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The Milk-Industrial Complex: Why You Don't Need to Drink Milk

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Nutrition & diet scienceMedicine & infectious disease

What it is

A short Healthcare Triage episode by Aaron Carroll arguing that milk gets an undeserved pass in efforts to improve diets. It examines claims about calcium and bone strength and concludes you don't need to drink milk.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Commenters link it as a concise evidence-based rebuttal to common beliefs about milk's health benefits.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's a great video on the topic from one of the co-authors of this article”

    Great video on the topic by a co-author of the article.

    JshWright, 2018-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Seriously, Juice Is Not Healthy”

  2. “Healthcare Triage has a video on milk being not particularly healthy or even beneficial in ways people think”

    Milk isn't particularly healthy or beneficial in the ways people think.

    therealdrag0, 2014-11 · Recommendation · in “Milk Might Not Be Doing You Much Good”

  3. “Here are some more details”

    More details on milk's effects on calcium, sugar, and anemia.

    justncase80, 2016-01 · Recommendation · in “You Can’t Trust What You Read About Nutrition”

  4. “I think this video is what first convinced me”

    Video that first convinced commenter about milk's health impact.

    pinkmuffinere, 2025-02 · Recommendation · in “Jane Street's Figgie card game”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: milk, nutrition, calcium, healthcare triage, diet

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