Avoid drinking cow’s milk and have a beer a day for good health. Here’s why
We bust myths and bring you the truth behind the health benefits of popular foods. Cows are artificially inseminated to remain in a constant state of pregnancy and lactation. This leads to significant doses of the pregnancy hormones making their way into milk products, which can increase risk for several cancers. (Shutterstock) Food trends often come and go, and with them a lot of confusion about what we should and shouldn’t eat for a healthy, balanced diet. Nutritional epidemiologist Karin Michels from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, USA, has spent much of her career studying how health can be optimised through a proper diet, and agrees there are many misconceptions around various foods. Believing that many people are not adequately advised on their diets by health professionals, which could have important outcomes for future well-being, she explains the truth behind some of the most common nutrition myths. The iron found in red-meat promotes cardiov...