Somewhere out there are a group of scientists who should be among the many currently looking for new jobs. Jobs which give them something useful to do.
They’re the ones who keep telling us that most of the things we enjoy eating, drinking or doing most are bad for us, probably fatal.
Like drinking milk, something I’ve been doing all my life, and will continue to do so until the day I die. Which, according to some scientists, will be a lot sooner if I don’t cut out the milk.
Because it can lead to heart disease, or bring on cancer. And there’s more. Apparently, milk production is harmful to the planet and causes animal suffering
By drinking a glass of milk per day (I like it cold) I add 229 kg to my annual greenhouse gas emissions every year. This is equivalent (don’t you love how they come up with stuff like this) to driving a petrol car 941 kms.
And my milk consumption also uses 45,733 litres of water! Equal to 703 showers lasting 8 minutes.
Forgetting the fact that milk is actually rich in calcium and vitamins, I drink it because I love the taste, the way it quenches my thirst, and gives me energy.
My gratitude to the BBC for the video on its website’s ‘Reel’ section: ‘The surprising truth about drinking milk’.
Showing quite clearly that some of the scientists, like the people who want to ban Land of Hope and Glory and Rule, Britannia from the Last Night of the Proms, should be out of work.