MILK! The most controversial product. Kurlanski M.

The history of mankind cannot be imagined without milk. The first food that we try in our life left a mark on religion, politics, culture, economics, medicine... Many myths about the creation of the world go back to milk. The ancient Greeks, for example, believed that the Milky Way appeared when the goddess of femininity hera shed milk during the feeding of Hercules - each drop became the star of our galaxy. The word “galaxy” itself comes from the Greek yaka - “milk.”

millennia, disputes around the use of milk are not subside. Do I need to feed babies with breast milk, and if so, who should feed them - mother or nurse? Which animal is better? Is pasteurization evil or good? How to feed cows and goats? How do hormones, antibiotics and genetically modified cereals affect milk?..

Mark Kurlanski, the author of the world -wide best -selling "cod" and "salt", tells the history of milk and dairy products from ancient times to the present day, examines in detail in detail , what influence did the “most controversial of products” have on a person over the past millennia and invites the reader to find his answer to the question that occupies everyone’s question or not to drink? ”