Recently, Mark Bittman, minimalist chef-turned-novice-food-advocate published an opinion piece in the New York Times regarding his personal challenges digesting milk. In his article he attempted to dissuade Americans from consuming milk, because according to him it’s not so good for us and we haven’t evolved to drink it. For all his citations and quotes, it turns out that his reasoning isn’t exactly based in peer-reviewed literature (aka Science!).
Rather interestingly, milk isn’t tragically bad for us (1) and the ability to digest the milk sugar lactose is one of the cooler examples of convergent evolution (2). (For a fuller response, see my sweetie Will Fertman’s article Mark Bittman: Don’t be a weasel).
To read the full, original article click on this link: Saving the planet, one fart at a time | Minda Berbeco
