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Aug 2018
10m 42s

491 - Is Drinking Milk Unnatural?

QuickAndDirtyTips.com, Monica Reinagel
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Some claim that drinking the milk of other animals—or drinking milk beyond infancy—is both unnatural and unhealthy. How do the arguments for and against consuming milk stack up?

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