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Dairy Does a Body Bad with Physician’s Committee Dietitian Dr. Susan Levin

Nov 4, 2020

Watch Episode 99 with Dr. Susan Levin here: 

Dr. Susan Levin is a dietitian on a mission. As the director of nutrition education for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Susan not only counsels clients, but conducts and presents research to push public policy in the plant-based direction. She is direct, knowledgeable, and most importantly, effective. In this episode, she shares the science behind why dairy is so bad for us and also gives us a glimpse into how the government and consumers are manipulated by milk’s marketing dollars.

 

Listen to Episode 99 with Dr. Susan Levin:

“Milk is so reformed in order to make it edible. It’s basically not what it started out to be. No matter how you mold it or produce it, it’s never going to be good for us.”- Dr. Susan Levin

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What we discuss in this episode:

  • The future of the US Dietary Guidelines
  • Myths behind milk: calcium, fat content, and weight loss
  • How milk consumption can trigger disease
  • Growing popularity of milk in China
  • Explaining the power of the dairy checkoff

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