Estimated reading time: 7 minutes By Tiffany Bruno, MS, RDN, Director of Education at Switch4Good When people consider removing animal products from their diet, protein is often a big concern. This is heightened in athletes, who generally have greater protein...
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes By Tiffany Bruno, MS, RDN, Director of Education at Switch4Good Regardless of your gender, you probably have heard consuming soy may be harmful to your hormones. Men worry that it may cause them to develop breasts, known as...
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Justin Long, Writer at Switch4Good Having a fulfilling sex life is a wonderful part of being alive. While there's considerable emphasis on maintaining fitness and mental well-being to sustain long-term sexual health, one...
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes By Tiffany Bruno, Director of Education at Switch4Good Bulletproof Coffee has been making a lot of tempting claims about its supposed health benefits for years. However, they are not necessarily true, and in some cases outright...
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Tiffany Bruno, Director of Education at Switch4Good Catch up on Part 1 of us breaking down this flawed, dairy-funded study, or dive right in here. After reading it, we are left with a huge question: why conduct this...
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Tiffany Bruno, Director of Education at Switch4Good Over the summer, hundreds of you sent us an article with the title Which drink is best for hydration? Hint: It isn’t water. With the summer sun at its peak, this is the...
According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, approximately 10 million Americans suffer from osteoporosis and another 44 million have been diagnosed with low bone density.1 Milk has often been purported to “build strong bones” a myth that remains pervasive today...
As a sports scientist and athlete, I have long been interested in those factors which contribute to performance. In my early years, it was all about training to optimize speed at lactate threshold, VO2 max, endurance, and economy. But little did I know at the time,...
In Big Dairy’s effort to update “Got Milk?” campaign / slogan, MilkPEP (Milk Processor Education Program) debuted its new “You’re Gonna Need Milk for That” marketing campaign in March of 2021. It touts the nutritional and performance benefits of cows' milk for...
When did being big and tall become the marker for good health and athleticism? Research suggests that being taller is not correlated with better health. In fact, smaller people have better health and longevity by multiple markers.
People love protein powder. Thanks to the unfounded Western emphasis on protein, consumers are trained to seek it out not only in every product, but in convenient, dissolvable, powdered form. There’s nothing wrong with using whey-free protein powder on occasion for...
Why do we feel sore after a workout? Inflammation. Acute inflammation is a natural response to an effective workout, and feeling a bit sore can be a sign that your body is healing itself. This temporary inflammation is nothing to worry about, and eating an abundance...
