Dairy Does A Body Bad: A Scientific Report on Cow's Milk, Health and Athletic Performance
A Meat and Dairy Industries Article from All-Creatures.org

FROM Switch4Good
September 2020

As I unraveled the reality behind this mass-marketed false narrative, I learned that it was all woven by the profiteers—the milk industry.

A former professional cyclist, Bausch is an Olympic medalist, multiple USA National Champion and Pan American Champion, and former world record holder. She is the founder and executive director of Switch4Good.

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Like many Olympians, I grew up rather ordinary. I had ordinary childhood interests and sustained myself on an ordinary Standard American Diet—which included cow’s milk-and I never questioned it. I also enjoyed hot dogs, guzzled artificially flavored fruit snacks, and literally drank the Kool-Aid. There are many childhood foods we adults once considered healthy or at least benign, but looking back we wonder, “What were we thinking?” Cow’s milk is one of those foods. I never questioned it. My parents didn’t either. We all were led to believe it was healthy for humans. As I grew up, I began to think critically about everything I ate and drank. Who was it that made us believe cow’s milk is perfectly healthy for human beings? Why did they tell us this story? As I unraveled the reality behind this mass-marketed false narrative, I learned that it was all woven by the profiteers—the milk industry.

As I traversed the halls of the United States Olympia Training centers in both Chula Vista and Colorado Springs, I found that the cafeterias were inundated with milk products, completely leaning into the narrative that cow’s milk must be essential fuel for athletes. Why wasn’t anyone asking more questions about where this idea came from? Why weren’t the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) dietitians acknowledging research paid for by the milk industry to discern what’s healthy? Years later, I saw a milk commercial using a champion athlete’s relationship with her mother to sell this product claiming that, “9 out of 10 Olympians grew up drinking milk.” This suggestion that me drinking milk as a child had anything to do with me becoming an Olympian was absurd. I felt my hard work and dedication were slighted—that my childhood dairy consumption was responsible for my achievements, not my work ethic. There is no way a single food can replace all those years of training and sacrifice.

This report was born out of a deep desire to disseminate the truth using unbiased science. It was born out of the need to tell people what a healthy lifestyle can look like, free from chronic diseases exacerbated by consuming dairy foods. And it was born to create a deeper awareness of the world in which we live….

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE STUDY HERE: Dairy Does A Body Bad: A Scientific Report on Cow's Milk, Health and Athletic Performance (PDF) 

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