Why milk is vegetarian, egg is not, though both come from animals?
“A male devotee (Name hidden)” asked like this:
“sir. i joined this group recently and read a counseling. u said we can drink milk, but egg not allowed. why. both egg and milk comes from animals only. why this discrimination? so, i think egg is vegetarian. pl clarify.”
REPLY:
Interesting Question. But, there are major differences between an egg and milk.
Milk is a product exclusively for drinking purposes. There is no other purpose for milk. It is a natural health drink that contains all the required nutrients.
If you do not draw milk from the body regularly, the woman or cow will die as many diseases will come like even breast cancer in due course of time. So, the milk MUST BE taken out of the body.
(Should we avoid cow’s milk since Cows are exploited commercially? READ HERE!)
If we draw milk from mother’s body or cow’s body, we are in fact helping the mother or cow. So, drawing milk from mother/ cow is a good and necessary act and that milk is produced daily JUST TO CONSUME, not to waste.
Milk is the wonderful and delicious product given for us by Krishna. It has Calcium and Vitamin-D for bones, B-Group Vitamins for intelligence, vitality and healthy brain, Protein for growth and many minerals for a healthy body. Just by drinking mother’s milk throughout the day, a child grows for 7-8 months till it is fed solid food. So, milk is a food.
Now let us come to the eggs. EGG – the name itself shows that it is the REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCT, NOT A FOOD PRODUCT.
EGG means WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCT produced by women’s body every month and hence, it has some ingredients inside that can produce a new baby when it receives a sperm cell from a male. So, egg is for REPRODUCTIVE PURPOSE, not for food purpose.
When the egg produced in a woman’s body does not receive any sperm to connect and fertilize in any month, after 26-28 days, that egg is sent out of the woman’s body in broken state that is called menstruation, ie, monthly periods, ie, a waste product.
Similarly, hens produce eggs and and sends out that egg periodically. So, this hen’s egg is considered as the menstruation of that hen.
Egg has reproductive ingredients, but milk does not have reproductive ingredients.
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Now, tell me, are the milk and egg same? A person can drink a cow or woman’s milk. But, is menstruation consumable? Similarly, why should we compromise in consuming the menstruation of a hen? why should we proudly eat egg products like omlette, Half Boil, egg rost, egg dosa, egg briyani, egg barotha, etc, etc…?
Doesn’t it seem nonsense? Why do you compare this waste product with an essential food milk? Milk is suitable from baby to old man. Mother’s milk is available till we are 2-3 years old. But, after our age 3, cow becomes our mother feeding milk for us. Because, cow’s milk is suitable for humans also. Only thing we have to keep in mind while drawing milk from a cow is, first feed the calf to its full requirement and then draw milk from cow for us. Without allowing the calf to drink milk from its mother, we should not draw milk.
Now do you understand that egg is a waste product as well as for REPRODUCTION PURPOSE ONLY. If it is fertilized, it is a reproductive product. If not fertilized, it is a waste product (menstruation), but, milk is always an essential product for consumption only?
That is why milk is vegetarian, egg is not, though both come from animals!
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