Nature's Perfect Food: How Milk Became America's Drink

by E. Melanie DuPuis

Book Overview

The story of how Americans came to drink milk

For over a century, America's nutrition authorities have heralded milk as "nature's perfect food," as "indispensable" and "the most complete food." These milk "boosters" have ranged from consumer activists, to government nutritionists, to the American Dairy Council and its ubiquitous milk moustache ads. The image of milk as wholesome and body-building has a long history, but is it accurate?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814719384
• ISBN13: 9780814719381
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"