Not really. It depends if you definition of "complete" is "complete" or "contains a lot of stuff you need but not everything."
Breast milk is a complete food for babies. As is formula milk.
Dairy milk is not complete (for any aged humans), it may contain protein, fat and carbs but there are a load of essential vitamins and minerals it doesn't contain.
Milk [...] has been demonstrated to at least equal recovery drinks.
In what terms? Rehydration efficiency? (The recent BBC Horizon program demonstrated an interesting but utterly pointless result in this regard.)
Not really. It depends if you definition of "complete" is "complete" or "contains a lot of stuff you need but not everything."
Breast milk is a complete food for babies. As is formula milk.
Dairy milk is not complete (for any aged humans), it may contain protein, fat and carbs but there are a load of essential vitamins and minerals it doesn't contain.
In what terms? Rehydration efficiency? (The recent BBC Horizon program demonstrated an interesting but utterly pointless result in this regard.)