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Quit Dairy, Get More Nutrition?

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Virginia Messina RD posted a blog entry describing a study funded by the National Dairy Council about what would happen if, sort of, if plant based sources of calcium were used to replace dairy based sources of calcium in a human diet:

  • vitamin A went up
  • potassium went up
  • magnesium went up
  • sodium decreased
  • saturated fat decreased

Messina wrote that The study didn’t analyze vitamin C, vitamin K, iron or fiber, none of which are found in dairy products and all of which would likely go up by replacing dairy foods with plant based calcium sources. Messinia mentions a good point to remember vitamins C, vitamin K, potassium and magnesium are also important for bone health.

So, if you give up cow’s milk and use plant based sources for calcium, you *can* get extra bone health nutrients and decrease problematic substances at the same time. Not a bad deal! :) .

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Harvard: Milk Is NOT Part Of A Healthy Diet

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

The Harvard School of Public Health sent a strong message to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and nutrition experts everywhere with the recent release of its “Healthy Eating Plate” food guide. The university was responding to the USDA’s new MyPlate guide for healthy eating, which replaced the outdated and misguided food pyramid.

Harvard’s nutrition experts did not pull punches, declaring that the university’s food guide was based on sound nutrition research and more importantly, not influenced by food industry lobbyists. The greatest evidence of its research focus is the absence of dairy products from the “Healthy Eating Plate” based on Harvard’s assessment that “…high intake can increase the risk of prostate cancer and possibly ovarian cancer.” The Harvard experts also referred to the high levels of saturated fat in most dairy products and suggested that collards, bok choy, fortified soy milk, and baked beans are safer choices than dairy for obtaining calcium, as are high quality supplements.

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Kickstart The Milk Documentary

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Milk might as well be meat from an ethical standpoint and even a health standpoint. Yet, very little is said about milk. That is about to change with The Milk Documentary.

This documentary is complete, in the can. It is ready to be released, but has fallen short on funds to pay the required “E & O Insurance” ( in case the dairy industry or other people sue ).

To get around that the producers of the documentary have turned to “Kickstarter”. If you make a donation you will get a prelease version of the documentary on DVD. If $25,000 is collected by March 25th 2011 release of the film will go ahead. If $25,000 is not collected by March 25th your donation will be returned to you.

To make a pledge from any country in the world and get more information about the documentary please visit The Milk Documentary Kickstart page:

http://tinyurl.com/gotthefactsonmilk

 

Update:

The Milk Documentary made its funding goal!

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