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Do you drink milk?

Actually, milk is the very first food we have taken in our first minute on earth.

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Truth, yeah?! At this very moment, do you still love to drink milk?

Let's find more facts about its existence!

Milk production is a constant cycle of Forced pregnancy of cattle to produce constant supply of milk. This sparks both ethical and environmental issues for cows produce Methane, a form of greenhouse gas!

First civilization in around 10,0000 B.C. Animals were domesticated and the Sumerians were the first few to begin milk consumption.

Archaeologist found evidences of stone carving of Sumerian's dairying activities.

Scientist believed that milk was consumed 7,500 years ago in Central Europe due to the presence of lactase

Most Chinese are lactose intolerance because China reared mainly pigs for food and not milk.

Trivia

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• Dairy products were mainly eaten by priests, royals and other rich people.

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• In the medieval era, plant based almond milk came about as a substitution on fast days

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• Netherlands was one of the first intensive dairy industry

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• In 1880, Louis Pasteur, a French microbiologist discovered Pasteurization

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• The homogenization was invented by a french man named Auguste Gaulin.

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• Homogenization leads to having variety of milk such as Skim Milk, Low Fat Milk

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• In 1860, Mechanical cooler was invented. Quality milk can since be transported to the urban

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• There has been a reduction int he number of dairy farmers since 2000 as they are underpaid.

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So what can we do? Do not waste milk and support local farmers! ♥