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RE: Milk linked to an increase in all causes of mortality
We are the only species that seeks out another species lactation for sustenance. Sure, a dog or cat will drink cow's milk if you give it to them, but it's not anything they go after.
The only reason a cat or a dog won't "naturally" go for cows milk, is they don't have opposoble thumbs, therefore they are unable to milk the cow.
Dana above said this line...
This isn't true. almost all of us can digest milk before the age of 16, seeing as we have lactase present in our stomachs.
If we weren't meant to drink milk, then none of us would be here, seeing as we drank it in abundance in our evolutionary past. Though I admit, drinking it beyond the age of 16 is probably a relatively new thing.
Cg
Neither of us are wrong. 65% of adults are lactose intolerant. We aren't meant to drink cows milk ever, and are only meant to drink human milk during the weaning period. Some humans have evolved a gene allowing them to digest lactose but the majority of humans do not have this gene.
I was specifically speaking about adults drinking cows milk. Not babies drinking human milk. Even among the humans who have the gene to digest milk, it doesn't mean milk is healthy. I don't think milk should be marketed as a health food or as healthy.