Milk is as pure white as fresh fallen snow and as familiar as a mother’s warm touch. Common sense once led me to believe that if a single food, milk, could sustain a baby as the sole source of nutrients, then it must be nature’s most perfect food. Milk builds strong bones I have learned over and over again and since the hardest parts of my body are made mostly of calcium, this liquid food must be essential for my strength and stability. Milk is for life, because they tell me I never outgrow my need for milk. All these facts were the truth until I took the trouble to think a little about the subject on my own and to look into the scientific research. May I share with you some of my surprising discoveries?
Mother’s Milk Can Be a Perfect Food
Within the same species like cow for calf, cat for kitten, mare for foal mother’s milk can be the perfect food for the very young not, after weaning, for older offspring, and certainly, not for the fully-grown. All mammals nourish their developing young with this ready-to-eat liquid synthesized by specialized sweat glands, called the mammary glands. This life-giving fluid contains the nutrients, antibodies and hormones that optimize the chances for growth and survival of the infant.Continue reading>>
