, milk, cheese to have food on the table. They were poor and their weren't big grocery stores like today. And guess what, they all reached the age of 90+ so i'm pretty sure it wasnt that bad. There was a time that our ancestors only ate meat and had to hunt each day. And nowadays they tell you meat is bad and you have to go vegan.

[@Zngl]

@@redwhite_040 Milk is great.

[@duckface81]

our ancestors lived short lives with their hunter-gatherer lifestyle, the reason we live in cities today is because our ancestors managed to domesticate and farm crops, leading to an abundance of food without the need to find and kill wild animals that otherwise would die out

[@alexg1751]

​@@redwhite_040That generation was also a lot more physically active. Not saying milk is bad but feel like there were a lot more variables playing into why ppl made it to 90+.

[@beapower7045]

It doesn't take a scientist to understand that milk contains everything needed to support the growth of a new life. The ability to digest such a nutritious beverage is lucky, & I feel sorry for anyone who's lactose intolerant. It's the most delicious & nutritious drink I know. 🥛🐄

[@corinnek2839]

There was a cassette tape with songs about milk, some woman handed it to me outside the grocery store when I was a kid. I haven't been able to find a copy, someone else has to remember this 😆

[@jimbopeebles8210]

This story is so important to more than just milk. This is happening in so many US industries: cars, airlines, and now housing. We’re often given to conspiratorial thoughts about these government interventions but just as with milk the story usually starts from a place of need and limited government action (feeding troops) but is quickly exploited by people with an agenda. This is exactly what happened after the housing collapse and is occurring now with massive conglomerates and investors gambling on the prices of homes fully expecting the government to bail them out so that people won’t go homeless. We need serious government reform of food, transportation and housing in our country and we can’t continue to be distracted by nonsense that doesn’t actually affect our lives.

[@guyindecatur]

I don't disagree. Government does one thing - it effs things up. BTW - the '08 housing crises was created by then-president Bill Clinton's (BTW - Clinton's *real* surname is Blythe) HUD director, Cuomo, mandating all quasi-government lending institutes write 50% of loans as sub-prime loans. You know, someone flipping burgers at McDonalds *could* be making 200K per years... (wink, wink). Oh, and now Xiden's quasi-government housing loans will penalize people with good credit to pay more for their loans than people with bad credit as to subsidize loan payments for those with bad credit. B-b-b-b-b-but my senator is really a good senator...! */s*

[@nemod.8310]

My grandparents are dairy farmers. They don't actually drink milk themselves just sell it. I just find it funny. It's also interesting you mention cars in need of reform. In the US car manufacturers are pushing for larger and larger cars/trucks and telling us we need vehicles that large. Yet my farming grandparents get by with significantly smaller trucks from the 90s ( sides tractors of course ). I'm actually a part of a research group that studies ruminants in cattle. It turns out that factory farms feed their cows all kinds of food they shouldn't be eating and the microbes inside their digestive tract produce significant amounts of greenhouse gas. (You should look it up). However if you do what my grandparents do and let the cattle walk around the field and eat grass they don't produce as much greenhouse gas and are healthier/ live longer.

[@CybeargPlays]

Something will always be getting pushed. If it’s not oil, then it’s renewables. If it’s not milk, then it’s Meatless Mondays. Unless you have a completely hands-off government that gives no guidance or assistance to any industry, in other words a purely Libertarian country, then you’re going to be fed something with an agenda. Literally.

[@seanleary7711]

A video on those subjects would have been a lot more informative than one about otherwise awesome milk. This specific video was extremely limited in value.

[@denofpigs2575]

"Quickly exploited by people with an agenda" ...So a conspiracy.

[@timfriday9106]

My great-grandfather had like the 3rd largest dairy farm in the state of Michigan and literally met with the governor and lt governor in his living room because he was like the president of the dairy farmers association or something... pretty crazy how much power dairy farmers had...

