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Aspartame is one of those controversial additives that causes trouble wherever it goes. Some think it is perfectly safe, others are wary of it, some even wonder if it causes cancer; all in all, it’s an artificial sweetener with both … More
A new state-of-the-art energy facility that will run on cheese is opening up in (where else?) Wisconsin. Finally, a way to make America’s obsession with dairy more sustainable! More
Since swearing off meat, eggs and dairy at the beginning of January, the thing I’ve had the most trouble with is reading labels. Things I’ve forgotten to even consider being a source of dairy turn out — surprise! — to contain milk — like Veggie slices soy cheese, a puzzling, non-vegan soy product that’s also full of milk protein, milk acid and cheese cultures. More
Despite the fact that cow’s milk has been proven time and time again to be detrimental to our health, the so-called “milk cliff” may be avoided after all. State lawmakers have agreed to a one-year extension of the expiring U.S. farm bill making it unlikely that the price of milk will double in 2013. That is, if the House and Senate leaders agree. More
As the fiscal cliff looms in our not-so-distant future, there’s another cliff some people are very concerned about: the milk cliff. The dairy industry is claiming if Congress doesn’t approve a new farm bill by January 1, milk prices could double and send us into a so-called “milk cliff.” Actually though, this could be the best thing that ever happened to our health. More
A UK group called Consensus Action on Salt and Health is sounding the alarm about salt in cheese, noting that one serving of cheddar has more sodium than a serving of chips, and some types of cheese are saltier by weight than seawater. More
The California Milk Processor Board (better known as the folks behind the Got Milk? campaign) have ramped up their fight against “imitation” milk–and they’re really, really like it if you’d join them by purchasing these ridiculous glasses “for charity.” Unfortunately, all this talk about “real milk” and how “pure and simple” it is isn’t really telling you the whole story. Like how milk has plenty of ingredients in it, too. Or even what the charity is. More
I don’t know if it’s a sign of sea change in how America thinks about milk, or just a snyde advertising idea brought to you by the Dairy Council, but their latest “Real Milk Comes From Cows” ad campaign seem to be taking the offensive in an attempt to win over health-conscious consumers. Their latest ad campaign basically smears plant-based milks like almond, coconut, and soymilk by calling out ingredients that we’re supposed to think are scary, and dubbing their color as “weird.” Although Blisstree got tons of flak for being skeptical about milk’s nutrition value a few weeks ago, I think it’s safe to say that many share our concerns—at least enough to make the Dairy Council realize that we need more than cute photos of celebs with milk mustaches to convince us that it’s good to drink. More
We’ve been writing a lot about milk this week on Blisstree—raw milk, skim milk, non-dairy milk, milk trends. But one type of milk we haven’t explored yet is goat’s milk. I always thought goat’s milk was pretty much identical to cow’s milk except, you know, it came from a goat. But there are actually a lot of differences between the two—and goat’s milk might be the healthier choice (especially if you’re lactose intolerant). Although not popular in the United States, goat’s milk is the milk of choice in much of the world. More
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Blisstree’s Great Milk Debate week is coming to a close, but there’s one thing we know you’re dying to know: What’s cool in the world of dairy and dairy alternatives? To break it down, we borrowed (ok fine, stole) one of our favorite things from New York Magazine: the Approval Matrix. Theirs, admittedly, are more hilarious. But we like ours, too; at the very least, it brings a little humor into all this debate over dairy. More
We’ve written a lot this week about the benefits of raw milk, but one of the harsh realities as that those rewards don’t come without risk. And a case of 35 people falling ill after consumption of raw milk this week illustrates the dangers. The milk, which all came from the Family Cow farm in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, has been pinpointed as the source of a campylobacter bacterial outbreak in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and New Jersey. Which all makes us wonder: When it comes to raw dairy, do the risks outweigh the rewards? More
There’s a lot of confusing rhetoric on both sides of the raw milk debate: Some swear by its health-giving properties (allergy relief, reduced asthma symptoms, middle-ear problems resolved) and go to great lengths to procure it illegally for themselves. But some indict raw milk as anything from an icky, filthy primordial substance to a liquid death sentence, a breeding ground for lethal bacteria. The truth is probably someplace in the middle. More
Earlier this week, Dr. Frank Lipman cleared up some of our confusion about why dairy seems to be the next evil food group. But in the process, he raised another issue about what milk does to your skin: according to him, dairy causes acne, too. But many commenters were up in arms about the connection between milk and skin—you wanted the science, not just the anecdotal evidence. More
The link between dairy and weight loss is controversial, at best. Some studies have found an inverse relationship between increasing your dairy intake and the numbers dropping on the scale, while others have found the opposite. More
