The litany of controversy surrounding dairy includes the ethical treatment of dairy cows, hormone injections, lactose intolerance, etc. And if you happen to be descended of certain ethnic groups there’s the perspective that historically your people did not consume dairy and so neither should you. And we won’t even mention the views on blood typing.

Controversy aside, I’ve always found the taste of milk unpleasant. Forced to drink it during childhood, I sought out ways to make it palatable. My grandmother would mix in enough flavored syrup or powder to make the milk undetectable. My family probably should have owned stock in Hershey’s, Ovaltine and Nestle back then. Seriously. By 13, although I’d given up milk for good, I loved milk PRODUCTS – cheese, yogurt, puddings, shakes, you name it! And ice cream … well let’s just say ...

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