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 ==== Humans began drinking milk on their own ==== ==== Humans began drinking milk on their own ====
-Humans likely began drinking milk on their own, based on the experience gained from feeding newborns.  Since mother's milk provides babies with rapid growth and development, it can provide it to anyone. At least that's what the people living at Lake Turkana in Kenya thought about 12,000 B.C. Since donkeys, cowsand goats were already domesticated, this moment can be considered the first time humans drank milk from another species. [([[https://www.rawmilkinstitute.org/updates/why-humans-drink-raw-milk|Raw Milk Institute]])]+Humans likely began drinking milk on their own, based on the experience gained from feeding newborns.  Since mother's milk provides babies with rapid growth and development, it can provide it to anyone; at least that's what the people living at Lake Turkana in Kenya thought around 12,000 B.C. Since donkeys, cows and goats were already domesticated, this moment can be considered the first time humans drank milk from another species. [([[https://www.rawmilkinstitute.org/updates/why-humans-drink-raw-milk|Raw Milk Institute]])]
  
 ==== Cleopatra's bath in sour donkey milk ==== ==== Cleopatra's bath in sour donkey milk ====
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 ==== Batman recommends ==== ==== Batman recommends ====
-Drinking milk in the 1960s was recommended by Batman himself [([[https://www.historylink.org/File/20762|HistoryLink]])]+Drinking milk was recommended by Batman himself in the 1960s. [([[https://www.historylink.org/File/20762|HistoryLink]])]
  
 ==== Digestion ==== ==== Digestion ====
-Cow's milk takes about one to three hours to digest, goat's only 20 minutes. [([[https://mtcapra.com/benefits-of-goat-milk-vs-cow-milk/|Mt. Capra]])]+Cow's milk takes about one to three hours to digest, while goat'milk takes only 20 minutes. [([[https://mtcapra.com/benefits-of-goat-milk-vs-cow-milk/|Mt. Capra]])] 
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 +==== Casein ==== 
 +The most important milk protein is casein (the building material for the synthesis of hemoglobin and blood plasma proteins). [([[https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/casein|Science Direct]])] 
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 +==== Lactose ==== 
 +The most important carbohydrate of milk is Lactose called milk sugar. [([[https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5710/3/3/35/htm|MDPI]])] 
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 +==== Gray seal milk ==== 
 +Gray seal milk has as much as 53% fat. In comparison, a human has only 4%. [([[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/seven-most-extreme-milks-animal-kingdom-180956588/|Smithsonian Mag]])] 
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 +==== Freezing point ==== 
 +The freezing point of milk is -0,520 °C. [([[https://www.agriculturejournals.cz/publicFiles/50290.pdf|University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences]])] 
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 +==== Milk allergy ==== 
 +Milk protein allergy is common in children under the age of 3. [([[https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/milk-allergy.html|Kids Health]])] 
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 +==== Lactose intolerance ==== 
 +Adults who do not have adequate amounts of the enzyme lactase have lactose intolerance. [([[https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/lactose-intolerance-101|HealthLine]])] 
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 +==== Milk production ==== 
 +The largest amount of cow's milk is produced in the United States - more than 87 million tons per year (more than 600 million tons worldwide). [([[https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Todays_Reports/reports/mkpr0220.pdf|National Agricultural Statistics Service]])] 
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 +==== Drinking cow's milk ==== 
 +In a list of 10 countries where the most cow's milk is drunk, as many as the first 8 places are occupied by European countries. [([[https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-who-drink-the-most-milk.html|World Atlas]])] 
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 +==== Made of water ==== 
 +Milk is made up of 87% water. [([[https://www.idfa.org/definition|International Dairy Foods Associations]])] 
  
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