• nursecutie said on Sep 03, 2007....

  I'm lactose intolerant. I have no patience for lactose and I won't stand for it! LOL
   
  Sorry, I was thinking of the show Seinfeld for a moment........LOL
   
  Um, I don't really drink milk either........I like it on cereal, but I don't ever drink a glass of it. It grosses me out for some reason........
   
  But I usually buy 1% for us because I don't like skim milk and my tummy hurts if I drink anything richer than that.......I'm a little intolerant, but not all the way! LOL
   
  xxoo natalie xxoo

• SeanRenaud said on Sep 03, 2007....

  I drink 2% milk. 

• Eilan said on Sep 03, 2007....

  When I drink milk, it's always skim milk, though I mostly just use it for cooking or in cereal. 
  
  My girls are big chocolate milk drinkers (I can get 1% chocolate milk at our Wal-Mart).  We go through anywhere from 4 to 6 gallons of a week; now that school has started, we probably won't buy as much.

• nytquill17 said on Sep 03, 2007....

  Milk is only for cooking or for tea these days.  I'm not lactose intolerant, I just don't like paying for it, and I'm trying to watch what I eat anyway.  Though I will have a glass very rarely - certain foods just need milk!  Like popcorn.
  
  I used to only get 2%, but I have gone down to 1%.  Don't know if I'll go as far as skim though; I agree, it's just a bit thin.  I don't put milk on my cereal either (except Honey Bunches of Oats).  I'm a slow eater and I hate soggy cereal!

• silverwhisper said on Sep 03, 2007....

  i don't as a rule: usually, the only reason we have it in our home is for guests who use it with coffee or as an ingredient in recipes in cooking/baking.
  
  however, in the past 2 weeks we've begun getting into cereal for breakfast and the mrs has converted us to soy milk. i don't really notice much difference in breakfast cereal apart from it being a tad sweeter.
  
  ed

• evil_twin said on Sep 03, 2007....

  I only like chocolate milk that's premixed and milk on cereal. I prefer 2% or whole milk because it tastes better. But Natalie doesn't buy that, so I make due with 1%. It's not as good to me though. But I don't think I've actually drank a glass of milk since I was a kid.
  
  I have to say to nytquill though, you drink milk with popcorn? I've never heard of that! Milk and cookies, yes. But milk and popcorn? That's a new one to me!
  
  -evil_twin LA
  

• wakingharmony said on Sep 03, 2007....

  Ever wonder about this Lactose intolerant stuff...it is amazing I lived ..lol I love Milk!!!! When I was little Milk came in glass bottles and there would be cream on the cap..we could also get fresh milk (from a cow) always drank  Ice Cold!!!  I used to drink Whole milk ....and from time to time, 1/2 & 1/2 on my cereal.  Then came 2% (Boy am I old!) ( was reading to Hubby ,hes younger than I......After saying Boy am I old...he repies "Glass Bottle?!" ) boy o boy...any way I prefer non- fat now...I find it refreshing ICE COLD!

• Mamie said on Sep 03, 2007....

  we drink skim, just for the health reasons...I drank it more when I was allowed to have yummy muffins, cookies, etc. I am afraid of soy because I heard it contains phyto-estrogens which may or may not be linked to breast cancers...anybody heard the same? Mamie

• nytquill17 said on Sep 03, 2007....

  Yeah, I usually have a glass of milk when I'm eating popcorn.  I eat a lot of weird stuff (well, normal food but in weird preparations/combos), but I always thought the creaminess of the milk washed down the saltiness of the popcorn perfectly :)  I get a lot of weird faces when I do that though :p

• beyondtheveil said on Sep 03, 2007....

  Every once in a while I'll drink a glass with dinner and it's always 2%. We use it mostly in cereal and soup. 

• gingersoul said on Sep 03, 2007....

  I like milk but i drink only fat free or 1%. I have to have cappuccino for breakafast.

  I try to buy as often as my wallet permits me organic milk because has not growth hormones or antibiotics stuff inside.  

  Mamie...yes, i heard that......by several years now.....more and more studies are showing this chance of a link between soy and breast cancer...i stopped eating my industrial quantity of tofu for this reasons two years ago and i dont drink soy milk......

  its nasty anyway...unless is chocolate soy milk....so why bother?.....lol.

  My friend who is in treatment for breast cancer had soy milk cancelled from her diet.

• MissMimi said on Sep 03, 2007....

  Milk on cereal and in recipes only, unless it's chocolate milk.  And it's always skim, unless I buy a small amount of whole milk for a specific recipe.

