Month: October 2015

Entrepreneur Evan Sims is part of a growing group of people with a controversial new definition of healthful eating. At the heart of it is an impassioned belief that excess sugar and refined carbs are threats to our diet, not delivering enough nutrition for their caloric load. The controversial part: He says we should replace them with fat instead. …

U.S. dietary guidelines have long recommended that people steer clear of whole milk, and for decades, Americans have obeyed. Whole milk sales shrunk. It was banned from school lunch programs. Purchases of low-fat dairy climbed. Whether this massive shift in eating habits has made anyone healthier is an open question among scientists, however. In fact, research published in recent years indicates that the opposite might be true: millions might have been better off had they stuck with whole milk. …

At one of the largest gatherings of global dairy professionals, the industry joined together to support a relevant, industry-wide cause that helped deliver more than 24,000 servings of milk to hungry families in need through The Great American Milk Drive, a partnership between Feeding America®, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, and the nation’s dairy farmers and milk companies. The Great American Milk Drive is the first-ever national program to help deliver highly desired and nutrient-rich gallons of milk to hungry families who need it most. …