Cow milk is superior to Soy Milk.

“Because no explicit of burden of proof was stated in the rules and neither me or my opponent claimed the other had burden of proof, we must assume a shared burden. This is only strengthened by the fact that my opponent does attempt to show the superiority of Soy milk via his offensive.” So I've taken some of your burden proof onto my own shoulders just because I provided both rebuttals and offensive arguments? That doesn't make sense. Your position is that Cow's Milk is superior to Soy Milk; I merely need to prove that Soy is at least equal to win this debate. “Hence even if you say my argument is completely invalid at best you should award us a tie in the arguments portion of the debate.” So if your argument is completely invalid, and mine isn't, you deserve a tie? That makes even less sense! “I was mistaken on the protein portion of the contest” Thank you. “However, my opponent drops my portion of the argument about biological values and different types of protein and therefore concedes that even if they have the same amount of protein, Cow's Milk is still far superior in types of protein.” Both Cow's Milk and Soy's Milk contain all the EAAs and have individual traits thought to offer a unique advantage for muscle growth.1 “He also never addresses the fact that Soy is a plant protein and therefore not a complete protein. I will consider this dropped.” According to a 2009 paper called Soy: a complete source of protein,2 “Soybeans contain all of the essential amino acids necessary for human nutrition”. It goes on to clarify that Soy actually “is a complete source of protein”. (emphasis mine) “Furthermore, there are many many sources of folate. You don't need Soy Milk at all to get folate.” And you don't need Cow's Milk at all to get any vitamins. “I would ask my opponent, are cigarettes of higher quality and importance(emphasis) than say his Soy Milk. Because it would seem that it costs more. We could also ask if a Big Mac is better Quality than Soy Milk.” That's the fallacy of False Analogy; comparing a Big Mac with Soy Milk is like comparing apples and oranges. I compared two types of milk, and it's a perfectly valid analogy. People pay more for Soy Milk because it's superior to Cow's Milk. I won't waste time rebutting your YouTube experiment, since you already did that by clarifying that it was biased. “Most people are not lactose intolerant[...] Anyone who clicks on his source will see even if you read the entire case study it never ever says that most people are lactose intolerant” Sorry, I must've cited the wrong source. Here is the source I meant to site: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov... You will find that this government page agrees that most people are, indeed, lactose-intolerant, as the number of those with reduced lactose digesting ability is “65 percent of the human population”. The Nottingham Institute of Genetics backs this up, stating that “Most people cannot drink milk as adults without the symptoms of lactose intolerance”.4 “My opponent is being dishonest when he says that Soy Milk can be drunk by everybody. There two distinct groups that cannot drink Soy that can drink Cow's Milk. People who are allergic to Soy.” “Overall, soy is well tolerated”.2 Furthermore, according to this graph from EuroPrevall, an EU-funded project about food allergy, it's clear that far more people are allergic to Cow's Milk than Soy Milk5: “Plus people who are bodybuilder because it lowers testosterone and raises estrogen. This is because it reduces muscles gains.” That's a myth. Soy Milk has never been shown to reduce muscle gains. Also, you are completely ignoring the fact that Cow's Milk has estrogen too. According to the Harvard News6: “Among the routes of human exposure to estrogens, we are mostly concerned about cow's milk, which contains considerable amounts of female sex hormones”. The paper goes on to say that Dairy “accounts for 60 percent to 80 percent of estrogens consumed.” So most of the estrogen that you are worried about actually comes from Cow's Milk, not Soy Milk. “[Con] must concede Soy Milk does contain more carbs even if he doubts the importance which I will explain is a mistake” I do not doubt the importance of the presence of healthy carbs in Soy Milk, which Cow's Milk does not have. That's because, as I already pointed out in the previous round, Soy Milk has fiber, a type of carbohydrate needed for healthy digestion.7 Cow's Milk doesn't have any! “My opponent says bodybuilders eat tons of carbs. While many bodybuilders do eat many carbs and no one would argue they don't , however they are referring to complex carbohydrates with a high glycemic index.” No, they are not only referring to complex carbohydrates, and you've given no reason for anyone to believe that's the case. Besides, I already showed a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger consuming a massive pizza, which is composed almost entirely of simple carbohydrates with a high glycemic index! “It is laughable that they show the California governor instead of the bodybuilder Schwarzenegger to support their point.” It's laughable that you think that Governor Schwarzenegger and bodybuilder Schwarzenegger aren't the same person. Mr. Schwarzenegger is still bodybuilding, as evidenced by this photo taken this year8: “Another problem with carbs is that they are hard to digest in comparison to Fat.” Completely wrong. “Almost all carbohydrates[...] are the quickest to digest and absorb […] Fats take the most time to fully digest and absorb because they are the largest molecules”.9 Cow's Milk is not superior to Soy Milk. Vote Con! 1http://www.dartmouthsports.com... 2http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... 3http://usatoday30.usatoday.com... 4European Journal of Human Genetics (2005) 13, 267–269. doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201297 5http://www.europrevall.org... 6http://www.news.harvard.edu... 7http://www.sciencedaily.com... 8http://www.shockmansion.com... 9http://woman.thenest.com...