Milk: Which Kind Is the Best Fit for You?

The phrase “Got milk?” has taken on new meaning in recent years. Cow’s milk hasn’t gone anywhere of course, but the options have expanded to also include soy milk, almond milk, oat milk — even milk made from peas. Whether it's going in your coffee, cereal, oatmeal, smoothie or a glass by itself, which type is best for you? In this episode, we “pour over” everything there is to know about traditional and plant-based milks.

Expert: Kelly Gaines, Wellness Dietitian

Interviewer: Zach Moore

Notable topics covered:

• Whether milk really builds strong bones
• Pasteurized, homogenized, filtered: What does it all mean?
• Is whole milk too high in fat? And more questions about cow’s milk, answered
• What does “organic” mean on a milk label anyway?
• Ultra-filtered milk: Too good to be true?
• How to think about milk if it’s just going in your coffee
• Moo-ve over dairy milk: A plant-based milks deep dive
• Is almond milk as healthy as its proponents claim?
• Some plant-based milks have protein and added sugar problems
• The plant-based milk Gaines recommends the most and least

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