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and less fat. With 42.4% of the US population being obese the need for healthier options is becoming a necessity. Though there are several healthy options for quality fast food, the number is increasing and will remain growing as the demand rises. It is important to be aware of what you are putting into your body but it is also important not to put others down for making the choice to partake in the fast food consumption.

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perspectives on milk maximas helms Milk is an ingredient used to make many meals; and anywhere from a drop to a cup of milk is in many meals we have daily. Milk originally came from farmers and pastoralists in western Europe who lived around domesticated animals like cows. Farmers were the first to try drinking milk. Milk is drunk by many people around the world, but there are alternatives as well. People who are intolerant, allergic, or sensitive to milk usually go with alternatives if they care for milk. The alternatives consist of plant-based milk, like almond milk, which is especially growing popular in America. Milk used to be unheard of, almost outlandish to drink milk because it is a liquid that comes out of cows and the way it is prepared is rather repulsive to watch. Many people find it disgusting, but milk is in all dairy. Things people eat day to day like cheese contain milk. It is in yogurts, cheeses, ice cream, all sorts of things eaten frequently. Milk stores a lot of protein per serving, and many people are sensitive to dairy itself and the calorie intake. Milk drinkers and milk lovers usually use milk beneficially, taking advantage of the protein count in it. It is seen by some to be unhealthy because of all the fats, but milk makes a positive dent in today’s world. It contains calcium, which is great for you; it makes your bones stronger throughout your body as well as the bones in your mouth and jaw.

There are many reasons why we drink milk; however, there are also many reasons that individuals do not drink milk. As babies, we need milk to develop. When we are babies, our bodies make a special enzyme called lactase that allows us to digest the lactose usually in our mother’s milk. As we grow into adults, this lactose stops being produced. For example, I am not lactose intolerant so I can drink milk; but many people I know are sensitive to it and cannot have it, which I personally think is awful and I couldn’t imagine. But many grow out of the production of lactose in their body and can no longer consume it unless they have a lactose pill with them, which even then doesn’t always help. Back when milk was founded in Europe and in North America, the way they went about introducing milk was that it was drunk almost as a test. Many people found out quickly if they were allergic to it due to the side effects that occurred thereafter. Many people got very sick from drinking milk while others maintained their childhood enzymes through adulthood and never became sensitive to it. There is also there is much controversy over how milk is produced. As we know, milk is taken from cows. They are forcefully impregnated in fields to produce more babies so we can keep getting milk. I think that the plant-based milk industries are in many people’s favor only because nothing gets hurt 8


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