Health and Fitness | Milk Consumption Is Harmful

It has long been thought that cow's milk contributes to good health. In the following viewpoint, Nathaniel Mead argues that the reported health benefits from milk have mostly been advertising fiction and that milk consumption leads to health problems that include asthma, allergies, appendicitis, and ovarian cancer. Mead, a former dairy farmer, is the author of Under Nonsense: Why Milk Is No Longer Required or Recommended.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. Why have advertisers been so successful in promoting milk consumption, according to the author?...

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