Dairy, by definition, means products derives from the milk of mammals. This includes cow, goat, sheep.  Mylks are milk-like liquids derived from plant sources such as almond, hemp, coconut and others.

While the words “milk” and “dairy” conjur images of happy cows on a beautiful green pasture, in Pennsylvania factory farms, slaughterhouses that would turn our stomachs if we saw what goes on inside have such pictures painted on the outside. Milk sold in stores is not allowed to label its contents such as Bovine Growth Hormone. Organic and grass-fed cows and their milk are healthier but still contain molecules that can be toxic and allergenic to much of the population.

Dairy is a hyper-controversial topic. While we were all taught that milk is a good source of protein, calcium and vitamin D, this information was promoted as a marketing strategy by the dairy industry and is at best an exaggeration. …

The classic book, The China Study, while trashing milk, is based on modern  processed milk. The counter-theory, promulgated by the Weston Price Society and others, can be reviewed in the book by Weston Price entitled Nutrition and Physical Degeneration (1939). The milk of 1939 is not the milk of this century!