Book Title: Got Milk Might Not Be Doing You Much Good Author(s): Aaron E Carroll, David Leonhardt Publisher: ZZZ Unknown View full book textPage 1
________________ 11/18/2014 The New York Times http://nyti.ms/1BIXYDI Edited by David Leonhardt Follow Us: Got Milk? Might Not Be Doing You Much Good - NYTimes.com Get the Upshot in your Inbox The Upshot THE NEW HEALTH CARE | NYT NOW NOV. 17, 2014 Aaron E. Carroll Wild VISIT SITE Got Milk? Might Not Be Doing You Much Good Almost no one will dispute that when a baby is born, breast milk is the best nutrition a mother can provide. All mammals nurse their young, and breast milk benefits a newborn infant in ways above and beyond nutrition. In fact, until 1 to 2 years of age, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the World Health Organization, the Institute of Medicine and more promote breastfeeding as optimal. Unfortunately, breast-feeding until that age is often difficult, if not impossible, because mothers have to return to work, and children go off to preschool or day care. So we often replace human milk with the milk of cows or other animals. But at a certain point, we have to acknowledge that we are the only mammals on the planet that continue to consume milk after childhood, often in great amounts. More and more evidence is surfacing, however, that milk consumption http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/upshot/got-milk-might-not-be-doing-you-much-good.html?action=click&contentCollection Opinion&module=MostEmailed... 1/4Page Navigation
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