Too much milk?

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So long as it's not causing me to gain, is there anything wrong with drinking ALOT of milk? I'm talking probably 5 gallons a week. (a gallon is 4 liters, right? I'm Canadian, so I'm trying to translate for the US!)

This has been going on a couple months. It just makes ma belly feel good!

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03/29/06 - Dr. Cobourn
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Even if it's skim milk, that's still around 8,000 calories a week. Or, put another way, that's the calories burned in 16 hours of brisk walking.

Personally, my calorie range consists of 7000-8000 calories a week, which means I couldn't have anything else--just milk. ICK.

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i was told not too drink more than 2 cups a day because of the calories

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Yes, I understand about the calories, but like I said, if I don't gain, I don't care how many calories I'm eating (don't and never have counted calories).

I'm wondering if there are physical problems that can come with large milk consumption.

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03/29/06 - Dr. Cobourn
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??? i'm not sure?? do you eat anything else? i have never been a milk drinker so the 2 cups i was told to drink is pushing it for me...i usually have to choke it down...my husbands like you though, he could drink milk and nothing else

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yeah, I eat normal meals like everyone else. I don't understand how I can eat normally and drink so much milk and still be ok, but as long as it's working, I'll do it, cause I loooooove milk! haha

My boyfriend and I joked that I transferred my addiction from cigarettes to milk, and now I've got a gallon a day habit! I get a little antsy if I start running low, and can't get to the store. I purposely drive all the way out to Costco for milk because it's $5.19 there, and $7.19 at the nearest grocery store. I'm hardcore! lol

(how much would a gallon be for you American folks, by the way... out of curiosity?)

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The only problem I've known it to cause is **kidney stones**. When I was pregnant with my 1st child, I had a serious cereal addiction. DH used to laugh at me because when we first got married I would only allow 1 box of cereal in the house at a time and we had to finish it before I would open another box (yeah, I was a control freak back then, too). Anyway, after I got pregnant, I craved all kinds of cereal and had about 4 or 5 boxes going at one time. I would eat 2 or 3 bowls of cereal a day. About 4 months after the birth of my DD I had serious, horrible pain and had to call the on-call physician. I was thinking it could possibly be a UTI but turns out, I had a kidney stone. On analysis of the stone, they said it was a calcium stone which translated into drinking too much milk. Other than that, I don't know of any other problems it would cause.

Milk in Alabama is about $4 at Wal-Mart and $3.50 at Food World -- And Wal-Mart is supposed to be the savings place! LOL

Here's a fact, though, that DH loves to remind me of (he saw it on one of his food shows or something): Milk has a large content of pus in it from milking of the cows. EWWW!! And I love milk! I just try not to think about it.

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Probably should ask your doc -- I know here most docs have a nurse hotline you can call to ask questions like that, so you don't have to make an appt.

If it were me, I'd want to know why I craved milk so much. Is there something in it (besides the obvious calcium) that your body needs so much of it, and why?

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i live in iowa...milk at costco is $2.79...i still can't believe you drink so much of it! i would be totoaly bloated and killed over with the worst stomach ache! i guess it's better to crave milk than pepsi though

wow its expensive up there!! (I assume you live in Ontario, yes?!). I pay $2.69 for a gallon of it usually.

I drink about 2 glasses a day and I thought THAT was alot hahaha!!

That's a crap load of milk. I'd be worrying your body was craving (needing) something else?
I was never a milk drinker before banding, I thought my little 6oz carton a day was a lot!!

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I had a full blood work up done just a little over a month ago, and everything was fine, so I don't think that's a problem.

We wouldn't be saying I must be lacking tar or nicotine if I was seriously craving cigarettes though, would we? :P Really, I just think I like it... abnormally much.

Is there anything you can do to prevent kidney stones from forming while still letting me keep drinking milk, I wonder? I do plan on cutting down, cause it's just ridiculous, but still... I could already be growin' some stones as we speak.

The pus in milk will definitely stick in my mind... thank you! haha Maybe that'll aid in my recovery!

Yikes, we ARE getting ripped off on milk I guess. Gas just went up too, and is now $1.28 a liter (=4.84 a gallon) for regular. And isn't it bad if you guys pay more than $4 a gallon?

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03/29/06 - Dr. Cobourn
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[NOT a rant]
there have been times in my past life I did drink a lot of milk. These days I don't need the extra calories, nor the phosphorus, nor the milk sugar. not to mention the controversy over the artificial bovine hormones.

I did use skim milk for years, and now even 1% seems awfully thick.

Even in my daily dose of the Holy Shredded Wheat, I now use plain water. It *tastes* better IMHO. And I can stay within my 1400 cal daily routine much easier.

Among those obsessed with the digestive process, the increased mucous forming biochemical qualities of milk seem to be of concern as well.

As a substrate for microbial infestation, certainly the Pasteurization process has done wonders. Some are concerned about the alteration in molecular structure due to the heat effect on the trans-lipid bonds, but I don't subscribe to that argument. And those who are concerned about the alterations resultant from the homogenation process have claims of certainties I have not seen proven in wide scale testing.

The artificial Vitamin D does have some evidence that imbalances between the D2 and D3 (colicolciferol and ergocalciferol IIRC) can generate problems in some people.

What is more widely supported, is that there are growing numbers of people who have allergic reactions to the whey or the casein fractions.
Some researchers suggest this can trigger 'leaky bowel syndrome' which results in increased antibody formation and Rheumatoid arthritis.

I haven't had a chance to follow updated reports lately.

I suspect the reality is, moderation is a key. Overindulgence in anything will give difficulties.

Hope this helps.

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Surgery Date: 08/30/2007

I drink a lot of milk too - up to 32 oz. a day. My nutritionist does not have a problem with it and it helps me get my calories in for the day. I rarely get in 1000 calories. I drink organic milk and the price here in Maryland is about $4.00 for a half of a gallon.