[@DB-qm4jx]

the money. its all about money, that's probably why.

[@TheSathandra]

Milk in the US is so heavily processed it's hard to digest, which makes the body leash nutrition from the bones, the nations with the highest dairy consumption are also the ones with the highest rates of osteoporosis

[@MrBrandonLau]

Literally no scientific basis for this crap. Just say you have the eating habits of a child

[@OnlineMD]

Let's go halfway across the globe to India, where I grew up, a country that is thousands of years old in terms of civilization. Over there, cows are sacred because of the milk they yield. And oh, the bulls helped plough the land and also pulled the carts for transporting goods and people. Is it any wonder they came to be considered sacred? I grew up a LACTO-VEGETARIAN. And yet, we were never ever forced to consume huge amounts of milk. Well OK let me calculate. We started the day with a cup (well, OK two cups if you holler for it) of CAFÉ AU LAIT, which is quite an art to get right. One cup of tea brewed in a mix of water and milk in the afternoon. And in between, a serving of yogurt (called curds, eew, a word that sounds like turds...) :) with rice for lunch and dinner. About two tablespoons with each meal. Hmmm, this is pretty much standard, come to think of it, across India even now. I have relatives who are lactose intolerant who had to suffer through the miseries of all this lactose until they finally realized that it was the milk that was making them sick. How about cheese? I absolutely hated Indian cheese growing up, tasteless and yucky, and imports were not allowed in order to allow domestic cheese to survive. So there it is. Cows and humans, in nice harmony, for the past several thousand years. I won't ruin your day talking about the cancer-causing nature of milk in humans...😆

[@mondarchitect]

A few days ago I watched this video about weird laws in the US and one of them is that it's illegal to enter the country with cheese. I asked myself why... And you involuntarily just told me. 😂

[@michaelanthony4750]

involuntarily*

[@mondarchitect]

@@michaelanthony4750 Thanks, Michael. 😊

[@emilym5870]

I'm so confused at why Johnny didn't even mention ice cream like did he forget it exists as a concept

[@zazzy2012]

And also how milkshakes where a massive thing in the early 90s

[@ashabora333]

I love ice cream 😻 but hate milk from bottom of my heart.

[@Tionaintown876]

@@zazzy2012 Milkshake dates milk in Archie comics. Basically going on a date to drink a glass of milk. I was shocked when I first visited a diner in the US and I was able to order a milkshake with my breakfast meal.

[@deadalpeca8099]

He is backed by big ice cream. There is no other possible explanation.

[@jackalhamster]

And breakfast cereal

[@johnchase3920]

Margarine threatening to compete with butter, is like my competing with Mike Tyson in the ring!

[@ThatVeganTeacherYouTube]

Thanks for being here. Many people don't realize that cows have to be pregnant and give birth to produce milk. The male calves are often killed since they don't produce milk. And the process is hard on the moms that are constantly pregnant and then have their calves taken, and pumped for as much milk as they can produce.Be smarter. Be kinder. Be saner. Be vegan. Start now. None of us are a baby cow.

[@salvajegata2222]

I have a friend, he died at 94, his breakfast was milk and harring

[@SevenEllen]

So? That's hardly the overall picture of his health, his mental health, his activity levels, his lifestyle, his social life, his genetics ... ...

[@salvajegata2222]

@@SevenEllen he stayied good almost to the end, only last like 1,5 year was ill

[@saracastillo596]

I'm WAY more concerned with the corn industry and their connection to the government than the milk industry.

[@emanuel_soundtrack]

the people here will miss my hot schokolade when in austrian Alps at -13 grad. We suffer a massive amount of invasive virtue signaling advices

[@grandmachickenscluckingoodsoap]

People also forget that there's tons of glyphosate dumped on the fields which ends up in our food. Corn is in most things, and it's been sprayed with a known carcinogen

[@jmelande4937]

A lot of the anti-milk science has been funded and promoted by Monsanto. They would love it if we replaced our milk consumption with GMO soy milk. One of the earliest and most widely cited early studies “against” milk from the late 1990’s compared soy milk and dairy milk consumption. The conclusion of the study was that soy milk drinkers were healthier. It had significant study design flaws, very short follow up, and the conclusions were overstated. But shortly thereafter in the early 2000’s the Soy Milk industry saw massive increase in sales.

