Post by Jeanne Sager
Of all the battlegrounds in the school lunchroom, I never thought I'd see the day when a bunch of doctors were actually telling parents that milk was the bad guy. Milk? As in the white stuff our parents made us suck down by the gallon? Could it really be as evil as (gasp) soda? Yup, that's the stuff the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is demanding the USDA kick out of the National School Lunch Program. The non-profit says the calcium in milk is not helping our kids' bones at all, and the fat content is turning them into a bunch of fatties. And I'm not buying it for a second.![]()
Of all the battlegrounds in the school lunchroom, I never thought I'd see the day when a bunch of doctors were actually telling parents that milk was the bad guy. Milk? As in the white stuff our parents made us suck down by the gallon? Could it really be as evil as (gasp) soda? Yup, that's the stuff the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is demanding the USDA kick out of the National School Lunch Program. The non-profit says the calcium in milk is not helping our kids' bones at all, and the fat content is turning them into a bunch of fatties. And I'm not buying it for a second.