Regarding Canada you could also argue the opposite. The modern progressives are against dairy and meat, and Canada has quite a progressive wind blowing at the moment.
But there are risks of deficiencies in a meat & dairy free diet. I've people close to me had b12 and iron deficiencies who cut out those because of modern diet ideas.
Especially B12 is a big one, and if you don't supplement it's almost impossible to get on a diet without dairy or meat. It's also full of many other nutrients. So recommending milk doesn't sound so crazy to me, even though I agree the milk lobby is a known powerhouse in many countries.
To me the science is clear on dairy: really unhealthy. Meat/eggs is another story wrt health (though I dont eat it).
B12 is produced by bacteria in dark soil, and water soluble; so found in surface waters. Now we and most livestock drink treated water, so no more B12 in the water. Hence I supplement. The B12 that's in meat, eggs and dairy is typically also supplemented to them in their feed.
> Lactose intolerancy is annoying for those who have it
I believe we all have it to some degree. And LI is the default, it is just some europeans who became better at digesting lactose.
All food comes with downsides. I'd say for us humans the least downsides can be found in fruits and tender green leafs, which is what the diet of the other primates (yes humans are biologically classified as primates) predominantly eat in their natural habitats.
Apart from science and research, there's also common sense: no other animal consumes milk after their (if mammal) weaning stage.
Ahh so the progressive wind also blows over you :). Another MD with an opinion, wether you are vegan, vegitation, pro or anti seed, carnivore. There is always an MD who knows and fully understands everything.
Kind of strange you are going all the way back to primates. The last 200.000 years we've evolved to eat 60-90% of our kcals diet of animal based food.
The last 10.000 - 15.000 years we moved more to agriculture, mainly grains and rice. Which is not that long but allowed us to be better adapted to grains and other plants.
Overall the body seems to be very good at processing different kinds of food. From meat, dairy, eggs to plants. In these debates all sides invest too much in their moral positiion and have to resort to very complicated logic that doesn't have any backing in research but makes sense for them with a few graphs and 1 or 2 principles that they think define are the base of human health.
Meat & dairy come with its issues, but so do plants. They contain lots of antrinutrients blocking nutrient intake (which is main reason why iron is spinach is not taken up well). And plants are much less nutrient dense and are harder to digest. It's the vegans & vegetarians that need to supplement, which says something.
> The last 200.000 years we've evolved to eat 60-90% of our kcals diet of animal based food.
Evolution is not that fast. We can "adapt" in that time (like the lactose tolerance), but not evolve to live of different foods. Evolutionists seems to agree.
> Overall the body seems to be very good at processing different kinds of food. From meat, dairy, eggs to plants. So people engrained too much in these debate resort to very complicated logic that doesn't.
Short term yes. Long term no. Primates are already omnivores. They eat bugs and rarely hunt. So its not far off. Dairy after weaning stage is a new thing.
> It's the vegans & vegetarians that need to supplement
Source? B12 is already discussed in this thread. Apart from that D maybe? Because we left our original sunny habitat. Otehr than that I dunno. See what the keto fans are recommending in supplements :)
But there are risks of deficiencies in a meat & dairy free diet. I've people close to me had b12 and iron deficiencies who cut out those because of modern diet ideas.
Especially B12 is a big one, and if you don't supplement it's almost impossible to get on a diet without dairy or meat. It's also full of many other nutrients. So recommending milk doesn't sound so crazy to me, even though I agree the milk lobby is a known powerhouse in many countries.