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For other senses of this word, see milk (disambiguation). Milk is the nutrient fluid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals. The female ability to produce milk is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. It provides the primary source of nutrition for newborns before they are able to digest more diverse foods. Humans, like other mammals, consume mother's milk during their infancy, but many human societies consume the milk of domesticated ruminants as well, especially milk from cows, but also that from sheep, goats, yaks, water buffalo, and camels. Milk can be processed into dairy products such as cream, butter, yogurt, ice cream, cheese, casein, whey protein, lactose, condensed milk, powdered milk, and many other food-additive and industrial products. Milk contains significant amounts of saturated fat, protein and calcium, although these amounts are not large in comparison to other foods rich in them, including coconuts, fish, and kale respectively.

The term milk is also used for the processed meat and juice of the coconut, non-animal substitutes such as soy milk, rice milk, and almond milk, and even the regurgitated substance pigeons feed their young, called crop milk, which bears little resemblance to mammalian milk.

Human milk is fed to infants through breastfeeding, either directly or by expressing the milk to be stored and consumed later. The early lactation milk is known as colostrum, and carries the mother's antibodies to the baby. It can reduce the risk of many diseases in both the mother and baby.

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@REAL_EL_CANARIO capi, I'd even bring milk and cookies along for the free! I love the smell of dusty oldskool vinyl in the early morning!
vatogonzalez (Bjorn Franken) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:57:15 -0000
@REAL_EL_CANARIO capi, I'd even bring milk and cookies along for the free! I love the smell of dusty oldskool vinyl in the early morning!
RT @BKstateofmind: RT @Archiebang: #wecantdate if i end up on a milk carton fucking wit dat tunnel u call A pussy!! Hellloooooooo(echo)
MsPoca (Poca Mulan) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:56:59 -0000
RT @BKstateofmind: RT @Archiebang: #wecantdate if i end up on a milk carton fucking wit dat tunnel u call A pussy!! Hellloooooooo(echo)
Warm Milk much ?!RT @imsydneycharles #wecantdate if you #CAT...oh I already said that lol. how about if you're #LUKE or #brownsugablogs-like
TheeJNJT (J. Naomi Tucker) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:56:55 -0000
Warm Milk much ?!RT @imsydneycharles #wecantdate if you #CAT...oh I already said that lol. how about if you're #LUKE or #brownsugablogs-like
@i_am_l_lawliet Yes, yes. Let us pour some more milk in...and a teensy drop of strawberry syrup. Hm. Not bad...
LaightoYagami (Light Yagami) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:56:09 -0000
@i_am_l_lawliet Yes, yes. Let us pour some more milk in...and a teensy drop of strawberry syrup. Hm. Not bad...
@jimmymachan how could you possibley be on his nice list when your stealing all his milk tonight?
courtypd (courtney donnelly) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:55:59 -0000
@jimmymachan how could you possibley be on his nice list when your stealing all his milk tonight?
Bluh, I think these holiday cookies were made with a lot of cream and milk. I was fooled!
zanczyz (Zan Czyzewski) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:55:40 -0000
Bluh, I think these holiday cookies were made with a lot of cream and milk. I was fooled!

 
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AAIA: Milk Allergy: The Facts - Overview, comparison with lactose intolerance, and milk protein-based food ingredients.

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