• wakingharmony said on Sep 03, 2007....

  nytquill17~ you are not alone! My Ex- Husband and my Sons, Had to have a Glass Of Cold Milk w/ Their Popcorn...(its good) and B4v Microwave Popcorn he had to stir the salt and butter in popped corn with a butter Knife(dont know but he had me convinced)

• sweetsoul said on Sep 03, 2007....

  I love milk - skim. Frankly I'd drink a lot more of it if more restaurants sold skim milk. It's not unheard of for me to have a couple glasses of milk with my dinner. Not alwayss but still...

• Zayda said on Sep 03, 2007....

  I don't drink milk often; when I do, it's usually skim milk for me. But we have 2% in the house more than we do skim because the little man doesn't like skim milk.
  
  
  I prefer 1% chocolate milk over "plain milk".
  
  
  I think soy milk tastes horrible, so I won't drink it unless it's mixed in something, like a smoothie, which gets rid of the taste of the soy milk.

• Zayda said on Sep 03, 2007....

  BTW, this edition of the UC Berkley Wellness Letter reports that "Researchers at the Mayo Clinic recently reviewed all the evidence and concluded that soy has not been shown to fuel breast cancer cells".
  
  Apparently, according to this link, the effect/benefits of soy are different in pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women.
  

• hillbillygirl said on Sep 03, 2007....

  I am so not a milk drinker....I find it kinda nasty.
  But I buy 2% for my girls....they LOVE milk.
   
  I will drink chocolate or strawberry milk. And I
  use milk for my cereal but I sure as heck dont
  drink the left over....eeewww. 

• Suddenrain said on Sep 04, 2007....

  I had been drinking 2% for the longest but I became lacyose intolerant over time and it started bloating me to the size of a cow so I switched to 1% which still effects me. I will drink chocolate milk but only premixed from the store. But I LOVE ice-cold milk. I will even add ice to mine to make it extra cold. I prefer milk with dinner, I was raised that way. And on occasion I do hanker for just a plain cold glass of milk and will down a full glass. But that is very rare. The gas and bloat I get isn't worth it to me. And Soy tastes nasty.

• mom said on Sep 04, 2007....

  I sometimes but very rarely get thirsty for a big glass of milk.  I mix milk in my protein drinks but even at that it is 1%.  I am not lactose intolerant, just not thirsty for milk very often. I have never had soy milk but love soy nuts.

• ninjapirate said on Sep 04, 2007....

  I love milk.  When I was younger I had 2% most the time.  Then I switched to skim when I figured out it was healthier and I think it tastes about the same anyway.  The best milk I've had though was in Switzerland, tasted just like cream or half and half, maybe it was, but they insisted it was regular milk. 

• redrocks said on Sep 04, 2007....

  I love milk! ANd even if it's becoming more and more expansive I am not going to renounce...

• minniemouse said on Sep 04, 2007....

  I love, love, love milk!  But only skim milk!  And also only at night.  Oh yeah, and I have to see where it comes from.  Not the cow, just the container.  LOL  I won't drink milk in restaurants or anything.  Just a wierd thing, I know. 

  I'm actually surprised at how many people don't drink milk.  Interesting post!  :-)  Minnie

• thenack said on Sep 04, 2007....

  Milk is for baby cows.
   
  Milk is pretty unhealthy, even if you are lactose tollerant. Resent research has also shown that soy milk can be very unhealthy. Goats milk is the best option but pretty funky tasting.
   
  so as a rule, I only use it in coffee in little bits. If I can I buy from the farm directly as it is less-hostile to helath than store bought. I avoid large quantities of soy also.
   
  Milk in moderation is my motto.
   
  see post by welljoe on milk being bad

  Milk Homogenization and Heart Disease

   

• quietone said on Sep 04, 2007....

  no I do not drink milk, or even have it in my coffee.  I will buy fat free half and half and use that.

• RollingC said on Sep 04, 2007....

  I love milk and still drink it but in less quantity for the obvious reasons of losing weight as I like whole milk for it's flavor.  My nephew stopped drinking milk when they took his bottle away (probably was upset at that and showed it by not drinking it anymore)
  Your intake of calcium can be monitored by taking vitamins or just having a good diet. 

• Ceinna said on Sep 04, 2007....

  We don't drink a lot of milk because it costs so much.  Usually it's for cereal and cooking.  Sometimes the kids will get thirsty for it and drink a glass.  If we have cookies or cake or something like that we'll all want an ice cold glass with that.  And we drink 2% now.  Drank whole milk for years...and 2% is as low as I can go.  LOVE chocolate milk any way I can get it.  LOL!
  
  Walkingharmony - we have one store here where we can still get milk in glass bottles.  It's a lot more expensive, but there is nothing like the taste of ice cold milk out of glass instead of plastic.  (and btw, I remember the cream on top, too...lol)

• Twylarants said on Sep 04, 2007....

