THE VIDEO SHELF · nutrition and dairy
The Milk-Industrial Complex: Why You Don't Need to Drink Milk
A short Healthcare Triage episode by Aaron Carroll arguing that milk gets an undeserved pass in efforts to improve diets. It examines claims about calcium and bone strength and concludes you don't need to drink milk.
Why HN readers recommended it
Commenters link it as a concise evidence-based rebuttal to common beliefs about milk's health benefits.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Healthcare Triage
- Topic
- nutrition and dairy
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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And basically no evidence that it's good for you. Here's a great video on the topic from one of the co-authors of this article: [VIDEO]
JshWright on Hacker News · 2018-07
In Seriously, Juice Is Not HealthyHealthcare Triage has a video on milk being not particularly healthy or even beneficial in ways people think: [VIDEO]
therealdrag0 on Hacker News · 2014-11
In Milk Might Not Be Doing You Much GoodA gallon per week by yourself, or for a household? Milk isn't inherently bad but the things you need to know are: A) Consuming it doesn't really affect your calcium levels. B) Its basically just another sugary drink. C) Excessive amounts of it can cause …
justncase80 on Hacker News · 2016-01
In You Can’t Trust What You Read About Nutrition
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.