The “Milk is for Baby Cows” Line

It’s a catchy slogan, but not science.

Some think humans are the only species that drinks another species’ milk? (we’re really not):

Cross-Species Nursing: Humans aren’t the only ones—animals often adopt/nurse other species due to maternal instinct. Examples:

• Dog nursing orphaned rabbits photo from Live Science. https://www.livescience.com/59097-interspecies-animal-moms-photos.html
• Lioness nursing leopard cub IFAW photo.https://earthlymission.com/wild-lioness-nursing-leopard-cub-captured-first-time-ever/
• Cat nursing baby chicks Dodo photo. https://www.thedodo.com/cat-and-chicks-nap-1049040014.html
• Goat nursing human baby (historical, but Washington Post has images/stories) link.

But we are the only species that cooks food, wears clothes, and flies in airplanes.
We’re weird like that.

The real question isn’t “is it natural?”
It’s “does it work for you?”
And for some, including me … it clearly does.

For the lactose-intolerant crowd

Long-fermented kefir (24–36 h) drops lactose to <1 g per cup—most intolerant people handle it fine.
Even yogurt (especially Greek) works for many.
If they still react → raw-milk A2 cheese, ghee, or butter (virtually zero lactose) are the next level.

The only real red flags

• A1 casein sensitivity (inflammation, mucus) → often solved with A2, sheep, goat, buffalo milk
• True IgE dairy allergy (hives, anaphylaxis) → avoid completely

Bottom line

If dairy makes you feel amazing (as it does for me), keep loving it.
If it makes someone else bloated and miserable, they should skip it.
One-size-fits-all nutrition is the real myth.

‘Cow’s milk is only for baby cows’
…said no happy kefir drinker ever 

Yes, raw is ideal.
But in Canada we can’t legally buy it, so are we supposed to swear off dairy forever?

Nah.
I use regular pasteurized full-fat milk → ferment it 36-72 hours with kefir grains →

• lactose drops to almost zero
• probiotics explode
• nutrients (calcium, K2, conjugated linoleic acid) become even more bioavailable
• the kefir grains literally thrive and multiply

If the milk was ‘dead’ or worthless my grains would starve.
Instead they’re fat and happy, and so is my gut.

So while the calves are out there living their best life,
I’ll keep turning perfectly good pasteurized milk into a living superfood.

Your body, your rules.
Mine says: “pour another glass”. 

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