Dairy - Topics

Dairy: essential calcium or inflammation trigger? Why do people say milk is for children and adults should drink something else? What is it like to grow up lactose intolerant in a country where everyone drinks milk? Why does cheese come at the end of a meal in some countries and the start in others? How do religious dietary rules treat mixing dairy with meat? Why does dairy show up so often in school lunch programs? Why does cheese count as a comfort food when it is not sweet? Why do some adults lose the ability to digest milk? Pastoral nomads built a foodway around dairy Why is yogurt eaten with savory dishes across the Middle East and South Asia? Why do many East Asian cuisines barely use dairy at all? Is the idea that milk builds strong bones still holding up? Why is butter on the table normal in some cuisines and unheard of in others? Adults lose the enzyme for milk and most of the world drinks it anyway Why does milk appear in religious offerings and festival foods in some cultures? Trade deals and the dairy farmers who protest them How did home refrigeration change what ordinary families did with milk? How did milk become the default breakfast drink in some countries and not others?