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In the past few hundred years humans have gotten much taller than our ancestors, because of improvements in the food supply.
If you get plenty of calories, you will grow taller than an identical person who doesn't get enough calories.
So yes. Children who have a lot of access to fresh dairy and cheese will do better than children who have access to rice and occasional other foods.
And that's why in one generation in parts of the Phillipines in the mid 1960's, the average height increased 6". Because the food supplies now provided more than just rice and fish.
I think if you compared children who don't drink cows milk but eat very nutritious foods otherwise, there won't be a difference in height.
The Maasai are an East African tribe with an average recorded height of 6'. Their diet is centered around the consumption of raw milk and cow's blood. They're one of the healthiest groups of people in the world.
The Maasai are an East African tribe with an average recorded height of 6'. Their diet is centered around the consumption of raw milk and cow's blood. They're one of the healthiest groups of people in the world.
Maybe it's about consuming the foods that are indigenous to your culture... The same foods your ancestors had. We Americans are mutts. Maybe we thrive on dumpster diving.
Maybe it's about consuming the foods that are indigenous to your culture... The same foods your ancestors had. We Americans are mutts. Maybe we thrive on dumpster diving.
My money's on a high calcium intake. The Maasai have also incorporated maize into their diet, which is not indigenous to Africa
A well rounded diet period helps make kids healthier and stronger. I think this is a fore gone conclusion, but milk, itself may not have much effect on how tall we are. How about some of the kids in inner cities that end up playing basketball, professional or college? I wonder how many of them ate, what many of us refer to as a healthy diet. Many things are associated to what we eat and drink, but I still maintain genes play the biggest roll.
People that have access to a lot of milk probably have access to other whole food. Many of those not drinking milk might be drinking sugary drinks with no nutritional value. That's not to say that cow milk is any better than say almond milk or something.
How about some of the kids in inner cities that end up playing basketball, professional or college? I wonder how many of them ate, what many of us refer to as a healthy diet.
I understand that there's a stereotype out there that poorer people don't eat healthy, but it's quite overblown.
Maybe it's not so much about the child's diet as it is the parents. What a woman eats while she's pregnant obviously has a major effect on the child.
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