[@3arthandsky]

​@@jmelande4937if you think milk is healthy you are mistaken. Your not even suppose to consume large amounts of it. My mom has a bone mutation from too much dairy and every single of my family members that drinks milk everyday gets back pain when milk is suppose to build strong bones. I guess small or occasional dairy is fine. I have been vegan for years without drinking milk and dairy. Not only are all nutrition requirements met but I look a decade younger too.

[@jmelande4937]

@@3arthandsky I never extolled the benefits of milk. I’m just saying that the research that disparages it isn’t any better than the research that promotes it.

[@privone2001]

I love milk and have been drinking it all my life. There are much worse things the government is guilty of. They do not and never have had our best interest in mind, just lining their pockets.

[@PEEinMYbutthole200]

Agreed. Milk is still healthy, especially for developing kids. Not sure why this video is made out to be so antimilk.

[@mathieulaurent8967]

Yeah I drink 1 to 2 liters of fresh unpasteurized milk every day. No problem, in fact quite the opposite

[@ruukinen]

@@mathieulaurent8967 TBF that's quite a lot. A glass or two wont hurt you but water is still the main thing you should be drinking.

[@chasenielsen8993]

@@ruukinennaw I’m gonna drink my white cow juice water is for pansies

[@fidelkva4810]

increases IGF-1. causes acne. low in antioxidants. many problems with dairy.

[@aarambh9788]

the only advantage that milk has is that it combines the nutrition you will get from the different sources you mentioned at 26:26 into one substance

[@MickeyMouse-vt4ce]

Mr. Harris, if the govt is supporting the dairy farmers so well, WHY r so many dairy farms going under? In 2017 milk prices dropped to 1970's levels. They subsidize corn farmers. Why not dairy farmers? What occupation has the highest suicide rate? Dairy farmers. Why? Generational farms forced out of biz. Its tragic.

[@freefrancisco]

I grew up drinking raw milk in Mexico, when I came to the US I stopped drinking it because I didn't like the milk here. I discovered that I still love raw grass fed milk, I hate the "milk" they sell here. Of course in most states it's illegal for people to sell me raw grass fed milk, so I had to become part of a private club in order to buy raw grass fed milk from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania and pay a lot of money to get it sent to my house. And the government raided them trying to stop them. The dairy industry doesn't want competition from real milk.

[@svenjorgensen3059]

So sad. That Amish raid made national news. What a shame!

[@johnrhodes4007]

I too belong to that "subversive"' group and drink only raw milk It's much healthier than pasteurized milk, and the reason behind the pasteurization process is a lie of it's own. I would encourage Mr. Harris to research raw milk OUTSIDE of any government funded entities then report back to us his findings.

[@catmate8358]

That's exactly where the problem is. American "milk" and "cheese" are as remote from real milk and cheese as they can possibly be.

[@lukasg4807]

Laws requiring pasteurization are dumb af. When it was invented it was for cows drinking water from the gutters of Paris, a modern dairy farm with well looked after cows doesn't need pasteurization most of the time

[@DustinStich-iy8eo]

Corn is grass

[@reesehendricksen1871]

What bothers me the most is how high milk prices can get despite all its subsidies to the industry.

[@Ryan-wr8fx]

Where I live the price of milk has stayed the same throuought the whole egg profiteering situation we are in right now. Hopefully the price of milk stays where it is.

[@reesehendricksen1871]

@@Ryan-wr8fx you lucky bastard, congrats!

[@Vendrix86]

@@Ryan-wr8fx where's that?

