it's a white* nutrious liquid produced by female mammals' glandula mammarias.
milk has a great importance in terms of its nutrient content. in general, cow's milk is used to processed in factories and consumed by us*.
average nutrient values of cow's milk are below;
%3.4 protein, %3.6 fat, %4.6 lactose, %0.7 minerals, produces 66 kcal of energy per 100 g.
milk strengthens the immune system of new borns; new born mammals have to be fed on their mother's milk for a while because the new born's immune system isn't resistant enough to deal with possible sicknesses.
milk has its own peculiar carbohydrate called lactose which can not be found in anywhere but milk. lactose is also the only carbohydrate produced by animals.
drinking milk is the best way for the beginning of a good day in other words everything you need for a good start is provided by milk. it includes a white mustache too!
it was called (see: moloko) in the movie (see: clockwork orange).
Alex and his droogs liked to drink Moloko-Plus (milk with something added) at the Korova Milkbar
in fact every mammals' milk is extremely important for their newborn and infant but drinking cow's milk is not very healthy for humans. because of the high content of specific protein structure of the original species it is highly allergetic to another. cow's milk is strictly not to be given to the age under a year. after one year it cvan be given slowly at first by diluting it to get used to. for the humans cow's milk has a high protein content (which is the main ingredient in cheese) which is not useful e.g. doesnot contain essential amino acids which have to be taken from outside the body via nutirition.
so why do we drink milk and force our littlings to drink that obnoxious liquid? the reason is that we do need something which can only be gotten with milk at needed amounts: calcium.
the high daily needs of calcium (aproximately 1000 mg) makes us relying on milk and dairy products. but the dairy products may be less alergenic than milk itself and better to consume such as yoghurt, ayran and cheese.