Kurzgesagt Milk. White Poison Or Healthy Drink? (Video Response)

Recently the hugely popular YouTube channel ,Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell, released a video on milk and the validity of claims against drinking it. While I think the video was overall very good, I also think there were a few things left of the discussion that are important to know when concerning this topic.

Studies cited:

Milk consumption can increase IGF 1 levels:

IGF 1 can promote tumor development:

Vegan men have lower levels of IGF 1 but higher levels of testosterone:

Vegan women have lower levels of IGF 1:

Intensive lifestyle changes can affect the progression of prostate cancer:

Elevated LDL cholesterol is causal to atherosclerosis:

Hormones in milk can increase serum concentrations of estrogens:

Low fat vegan diet significantly improves arthritis symptoms:

[oliviasteely]

I actually just found that channel and i didn’t know i needed this video until now

[deepfreez]

I love this channel and I think you did a good job responding to this as well. 👍🏼

[someguy]

I wasn't aware of the study that showed that a WFPB diet affects the progression of prostate cancer! Thanks for the info and the link in the description. I might use that in some of the debates I have in the comment section of other videos. The one about arthritis symptoms is also worth a look. Not surprised. I noticed a big difference when I switched to a pure plant based diet. Lots of great links in the description! I like the fact that they lead to a trusted source.

[ccgg]

Nice points. I really appreciate how Kurzgesagt mentioned the ethical and environmental impacts of the dairy industry, and I feel like overall it'll start getting some people to think about their dairy consumption. That being said, I remember watching the video and wondering why they left out some of the negative effects of dairy, namely saturated fat

[TheVioletMagic]

Thanks for sharing your journey and videos! I had arthritis in my hands, wrists and feet as a teen but started to change my diet after six months of joint pain which made a huge difference. I found dairy and meat were my worst triggers, just hours after eating like you I would have pain. Eight years ago I became vegan and generally wfpd, I also avoid refined sugar. I have been pain free for many years now but I also found I had to do a couple liver flushes a few years ago after being on medication for about three months for mental health problems, the meds unfortunately gave me joint pain even after i stopped starting them until i did the flushes according to andreas moritz' protocol. After that I am fine. Anyway its just nice to hear other people are healing too! But yeah I found diet a huge help too.

[naturalhulkster]

I just don't understand how sucking the lactation's from another species teats is healthy for human digestion.

[lorah]

👍 The need to prove that it is possible to thrive without dairy produce is, of course, far too important for any lacto-vegetarian to ignore. To resign oneself to lacto-vegetarianism as a satisfactory solution to the diet problem is to accept a sequence of horrible farmyard and slaughter-house incidents as part of an inevitable Divine Plan. Need it be added that it would imply too accepting the spectacle of a grown man attached to the udder of a cow as a dignified and rational intention on the part of Nature! D. Watson

[RabbitFoodFitness]

About the hormones, several of girl friends actually cut out dairy especially non-organic dairy because it effected their levels of testosterone.

Also, nice video! I didn't know that they made this video. I'd like to research this a little bit more and check their research.

[christinaheesakacowden-wut]

Lol, kurzgesagt is german and it means: quickly said blessings from Germany :-)

[miquelvegamolina]

the 65% refest to adult population, all humans have the hability tho digest milk since birth, but id decreases once you grow, in some societies milk was only feeded to newborns and not used as suplementary food, that why nordic countries who were more dependent on it have no problem digesting milk even when they grow old, while in eastern countries where thera was no need to drink milk they loose the enzimes once they grow.

[magnus]

Humans, especially northern europeans, have eaten meat and dairy for thousands of years. They aren't going to quit easily, no matter what the facts say. Great video though!

[samuelaubrey]

when I removed dairy my acne just funny

[CaneRossso]

Do you understand the scientific
Method?

[Abbas-xdxu]

Thx used this for my opinion writing.
(My opinion was why milk is bad for you)