There have been many hard decisions that people have been thinking about across schools that provide chocolate milk. That is whether we want to keep chocolate milk or ban it! Well, this is why I believe that we should ban chocolate milk from schools. Because it causes health problems, contains too much sugar, and cow’s milk is not even meant for humans.
Many kids love chocolate milk because of its delicious, chocolatey flavor. Another reason why kids love chocolate milk is that many kids think chocolate milk is better than white milk! But what kids don't know is that chocolate milk can cause health problems. Many kids growing up were taught that cow’s milk can give you strong bones and teeth and that you had to have more than 1 serving of milk a day. But did you know that's a myth? Cow’s milk actually increases calcium loss from the bones because we barely absorb the calcium. Having too much protein in your diet can push out too much calcium in your bones which is cow's milk protein. Chocolate milk has about 26-30 grams of sugar which can lead to type 2 diabetes and hyperactivity. Chocolate milk can sometimes lead to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease! Obesity means that you are very overweight which can make you sweat more than usual, shortness of breath, and serve skin problems! No one will want to deal with that! People are standing up and taking notice especially as obesity remains a growing problem in the U.S.! This is because of chocolate milk in schools! Plus chocolate is not healthy to start with! Why? Well because chocolate has too much sugar which is why kids get hyper for drinking chocolate milk! This is why chocolate milk can cause severe health problems and why chocolate milk isn't healthy! So, kids, I recommend NOT drinking chocolate milk. Chocolate milk has saturated fat which can lead to a higher risk of cancer. This can rarely happen but you can definitely have a higher risk of cancer. But that doesn't happen often but it is still likely.
Another reason why we should ban chocolate milk is that it has too much sugar! Jamie Oliver said kids ingest more than 2 gallons of sugar per year. Jamie Oliver (a chef) used a school bus and put about 2 gallons of sand on the bus to demonstrate how much sugar kids ingest sugar in chocolate milk a year. Thinking about how much sugar we digest from drinking chocolate milk makes me feel sick! What is even worse is that kids drink 2-4 cartons of chocolate milk a day which means they are digesting 120 grams of sugar each day! Too much sugar can cause hyperactivity and type 2 diabetes which can really be a big problem! Too much hyperactivity loses focus and makes it harder for kids to learn. Regular milk already has 12 grams of sugar in general and putting the chocolate flavorings can lead chocolate milk to 26-30 grams of sugar! Now that is too sugar for kids! Diabetes means that when you eat too much sugar you can have a long-lasting effect that turns food into energy. It can be very severe if you have too much sugar while experiencing type 2 diabetes. Too much sugar might cause stomach aches and vomiting due to how much sugar is in one carton of milk. I know I wouldn't want to go through stomach aches! I don't think any kid would want to go through that either. But we shouldn't just ban chocolate milk, we should ban any type of flavored milk. Such as chocolate milk, strawberry milk, blueberry milk, and all the flavored milk that school cafeterias provide! For example, strawberry milk has about 29 grams of sugar which can cause severe type 2 diabetes as well! Compared to chocolate milk, strawberry milk is more sugary than chocolate milk! That's why all schools that provide flavored milk should ban it!
Did you know that cow's milk is made for calves? Well yes. They were supposed to be made for only calves because it helps calves develop like how humans do. While we are drinking milk we have a big chance of digesting hormones ( which are called growth hormones. Why? Because dairy farms use these hormones(growth hormones) to make cows dispense more milk than usual. This is bad because when dairy farms make a carton of milk, some of those growth hormones can go into the milk that we drink which can make us go through puberty faster. But while that happens, humans start to develop severe health problems. Such as muscle increase, faster puberty, and can develop cancer! Some milk doesn't contain growth hormones but no matter, but if some milk does, is still deadly to humans! Cow's milk can make people have trouble digesting cow's milk because it is only for baby calves! Most of all when a newborn digests cow’s milk they will soon develop nausea, diarrhea, and including severe cramps. That can make newborns fuss and whine all day! Cow's milk can make you have cancer (rarely) and it can cause obesity, higher bone fracture rates, elevated cholesterol, and bad saturated fat. A higher bone fracture rate can make a child plus an adult weaker and have a higher risk of bone fractures! That is bad for an adult plus a child. Many people when they ingest cow’s milk develop diarrhea.
In conclusion, you should share all of the horrible things chocolate milk can do to people! Do your best to ban this sugary drink in schools! So if you want to do your best to ban chocolate milk, I recommend you make a letter to a principal and make posters that can educate people who don't know the dangers of chocolate milk. Or a peaceful protest which can change people's decision whether to keep chocolate milk or not! Or you can have a peaceful discussion with the cafeteria lady to educate them too! Do as much as you can and do it for the best of your school! Make sure to educate your friends to know about the dangers chocolate milk can cause! Because you could be doing an important role in your school! Do the best for the loving students who attend the school you are in. This is why we should ban chocolate milk! You should too. Be the hero of your school!