What would happen if you drank a tall glass of milk every day for 2 months?

Question

My cousin begged me to ask this question. She's 13 and she wants to know if she will get taller and junk like that

Answer 1

Some recent research is showing that almost everyone is lactose intolerant to one degree or another.  If you think about it, we are the only species that drinks the milk of another species, and also the only species that drinks milk into adulthood.  Most likely, nothing bad will happen to her.  If she's skinny, and it's full fat milk, she might gain a pound or two.  Otherwise, not much, unless she is lactose intolerant, and then she'll have lots of gas and some diarrhea.

Answer 2

your cousin is only 13 and will continue to grow for a long time yet.  Tell her to look at her parents.  she will be close to their size.  milk won't hurt her

there are several formulas for estimating what your height will be when you stop growing.  Mayo clinic web site has this to offer;

take mother and fathers height added together in inches, divide by 2 and subtract 2 1/2 inches from that for a girl or add 2 /12 inches for a boy.  That is a good guesstimate of you future height.  The other is to take your measure of how tall you were at age 3 and multiply by 2.

Answer 3

It would be extremely painful. I am lactose intolerant. Ow pain just thinking about it!

Answer 4

MOO.

Answer 5

No, your height is determined by genetics.  The only way to increase height is through bone-lengthening surgery, which is an extremely painful and expensive process and not worth it.

The only thing drinking a tall glass of milk everyday will do is probably strengthen her bones a little bit, by supplying her with more calcium.

Best of luck!

Answer 6

You would get the necessary vitamins you need to grow. So yes, you would get taller and your bones would get a lot stronger so you are less likely to break a bone.