Recommended Daily Allowances. Adults over the age of 19, adolescents between 14 and 18 years old and pregnant women should consume 4,700 milligrams of potassium each day, says the Food and Nutrition Board. Nursing women over the age of 14 need more: 5,100 milligrams daily.
Even dogs who have a hard time digesting dairy products derived from cowâs milk can do extremely well on milk from a goat. With fat molecules that are 1/5th the size of those found in bovine milk, digestion happens in as little as 20 minutes.
Despite all the cute pictures of kittens drinking milk out of a saucer, kittens should only drink their mother's milk. Some kittens (and adult cats) are lactose-intolerant and get sick when fed cow's milk and other dairy products, says Drew Weigner, DVM, board-certified feline specialist.