Milk :)

**MashedPotato** · 03-01-2008, 06:48 AM

Hey guys,

Sorry to ask such a rather stupid question, but how many of you drink milk regularly?

I ask this because I became severly lactose intollerant as a kid (bone marrow transplant killed alot of enzyme producing cells), so I have really kept off of milk for some years now.

Anyway I recently discovered Loctose Free Milk, and well is the sh*t

I always loved milk as a kid, and never realized how much I missed it.

My question is, is it a good bbing food/drink? I know it contains about 9grams of protein per 8oz glass, and the skimmed milk has about 90 calories (i take the skimmed no fat milk).

Any advice is really appreciated as I cant stop drinking the stuff (i always used to take protein poweders with water and a carb powder - but milk makes them taste so much better

)

I just wanted to know how much you all drink a day and if its good to use daily.

Thanks everyone

- Mashed.

**jwreels** · 03-01-2008, 06:59 AM

I love milk. I drink at least a half a gallon a day. Just depends on the day.

**bolt10** · 03-01-2008, 09:37 AM

I love milk i drink lots of it

**SilentBob187** · 03-01-2008, 09:38 AM

2 cups of skim w/ breakfast already.

SupFatHead · 03-01-2008, 10:09 AM

If I'm bulking and ON, I'm drinking a gallon a day.

I miss it when I drop the carbs.

**OCCFan023** · 03-01-2008, 10:18 AM

2 cups mixed with protein powder pre and post workout. The only time I drop milk completely is when doing CKD. Drink it up Mash!

harlan100 · 03-01-2008, 02:22 PM

1 gallon i drink a day

LakeMountD · 03-01-2008, 05:03 PM

I'll tell ya, milk was once a staple of my bodybuilding diet. Too much of it can cause a few problems here and there such as bloat caused by ADH, but with inflation and gas prices as high as they are milk is 4.99 in some places! Back when milk was 3.29 I would go through 2 gallons per week just myself. It was the cheapest way to add calories to a meal and it made protein and oatmeal taste better. I have definitely been drinking less lately, but to answer your question, it can definitely be used effectively.

**jminis** · 03-01-2008, 10:29 PM

Drinking over a gallon a day is just asking to develope an allergic reaction.

maynehood171 · 03-01-2008, 11:56 PM

I drink about half a gallon a day...

TripDog · 03-02-2008, 12:40 AM

I drink skim milk ALL the time!

liquid · 03-02-2008, 01:16 AM

I drink skim, around a gallon per week.

**MashedPotato** · 03-02-2008, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jminis

Drinking over a gallon a day is just asking to develope an allergic reaction.

How so?

BigCasino · 03-02-2008, 04:53 AM

I drink a gallon a day, nonfat.

I've gone up to two gallons a day before, but the bloat and fat gain was not worth the strength increases I saw.

@ 1 gallon a day though, I am still able to lean bulk

**MashedPotato** · 03-02-2008, 05:53 AM

Thanks for the info guys, I really do appreicate it. Im currently at about a half gallon per day, although I seem to get bloated at night (looks slightly like im pregnant)... but all is well by morning.

Other than that, Milk is great!

So do most of you take your milk with 1 scoop of protein powder, or do you also drink it pure (as in with nothing added) ?

**jminis** · 03-02-2008, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MashedPotato

How so?

When you consume large quatities of a food every day your body can develope a food allergy. Also that's a boat load of lactose for your body to handle everyday.

Im not saying this will happen but it can at that amount of milk.