  Skim and vanilla soy

• Bronx said on Sep 04, 2007....

  Definitely, drinking milk should be in - in fact, the standard recommendation is a glass per day and recent research has shown that we need milk even more as we age because of the need to maintain the bone structure in its original good/flexible form.
  
  I drink milk and chocolate everyday.
  
  
  

• uniquely-ironic said on Sep 04, 2007....

  I drink lactaid, which is designed for lactose intolerant people.  I can drink milk, but find that lactaid is less sweet.  I get the 2% when I'm by myself, but the whole milk when the kids are with me.

• PassionTraveler said on Sep 04, 2007....

  Soy or Rice milk all the way.
  
  I've been allergic to milk most of my life. Mom says I never could "stomach it" as a baby, and can't breathe after drinking a glass in adulthood. She took me off of it until I went to live with my grandmother, who put me back on milk and I suffered respiratory infections most of my childhood until I stopped on my own in high school.
  
  Fermented forms of dairy don't have the same effect on the allergy, but as I've aged, I have also developed lactose intolerance as well. Only low fat cheeses and yogurts can I tolerate.
  
  Some study confirmed that most children on Cow's milk suffered far more respiratory illnesses than children not on Cow's milk, a connection not many authorities are willing to acknowledge.
  
  My mom always says Cow's milk is for baby cows, not humans.
  

• tizzygirl said on Sep 04, 2007....

  I like soy or rice milk or non-fat milk....but I don't ever drink a glass of milk unless it's with spaghetti (I have no clue why) or cookies.  I do use milk though in coffee and on cereal but I don't drink the milk after I'm done with the cereal.  I don't like chocolate milk, especially the ones pre-mixed because they taste slimey!!  I don't like chocolate all that much either....Banana milk is really good though but I don't drink it that much either! 
  I would like to share though that I have friends who have a ranch and they have some cows they get their milk from and I've drank it fresh from the cow and it tastes like grass....its gross and I don't get how it goes from that to the milk you buy in the store...something about pasturizing or homogenizing????

• welcome2Operator said on Sep 04, 2007....

  Well you forgive me if i going to tell you that i'd rather drink fresh milk the whole day than to soft drinks, i feel weak i dont drink atleast one cold fresh milk in a day, im sorry for that,,,

• wakingharmony said on Sep 04, 2007....

  Wow`I find this kind of funny.... Its Like its not cool to like milk "I only drink 2% " 1%..skim...It is all still milk.... Less Fat .....still milk Even I did up there^^ but as you read on  it seems to become "Milk" I think milk if you can tolerate it is great....I do believe an infant is better with Mothers Milk.....Everyone has their reasons for not. I have mine "for"  ......why does our bodies supply it? I respect everyones personal choice, that is in the best interest of those involved .....i really dont want to fo there lol..... Im just saying I Like Milk...And Proud of it.  have a great day.....

• the_infernal_optimist said on Sep 04, 2007....

  I didn't realize there were such polarized views on milk - I don't think I'll weigh in on those, other than what I said in my post about what I like/don't like. Interesting points - and thank you everyone for replying! :) I don't have time to make 30ish individual replies at the moment, but I do appreciate each and every one of your responses.
  
  ~Infernal
  

• wakingharmony said on Sep 04, 2007....

  Your welcome Infernal was really interesting..lol

• Suddenrain said on Sep 04, 2007....

  I wanted to add, I love cereal milk! (whats left in the bowl) I have also added that powdered Equal Sweetner to a glass of milk, to get the same sweet effect. It's pretty good.

• RollingC said on Sep 05, 2007....

  Actually, once you get a taste for the flavor of milk, all you have to do is heat it up and drink it warm....it's naturally sweet.  Whenever I make my cafe-con-leche with American coffee (milk and coffee) I don't use sugar as the milk is already sweet enough.
  Rc 

• Suddenrain said on Sep 07, 2007....

  RC, warm milk never sat right with me but I have read that it has a sedative like affect when consumed warm.

• Mike10613 said on Sep 07, 2007....

  I spent hours being tested for lactose intolerance. The test was positive. I can't drink milk. Lactose is milk sugar. A few months later I found I couldn't digest lactose, fructose or sucrose - any sugars. My pancreas wasn't producing the enzymes. So that was a waste of time. I tried soy milk on my corn flakes and then had to give up corn flakes on medical advice. One day, I shall end up in hospital again with a tube into my jugular vein and white stuff being dripped in to me to feed me again. I wouldn't have minded all those tubes going in to me if they had injected a drop of scotch now and again!
   
  Mike10613
   
  http://www.Mike10613.TalkTalk.net

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