The news item yesterday about iron deficiency anaemia and children drinking milk caught my attention – having been a big milk drinker for all of my life. I felt it must have been a bit more complicated than simply that milk made it happen. Especially given the calcium requirements for bones and teeth. And the need for protein for muscle growth. Anyway, I read some papers and found it is, indeed complicated. Here is what seems to be quite a good summary of the situation from Deakin University, with further links, in case anyone else is interested.

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buffy said:

The news item yesterday about iron deficiency anaemia and children drinking milk caught my attention – having been a big milk drinker for all of my life. I felt it must have been a bit more complicated than simply that milk made it happen. Especially given the calcium requirements for bones and teeth. And the need for protein for muscle growth. Anyway, I read some papers and found it is, indeed complicated. Here is what seems to be quite a good summary of the situation from Deakin University, with further links, in case anyone else is interested.

Link

it is interesting that human breast milk contains around the same amount of protein as fruit.

so milk just displaces other foods with more important nutrients like iron

and milk is also implicated in obesity

so children should just run around more instead of lying around on the couch swiping their handheld communications devices

and burn more energy and hence need to consume more food with nutrients

damn what a surprise