Doug Smith writes:

“So why are the very organizations that are here to serve the dairy business petitioning the FDA to help ‘poison’ milk?

Let me explain. Recently, the IDFA and NMPF have petitioned the FDA to allow Aspartame along with other non-nutritive chemical sweeteners in children’s milk supply.

Easily enough, as much as these organizations can advertise to you—for really no other reason other than the belief system that milk and dairy are healthy for you–they’re taking it upon themselves to say adding these chemical sweeteners will help children consume more milk. This is based on the belief that children are more apt to drink a milk that’s sweeter than normal milk. And more milk consumed, coupled with lower caloric milk (due to the replacement of high calorie sugar with chemical, no calorie, sweeteners) means healthier children, so they say.

On the surface all seems logical enough. More milk…