Quote Originally Posted by Shorty View Post
From a philosophical perspective, I think it's unnatural that humans consume milk after infancy as we are the only other mammal to do so on the planet. But I really don't give a trout, people can do what they want.
We're the only mammal that does it because we're the only mammal that can do it. I'm sure cats would farm the trout out of cows too if they had opposable thumbs and lactose tolerance .

Then again, I don't really buy most "it's not natural" arguments. Our bodies evolved to tolerate lactose (well, some of us), and therefore milk is a perfectly natural source of nutrition for those individuals that have tolerance for it. If we can extract nutrition from something without getting sick in the process, I think it's as natural for us to consume as it can get.

I can drink like several liters of milk in an hour before my body starts having problems creating enough lactase enzymes .

As a side note about the pasteurization idiocy earlier, I've met people who thought homogenization also killed off nutritions in milk. That is some crazy stuff to believe if you ask me.

As someone who grew up on a dairy farm, I can tell you that unprocessed cow milk tastes nearly exactly the same as the whole milk you buy in stores, when at the same temperature. As for warm milk, that's not really my thing, but there are people who like really hot milk, like just boiling it and then putting it in a cup for consumption. It probably depends on what you're used to.