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Is animal milk healthy? Is animal milk healthy?
Yes, milk is healthy. Yes, milk is healthy.
No, milk is unhealthy. No, milk is unhealthy.
Milk can be healthy in certain cases. Milk can be healthy in certain cases.
It doesn't matter, we shouldn't drink milk regardless. It doesn't matter, we shouldn't drink milk regardless.
Milk is healthy because it contains essential and abundant nutrients. Milk is healthy because it contains essential and abundant nutrients.
Milk is healthy because it promotes healthy bodily functions and has an array of health benefits. Milk is healthy because it promotes healthy bodily functions and has an array of health benefits.
Milk is unhealthy because it contains high amounts of saturated fat. Milk is unhealthy because it contains high amounts of saturated fat.
Milk is unhealthy because of the chemicals that farmers put in cows. Milk is unhealthy because of the chemicals that farmers put in cows.
Milk is unhealthy because people are intolerant or allergic to it. Milk is unhealthy because people are intolerant or allergic to it.
Animal milk is unhealthy because it decreases bone growth and health Animal milk is unhealthy because it decreases bone growth and health
Milk is somewhat healthy, but not absolutely necessary. Milk is somewhat healthy, but not absolutely necessary.
The production of milk is unethical The production of milk is unethical
Milk consumption is bad for the environment. Milk consumption is bad for the environment.
It is unnatural for humans to drink milk. It is unnatural for humans to drink milk.
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Is animal milk healthy?
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It doesn't matter, we shouldn't drink milk regardless.

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It is unnatural for humans to drink milk.

Other mammals do not drink milk past childhood, and it's unnatural that we do.
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The Argument

No species of animal drinks milk after infancy naturally. Milk is produced by mammals to feed their young, and once young mammals grow up, they stop drinking milk, and the mothers stop producing it. By drinking milk after infancy, and drinking milk from another species, humans are upsetting the natural order. Only a genetic mutation that much of the world’s population does not possess allows us to drink cow’s milk. It is meant for infant cows, which have largely different digestive systems and nutritional needs than humans, and it is unnatural for us to drink it.

Counter arguments

-Many humans have evolved to drink cow’s milk, and evolution is a natural process. -It doesn’t matter if it is natural or not, drinking milk can still be beneficial to humans.

Framing

Something that does not occur in nature is unnatural and wrong.

Premises

P[1] Animals do not drink milk past infancy in the wild. P[2] Animals do not drink other species’ milk in the wild. P[3] Because other animals do not do it, it is unnatural for humans to drink dairy milk.

Rejecting the premises

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