MARIA: WELL, GOT MILK, ONE OF
THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO
PREFER PLANT-BASED SUBSTITUTE
LIKE ALMOND MILK OR SOY MILK BUT
THE FDA IS LOOKING TO CHANGE
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
>> GOOD MORNING, MARIA.
MARIA: WHY DO YOU THINK FDA IS
SUDDENLY LOOKING TO MAKE THE
CHANGE THEY DON'T WANT IT TO BE
CALL MILK?
>> EXACTLY.
SO FDA IS TRYING TO CLEAR UP
MARKETPLACE CONFUSION, THE TERM
MILK HAS A CLEAR DEFINITION THAT
COMES FROM ANIMALS AND THAT
MAKES FOR A LOT OF SKETCHES OF
LACTATING ALMONDS, WHEN THE
PARENTS GO TO GROCERY STORE IT'S
CONFUSING AND WE KNOW FROM THE
STUDY THAT FOUR OUT OF TEN
PARTICIPANTS DON'T UNDERSTAND
THAT MILK ALTERNATIVES AND DAIRY
MILK DON'T HAVE THE SAME
NUTRITION AND I SEE THIS EVERY
DAY IN MY PRACTICE AS I'M
TALKING TO PARENTS AND WHEN
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A YOUNG
CHILD, WHAT THEY'RE DRINKING
PLAYS A MAJOR RULE IN NUTRITION
AND KIDS AREN'T GAINING FULL
ADULT HEIGHT POTENTIAL AND
GETTING ALL THE NUTRIENTS THEY
THE SET, I WANT TO GO THROUGH
THEM WITH YOU AND TELL US WHAT'S
MOST IMPORTANT, ALMOND MILK AND
IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH SOY MILK
AND THE OTHERS THAT WE HAVE,
THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS
THAT THE UNITED STATES IS THE
ONLY COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T
ENFORCE THE DEFINITION OF MILK
SO THAT MILK AND EUROPE AND
FLIP IT AROUND AND YOU'LL NOTICE
THAT THAT ALMOND MILK HAS ONE
GRAM OF PROTEIN COMPARE TODAY
DAIRY MILK THAT HAS 8 GRAMS OF
SERVING.
IT HAS FEWER CALORIES, WHEN
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A
PRESCHOOLER THAT SHOULD BE
IF THE PARTICIPANTS ARE GIVING
THE ALTERNATIVE THAT THEY NEED
TO MAKE ELSEWHERE IN THE DIET,
TWO HARD BOILED EGGS, ALMONDS, A
COUPLE OF BEANS BUT I WOULDN'T
WANT TO SIT NEXT TO THAT
PRESCHOOLER IN SCHOOL, THERE'S A
THAT DOSE-DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF NONDAIRY
MILK ALTERNATIVES THAT KIDS WERE
DRINKING AND THE LOWER THEIR
THE EXTRA CENT METERS.
DAGEN: HOW IS THIS NOT, DOCTOR,
PART OF THE SWAMP, A PUSH BY
DAIRY LOBBY TO COMPLICATE THE
BUSINESSES OF ALL OF THE
COMPANIES THAT MAKE DAIRY MILK
TRADITIONAL MILK ALTERNATIVES,
AGAIN, THE NANNY STATE GONE
WILD, PARENTS WE ARE INCAPABLE
-- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
NUTRITIONAL VALUE IS OF --
CAN YOU HAVE, IT ONLY HAS 3
SIMPLE INGREDIENTS, YOU HAVE TO
LEARN TO READ LABELS AND CHOOSE
THINGS WITH FEWER INGREDIENTS.
ALMOND MILK AND PROTEIN 3 GRAMS,
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, A PARENT
MIGHT NOT REALIZE THAT THAT
CASHEW FILMING ISN'T FORTIFIED
WITH CALCIUM AND POTASSIUM THAT
MOST AMERICANS NEED, WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT TWO CUPS FOR A CHILD,
THAT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
WHEN I TALK TO PARTICIPANTS IN
MY OFFICE EVERY DAY BECAUSE I DO
OFFICE AND I SAY, YOU KNOW,
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR CHILD
IS EATING AND DRINKING, I FIND
THAT THEY OFTEN DON'T UNDERSTAND
AND THEY ASSUME MY KID DRINKS
MILK, THEY ARE GOOD, WHICH MILK,
PARENTS DON'T REALIZE THAT,
THAT'S WHEN YOU END UP WITH MALL
NEW RISHED KIDS THAT AREN'T
GROWING AND DEVELOPING LIKE THEY
SHOULD.
MARIA: FAIR POINT.
YEAH.
>> ONE MORE THING I'M LACTOSE
INTOLERANT AND I'M TOLD IT
DOESN'T CORRELATE WITH
MANLINESS, IS THAT RIGHT,
DOCTOR?
>> MANY MILL THAT CAN YOU CAN
ENJOY THAT HAS PROTEIN, CALCIUM
AND OTHER ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS
THAT YOU NEED.
MARIA: WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE,
GREAT ADVICE, THANK YOU SO MUCH