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Feb 2024
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Is drinking milk unnatural?

QuickAndDirtyTips.com, Monica Reinagel
About this episode

Some claim that drinking the milk of other animals—or drinking milk beyond infancy—is both unnatural and unhealthy. How do the arguments for and against consuming milk stack up?

Related listening:

Review of What the Health (Nutrition Diva #437)

Does Dairy Weaken your bones (Nutrition Diva #269)

Does Milk Increase Breast Cancer Risk? (Nutrition Diva #565)

Mentioned in this episode:

Review of You Are What You Eat (Abby Langer)

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