Cows shocked: why do girls order coffee with plant-based milk?

Not long ago, a very entertaining story happened to me: I ordered coffee at a cafe. Regular milk. Curtain. Naturally, the waiter asked me exactly three times, offering me soy milk, coconut milk, and oat milk to complement the roasted beans. But I just as insistently demanded the most usual, not very fatty, cow’s milk. Because plant-based coffee reminds me of an Americano with lots of water.

But what is this trend, so recently, but so persistently burst into our lives: to drink coffee on plant milk, to exclude from the diet products containing lactose, to confidently throw out of the refrigerator (recently referred to the right diet) packs of cottage cheese and kefir? Is this very lactose so dangerous and what symptoms can really make you stop drinking milk?

Eliminate “dairy” from your diet

First of all, and I think it’s incredibly important to emphasize this point, no reasonable and competent nutritionist will remove dairy products from your diet for no reason. Not without a good reason. All of them will absolutely try to convince you that you need to listen to your body, and if it is accustomed (and the habit is also a big deal) to the use of animal protein, then the abrupt exclusion of dairy products may not lead to the results you dream of.

Our bodies do not digest milk

Secondly, if your other half starts telling you that “cow’s milk is not digested in the body”, don’t believe her. This is the same brazen and blatant lie that bloggers, tabloids and not the most competent media have foisted on the masses. The formulation that milk is not digested in the body is fashionable, but it is subjective and the results of studies vary greatly to make a hundred percent conclusion.

Well, personally, it is very difficult for me to deny the fact that for many centuries our ancestors believed that milk “from under the cow” is health, happily gorged on fat country cottage cheese, sour cream and cream, and had a bogatyrsky health and beautiful physique. Of course, it’s possible that it’s all a combination of factors and the fact that then “the trees were greener and the water was cleaner”.

Five reasons why your significant other stopped drinking milk.

• Your girlfriend’s gone vegan.

Which means plant-based milk is the lesser of evils, and pretty soon the fridge will be punished with sausage, butter, and a lot of other things that aren’t very healthy. Depending on the depth of her veganism, she’s just as likely to give up a number of other foods. So, take heart and remember that there are also fruitarians and cheese-eaters walking around the world. The former are those who eat only fruit. The latter are those who eat only thermally unprocessed foods, well, in other words, foods in their original form, raw. They do this for a variety of reasons, but they all strike me as kind of dubious (except for religious asceticism) for restricting themselves so much.

• Your girlfriend fights for animal rights

Okay, as you’ve already realized, this isn’t as scary as having only kiwis, bananas, and grapefruits left in your fridge. I personally support most of the principles of sustainability, too. For example, I sincerely do not like circuses and exploitation of animals in unnatural conditions, I have a negative attitude to tests of vaccines and cosmetics on unfortunate animals and sincerely do not welcome poaching.

At the same time I think it is absolutely reasonable that some animals, birds and fish are bred in natural and close to them conditions in order to get to our shelves and then on our table. Yes, it may sound sacrilegious and inhumane, but it is as close as possible to the realities of our lives. Man had, has and will have a need to consume meat, fish or chicken, milk and eggs. These are some of our most natural and familiar sources of protein and micronutrients. It’s our nature and it’s very hard to go against it. (I hope I don’t have a picket of “greens” gathering outside my house by morning.)

• Lactose intolerance or milk allergy.

The third and, in my opinion, most serious reason: lactose intolerance or milk allergy.
Just understand that any of these diagnoses must be based on blood tests and a doctor’s report. Lactose intolerance is very hard not to know about. Intolerance is not when you don’t want milk, but when you feel really bad after drinking it. It’s a process with a string of exiting symptoms, including an upset stomach. A milk allergy can trigger itching, swelling and rashes.

Just exhale and wait, someday she’ll stop counting calories and things will probably go back to normal.

• Dairy products ruin your facial skin

Here, by the way, things are pretty reasonable. Indeed, some researchers have established a link between the appearance of rashes and the regular inclusion of “milk” in the diet. The whole point is that the hormones contained in milk increase the level of testosterone in the human body. Because of this, the production of sebum increases, which clogs the follicles.

But the reasons can be many, and they may be not only in the constant consumption of dairy products. Therefore, before once and for all cut out of your life yogurt, cottage cheese and kefir, we recommend that you take tests and consult with a dermatologist.

In addition, do not dive headlong into the maelstrom and refuse all dairy products. After all, even if milk and ice cream aggravate inflammation, natural yogurt or cheese may not affect the skin. Be sensible!

Not for fashion’s sake

To summarize, I don’t see many reasonable reasons to switch to plant-based milk. The main thing is that this transition does not happen because it is “trendy”. Do not fall for the opinion of the crowd and listen to the feelings of your body. No one can tell you better than him.

Maybe you are really comfortable to give up meat or dairy. But to give up, it does not mean to look maniacally in the direction of glazed cheese or steak in anticipation of a breakdown, which is bound to happen, but quite calmly and consciously decide not to eat this or that product. That’s why I have so much respect for those who calmly do not eat what they don’t want and call themselves whatever they want: vegan, vegetarian, fruitarian or raw foodist. And I absolutely don’t understand those who absolutely can’t get it into their heads why they need that soy latte, drink it, get sad, but keep drinking it.

All in all, I’m all for sensible consumption, and I wish you the same. Don’t make a cult out of food, but enjoy it and get the necessary source of energy from it!