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Don’t Cry Over Ruined Oat Milk

6 Feb 2026

Now before we start, let’s get something straight. There is no such thing as “oat milk”. Milk is defined as “an opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the...

Can a Glass of Milk a Day Reduce the Risk of Colon Cancer?

15 Jan 2025

The dairy industry is smiling because a study published in the prestigious journal, Nature, concluded that “dairy products help protect against colorectal cancer, and that this is driven largely or...

Acne and Diet: An Ambiguous Association

22 Nov 2024

You have probably heard that drinking milk and eating chocolate causes acne or, at the very least, that they make it worse. Diet is often blamed for a teenager’s pimply skin, but is there good...

No Need to Avoid Dairy When You’re Sick

18 Aug 2023

 This article was first published in The Skeptical Inquirer.

Putting Up with the Farts: A Story of Our Ancestors and the Animal Milk They Loved

26 Aug 2022

Flatulence has been immortalized in this children’s song: “Beans, beans, the musical fruit / The more you eat, the more you toot.” The same can be said of milk for those of us with lactose...

How does milk become "lactose-free"?

26 Jul 2018

So you’re walking down the refrigerated section of the grocery store and you see all the milks lined up. You got the 3.5s, the 2s, and those watery skims. But then you see some different coloured...

Chemically How Does Milk Become Butter?

22 Sep 2017

Cows' milk, as well as that of most other mammals, is a complex mixture of proteins, fats, water, carbohydrates, minerals, hormones and various other molecules. Some of these components are soluble...

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