[@aba4055]

Okay this makes me feel better, i’ve always thought cheese is disgusting, especially the crazy loaded fast food products, and never understood why it was so popular in the US. I felt quite gaslit by my peers. It makes sense now, it IS disgusting, and if it wasn’t for the government, no one would be consuming it willingly! Hooray!

[@Fritz-der-Tuftler]

milk ads were brought to you by America's dairy farmers as it stated at the end of most of the commercials

[@Right-Handed_Neutrino]

I was that weird kid that didn't drink milk. I got a cup of water instead of a milk carton. I only had it with cereal. I process it just fine, I just thought it was gross to drink. Cereal made sense. I'm still the same way at 37. I gave my milk away in jail when i was young & dumb. Oh, I used milk for my protein shakes, but I downed that in slightly disgusted. I thinkbot all boils down to these gov agencies just keeping our farmers employed, our GDP high & unemployment low. It all comes down to money

[@esgrimaxativa5175]

it comes down to reducing our fertility and eliminating us. pastuerized milk reduces fertility. they want us dead and have been feeding us poisons for over a century now

[@TheLiveOutLoudFamily]

I loved when my lactose intolerant 5-year-old was told drinking milk would be great for his growth by his pediatrician, who then handed me a brochure from the National Dairy Council 😂 2 years later I’m still shook 🙄

[@MAZZAR0TH]

Raw milk won't cause lactose intolerance because it has lactase in it which helps your body digest lactose. Pasteurized milk destroys the lactase and the probiotics and the enzymes making it unhealthy garbage.

[@amarissimus29]

Kind of like when my perfectly healthy son's pediatrician told me he should get experimental gene therapy and handed me a brochure from a company that makes big dairy look like a popsicle stand.

[@TheLiveOutLoudFamily]

@@amarissimus29 that’s crazy!

[@notreally2406]

Wow, you shake easily

[@TheLiveOutLoudFamily]

@@notreally2406 lol just imagine the amount of people that would blindly go with that recommendation and not check the very small logo on the back.

[@YotaguyJosh]

Thanks for the playlist 👍🏼✌️

[@thesoundsyouhear4507]

i love how the top comments on these kinds of videos are always some kind of comment agreeing with the point of this video, very freedom of speech

[@jojosworlds1208]

What i find really funny is that if you're drinking milk from an animal everything is ok but if you're drinking milk from a human everybody goes nuts.

[@ThatTaRaGiRL]

That's EXACTLY what I've been saying for years! We have no problem drinking the breast milk of another species... milk that is meant to grow a baby cow up hundreds of pounds at a time (then we wonder why we're fat with high cholesterol and diabetes) when human milk is meant to grow an infant from 6-8lbs to a 30ish pound young toddler.....BIG difference.....

[@cindytriffon4942]

Your right....

[@barackobama9653]

We don't eat people either

[@DougMarv]

@barackobama9653 say for yourself ☠️

[@DougMarv]

Exactly... the same with human flesh, common, what's the big deal

[@koretmulder6316]

As a child in the 70s, it wasn't even a question: you couldn't leave the table after any meal unless you had finished your glass of milk.

[@travelchic908]

Same in the 80s! I hated the aftertaste of milk and still do. I really thought I would die or something if I didn't have milk every day 😂

[@costa2k1]

Even to the present

[@Hydrogen9999]

I wish they still did that. Now the average teens' diet consists of vape, sugar drinks, and lots of artificially produced snacks plus a fuck ton of candy. It's honestly tragic. Humans state of health is on a severe decline...

[@milo-qh7cv]

from the 70s my mom wanted me to finish a full glass of cat milk ahhhh. wait where the frak did she manage to get cat milk in such big amounts?

[@haruyanto8085]

The beauty of marketing with a side of political lobbying, truly a wonderful display.

[@aaronhelsby8214]

When you said magic powder to keep the troops strong I think that’s the wrong concept…