coconut milk

The phrase “Got milk?” has taken on new meaning in recent years. Cow’s milk hasn’t gone anywhere of course, but the options have expanded to also include soy milk, almond milk, oat milk — even milk made from peas. Whether it's going in your coffee, cereal, oatmeal, smoothie or a glass by itself, which type is best for you? In this episode, we “pour over” everything there is to know about traditional and plant-based milks.

Expert: Kelly Gaines, Wellness Dietitian

Interviewer: Zach Moore

Notable topics covered:

• Whether milk really builds strong bones
• Pasteurized, homogenized, filtered: What does it all mean?
• Is whole milk too high in fat? And more questions about cow’s milk, answered
• What does “organic” mean on a milk label anyway?
• Ultra-filtered milk: Too good to be true?
• How to think about milk if it’s just going in your coffee
• Moo-ve over dairy milk: A plant-based milks deep dive
• Is almond milk as healthy as its proponents claim?
• Some plant-based milks have protein and added sugar problems
• The plant-based milk Gaines recommends the most and least

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January 11th is celebrated as National Milk Day in the United States. The day is dedicated to celebrating the nutritional benefits and importance of milk in our diets.

Milk is a nutrient-rich beverage that is an important source of calcium, vitamin D, and other essential vitamins and minerals. It is also a versatile ingredient that is used in many recipes, from baked goods to smoothies and beyond.

National Milk Day is an opportunity to recognize the many benefits of milk and to learn more about the dairy industry. It is also a day to appreciate the hard work and dedication of dairy farmers who work tirelessly to produce high-quality milk and dairy products.

To celebrate National Milk Day, people may participate in activities such as visiting a dairy farm, trying new milk-based recipes, or learning more about the health benefits of milk and dairy products. People may also choose to support their local dairy farmers by purchasing milk and dairy products from local producers.

Overall, National Milk Day is a fun and educational holiday that celebrates the importance of milk in our diets and the many benefits that it provides. By learning more about the dairy industry and supporting local farmers, we can help ensure a sustainable future for the production of milk and dairy products.

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Do coconuts migrate? Yes, they do, but not by sparrows. It was actually humans who spread coconuts across the globe. Besides making great horse sounds when banged together, coconuts are extremely useful to humans. Coconuts are not just a new health fad, humans have been using coconuts since 3000 BCE, and not just for food and water.

In The Good, The Bad, The News

The Bad: There is an organization in PA that wants you to think rising CO2 is good for you and the planet. Nope. July 2021 was the hottest month ever in recorded history. Global climate change is caused by humans, and we need to stop it. 

The Good: We can reverse global climate change, but we need to do it NOW. Then Jen talks about a preserved female cave lion cub named Sparta.

Before we get into coconuts, have you ever heard of the Order of the Sun, the sun worshiping coconut cult from the early 1900s? Well, a nudist German named August Engelhardt was convinced you could live off just coconut. Guess what, you can’t. 

Coconut trees can grow up to 100 ft  ( 30 m) tall, and produce on average of 30 coconuts a year. They are naturally restricted to coastal areas in sandy, saline soils, and need direct sunlight and a lot of water to grow. 

The coconut plant was distributed by early Austronesian voyagers, who carried them as a source of food and water, and  traded them throughout different cultures globally.

Listen now to learn about the lovely coconut tree, the tree of life. 

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You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together.

Gone are the days when cow’s milk was the only choice at the supermarket. There has been an explosion in recent years of plant-based non-dairy alternative milks. From the very familiar soy milk, we now have almond, coconut, oat, and rice milk plus a host of others joining the party. How well these contender alt-milks stack up against the ‘reference standard’ of cow’s milk is what I’ll be digging into in this podcast. 

Links referred to in the podcast

• Scientific review of plant-based milks compared to cow’s milk https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13197-017-2915-y
• CHOICE review of almond milks https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/dairy/milk/articles/almond-milk

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Greg Steltenpohl is the co-founder and CEO of Califia Farms, one of the fastest-growing plant-based beverage companies in the world. However, Greg wasn’t always an entrepreneur; in fact, he got a degree from Stanford in Environmental Science and at one point in his younger days, set out to be a musician.

However, when that didn’t work out, a series of fortunate events led Greg to found Odwalla, a supplier of fresh juice and nourishing beverages, which was eventually acquired by Coca-Cola in 2001.

After Odwalla, Greg was involved in several projects, but it was now clear that his background in environmental sciences would become a part of his daily life. Prior to Califia, Greg co-founded Adina for Life Inc., a venture-backed startup focused on building a fair trade brand with a good-for-you, good-for-the-planet mission in the natural beverage category. He did that for 6 years and then founded Califia Farms.

Greg is one of the original plant-based visionaries who believed that bringing high-quality, sustainable products with wholesome ingredients to customers was imperative. Since 2010, Greg has led the company’s rapid growth as an innovative leader of premium, natural beverages that make it easy for consumers to go “plant-powered” and live a dairy-free lifestyle. Steltenpohl’s disruptive approach has made Califia Farms the top-selling, ready-to-drink coffee and almond milk brand in the U.S. natural channel and a household name.

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