How we got duped into believing milk is necessary for healthy bones

‘Several years ago, Alissa Hamilton investigated America’s love affair with orange juice in her book Squeezed. She uncovered all sorts of misconceptions about the breakfast staple’s virtuousness (most of the health claims about orange juice and vitamin C are inflated) and its origins (most OJ actually comes from Brazil, not Florida).

Now Hamilton has trained her sight on another much-loved beverage: milk. In Got Milked? she argues that milk is not the healthy bone-builder governments and the dairy industry have led us to believe. I spoke with her about our big milk misconceptions, how milk became such a pervasive commodity, and whether there are better places to get calcium.’

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