Got milked? : what you don't know about dairy and the truth about calcium / Alissa Hamilton.

New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.

x, 319 pages ; 21 cm

First William Morrow paperback edition.

The dairy landscape : Mapping the major players promoting dairy in America -- Ironed out : Milk is making our young sick and tired -- A date with MyPlate : A taste of the USDA's three-a-day dairy recommendation -- Science fact or science fiction? : Making sense of the conflicting claims about milk -- Know your weights and measures : Decoding the riddle of the daily value -- Overrated : Tall tales about milk's short list of essential nutrients -- The seeds of strong bones : Breaking up with milk is easier than you think -- Milking calcium : The dark side of our excessively high calcium recommendations -- "D" is not for dairy : Think daylight and dried herbs -- A-not-okay : Mad cow-engineering to make milk for all and all for milk -- A history of intolerance : Milk's journey from fermented food to unsavory symbol of power -- The big mistake : the fitness of lactase impersistence -- Whole truth : The facts about cutting milkfat -- Making it without milk : Colorful recipes that leave dairy out of the picture -- Conclusion : Unholy Holstein cow : Caution killer yields.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-302) and index.