expired Free Milkshakes to Celebrate National Healthy Bones Week (Melb, Syd, Bris)
This was posted 10 months 4 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal
What better way to celebrate National Healthy Bones Week than with the time-honoured, classic calcium booster – the milkshake! Throughout NHBW a number of cute, quirky and calcium-loving cafes around Austtralia are helping the public get their daily serve of calcium with free milkshakes and smoothies. During NHBW, milkshake-lovers can head down to participating cafés and pick up a delicious free shake and calcium boost. National Healthy Bones Week Free Shake Days will be held at the following cafes on the dates below.
jv on 15/08/2012 - 11:04 Comment score below threshold (-20).
+1 voteGozzhogger on 15/08/2012 - 11:13 ¶Oh no it's going to get ozbargained! Shortages of milkshake flavouring across Australia!
+5 votesGermany, America & New-Zealand are some of the largest consumers of DAIRY products in the world.
They have the highest level of osteoporosis and lowest bone density per capita on earth.
Japan, Korea are the smallest consumers of DAIRY in the world but have the lowest level of osteoporosis and highest bone density on earth.
NO dairy = strong bones. Too much dairy = weak bones
To break down Lactose (the acid found in Dairy products) your body must use "calcium"…The richest source of calcium in the human body is your bones!
The reason no one talks about milk being a negative food product is because so many people's lively hoods rely on the continued consumption of dairy products.
Its a multibillion dollar industry that can stomp out any negative press and discredit any reports on the health impact of consuming dairy products.
Human beings are not BABY cows with 3 stomach's we were never meant to correctly digest Cow milk.
Cow milk does have Vitamin D, b12 and other valuable minerals that are good for us but your much better off getting them from other foods and your calcium from sardines & broccoli ext.. ( in moderation always applies to any food )
got a scientific study to back that one up..
it may be reduced but to say it has negative benefits would be misleading (unless the person is lactose intolerant)
e.g http://www.jbc.org/content/79/1/283.short (shows conclusion of reduced absorption from raw to pasteurised, but better than dried milk powder for example)
+5 votesJoelWilliam on 15/08/2012 - 16:30 ¶So following your logic, radium is still safe to drink, lead and mercury have no harmful effects and asbestos should be fine too.
ShipShapeRC on 15/08/2012 - 12:00 ¶I read a book called The China Study http://www.amazon.com/The-China-Study-Comprehensive-Implicat... it's full of hard nosed data on this topic. It made me smile about this campaign…
Be careful about reading too much into the China Study and the dismissal of animal protein:
http://www.westonaprice.org/blogs/cmasterjohn/2010/09/22/the...
FYI: Chris Masterjohn has a PhD in biochemical and molecular nutrition.
huntress_love on 15/08/2012 - 13:56 ¶i thought it was illegal to sell raw milk.
i've google that the only way to get it is if you own the cow and the farmer milks it for u!
+2 votesyou can by unpasteurized milk from the farmer but they must sell it specifically for "cosmetic" reasons and explicitly state it is "not for drinking" once you have purchased it, it is your choice to do whatever you want with it. But if you drink it and something goes wrong then the onus is on you!
pasteurizing is the process of heating the milk to kill bacteria. some people have died from e.coli from unpasteurized products like apple juice and milk. I have tried fresh milk (still warm from the cow) the farmer told me once it cools then its not safe to drink. I didn't like it, way too creamy and rich. The experts have their reasons for the process though I don't know Im not an expert.
GafferFish on 15/08/2012 - 18:35 ¶Mrs Flannerys health food stores used to sell raw milk as a beauty product. Haven't been there for a few years so unsure if they still do.
What you want is Cleopatra’s Bath Milk - places to buy it in Brisbane: http://www.angelfire.com/folk/rawmilk/page3.html
greenpossum on 15/08/2012 - 11:27 ¶Excellent, there's one near Wynyard. Will try to get there Sunday.
+1 voteGreenspoon on 15/08/2012 - 21:08 ¶Sorry greenpossum, I used to work in the building that Annex is located in and it's not open on weekends.
Not sure about the chippendale one though.I wonder how big they are, I'm imagining a smallish plastic cup :(
- greenpossum on 15/08/2012 - 21:12 ¶
Aw, that's no fun, they claimed Everyday of the NHBW. Thanks for the info.
+1 votehkalanshiu on 15/08/2012 - 11:31 ¶i am shaking my fists for this milkshake flavoured milkshake deal… because i am not working in the Sydney CBD….
caprimulgus on 15/08/2012 - 11:33 ¶dammit, 1pm-4pm at Rowena Parade Corner Store…that's a great little cafe right around the corner from my house, but i'll be at work then!!! should have done it in the morning!!!
- +5 votes
You've been misled by the animosity towards fat. It is not fat consumption that is making people fat. If consuming large amounts of fat leads to obesity, the Inuits would be the fattest people on the planet but they're not. http://discovermagazine.com/2004/oct/inuit-paradox/
Low fat is not the issue. Rather, it is sugar content, in particular, the high levels of sugar (especially glucose/fructose) present in milkshakes that is the problem.
I'm not saying that people should not get their free milkshakes but keep in mind that a typical milkshake has 300 calories (usually more) and is actually a complete meal by itself (if you go by calorific content).
Bottom line: A milkshake is not a healthy replacement for a balanced meal. You'd be far better off just drinking milk from a carton if you want to have healthy bones. http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eat...
That is not to say that you cannot enjoy your milkshake. Just be aware of what you're consuming.
- Greenspoon on 15/08/2012 - 21:10 ¶
Technically it's calories and lack of exercise, or an imbalance of intake and activity, not fat or sugar.
There are more calories per gram of fat than sugar (9 vs 4), but whichever you eat, if energy consumed > energy burned, then you put on weight.
- +1 votegreenpossum on 15/08/2012 - 12:21 ¶
It's in the validity period, just under Freebie. But I think it should also have been mentioned in the text or title, even at the expense of duplication.
- +2 votesgreenpossum on 15/08/2012 - 16:44 ¶
There's a reason it's not called National Healthy Bones Day…
+1 votehttps://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=92+Abercrombie+St,+Chippen...
Street view of the cafe in Chippendale…. I guess they do brings all the boys to the yard ;)
- +1 voteGreenspoon on 15/08/2012 - 21:49 ¶
How weird. That's my wife sitting in the chair in the photo on the website for the Annex bar location.
Should get a free milkshake for royalties dammit. 
illumination on 20/08/2012 - 16:11 ¶Got one today and there wasn't a long line as I was expecting.. it was just poured from a milk carton.
macharmaine on 23/08/2012 - 19:33 ¶i got a free milkshake from the clarence st one. no queue. very happy. thank you.
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Melbourne:
Jerry’s Milk Bar
345 Barkley St, Elwood
Sunday 19th August
2pm – 5pm
Rowena Parade Corner Store
44 Rowena Parade, Richmond
Tuesday 21st August
1pm – 4pm
Café No. 12
12 Commercial Rd, Prahran
Thursday 23rd August
1pm – 3:30pm
Sydney:
Annex Espresso Bar
56 Clarence St, Sydney
Every day of NHBW!
10am – 4pm
Café Giulia
92 Abercrombie St, Chippendale
Every day of NHBW!
6:30am – 4pm
Brisbane:
Milk Café
Shop 9/16 Ashgrove Ave, Ashgrove
Every day of NHBW
2pm – 3pm Monday – Friday
4pm – 5pm Saturday & Sunda