Those Enchanted Guernsey Cows On December 3, 1971, President Richard Nixon officially declared war on cancer. For the past 36 years, billions of dollars have...
Lotsa Matzoh Tonight begins Passover, and my family will be eating our traditional Seder meal. This is the one time of year when even our children (from the...
Discovering Discover's Discovery The March 22, 2007 issue of Discover magazine contains an article suggesting that when the subject is autism, "It's Not Just...
Great American Supermarket Yogurt Conspiracy The wholesale cost for the milk that fills a quart container is about 35 cents. It costs processors less than one...
Waiting to Get Better The one thing I've found more difficult than writing daily Notmilk columns is writing columns while under the influence of one drug or...
The Big Fat Liar The best part of my childhood was spent growing up in New York City in the very late 1950s and very early 1960s. After that my family moved to...
Monster Hiding Under Your Bed Fee-Fo-Fum-Fi. I smell the blood of an English guy. Be very afraid of that monster called Fi, which is short for phytate. Dairy...
A Time to Grow Up To every thing, turn, turn, turn, There is a season, turn, turn, turn, And a time to every purpose under heaven A time to be born, a time to...
Got Anemia? This week, I received an email from a 20-year-old woman who is about to give birth to her second child. She admits that she is a big dairy consumer...
Being Played for Fools by Starbuck$ Seven-Eleven stores make a seventy-eight percent or more profit on every cup of coffee they sell. Many years ago, I sold a...
Will Drinking Milk Result in Weight Loss? The most recently marketed claim/lie of the milk mustache ad campaign is that drinking milk is the cure to obesity. ...
A Very Personal Letter From Kimberly When I asked Kimberly for permission to share her letter with you and urged her to have the courage to include her email...
A Team of Nappy-Haired Hos I was once a big fan of Don Imus. Still am. Tim Russert interviewed the I-Man on December 15th, 2001, (CNBC's "Tim Russert Show"),...
Fortuitous Sunday Discombobulations I've had more than my fill of global warming rumors and conspiracy theories. If things were really as bad as people...
Tuberculosis From Cows to People Nine years ago, I first reported that cow's milk can be the infectious agent that carries tuberculosis to humans. I am...
Blind Dates From Planet Vega If you are currently dating or living with a vegan, then you know a secret shared by all vegans. Vegans smell better, have a more...
What Defines an Animal Rights Activist? I really cannot give you a universally accepted definition, but after reading the words of those for and those against ...
Animal Rights and Abortion Dilemmas On Wednesday, April 18, 2007, the Supreme Court determined: "No more partial birth abortions." Hillary Clinton, 59:...
How to Destroy the Dairy Industry in Ten Minutes Without cheap labor, the dairy industry would be dead. In addition to abusing four-legged animals, dairy...
Slavery on an American Dairy Farm Jump down, turn around to pick a bale of cotton Jump down, turn around to pick a bale a day. Oh Lordy, pick a bale of cotton,...
The Art of the Virtually Identical It's a new art form! Find two things that are very much differrent and call them "virtually identical." Then, see how many...
My Morning Smoothie; Your Morning Bagel w/Cream Cheese When we sleep, we repair the previous day's damage to 80 trillion cells, giving them time to rest and...
Create a Skinny Baby Through Chemistry "Better Things for Better Living...Through Chemistry." -DuPont, 1935 If you were a new mom or dad, how would you like to...
Reading Your Enemy's Mind It is nice to know what your opponent is thinking when you go head to head in a game of No Limit Texas Hold'em poker. When I've...
Win $1 Million in New Notmilk Contest Are you ready for the contest of a lifetime? Thanks to a generous sponsor, the Notmilk group will be offering a $1...
Family Ties to Milk and Parkinson's Disease We must have watched all 158 episodes of Family Ties in syndication, and rented what seems to be all 15 Back to the...
The Milkweed I enjoy gaining insider information and sharing it with my readers. I use a number of sources to do so, including trade publications and friends...
Celebrating Mother's Day Early In two weeks, America will celebrate its ninety-fourth Mother's Day. The first took place in 1914 after President Woodrow Wilson...
How Much Protein Do We Need? I am often asked the same question regarding the amount of protein we humans need to maintain good health. My response usually...