Interesting article in USA Today:
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Cool Whip

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Cheese

Did you know the average American adult eats 32.4 pounds of cheese each year?  That's compared to only 6.3 pounds of dry beans.

Time to check your dairy consumption habits.

TED 2010 video excerpt from Graham Hill:
--Weekday Vegetarian

Interesting ideas. He's definitely avoiding the "all-or-none" thinking that plagues many of us with health related decisions.

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Milk

51.2% of the U.S. Adult (18 yrs +) population drinks milk at least once during an average week. Of the adults that drink milk, average consumption during a given week is 43.7 ounces, or approximately 5 glasses/week. 

Total per capita consumption is 22.4 ounces per week, or slightly less than 3 glasses per week.

Source: TNS eSip (self-reported diary of beverage consumption). The data is from the most recent eSip available, and covers the 12 month period ending September 2009.

Big Kids

"Studies exploring the risk of overweight and food groups and dietary patterns indicate that a plant-based diet seems to be a sensible approach for the prevention of obesity in children. Plant-based diets are low in energy density and high in complex carbohydrate, fiber, and water, which may increase satiety and resting energy expenditure. Plant-based dietary patterns should be encouraged for optimal health and environmental benefits. Food policies are warranted to support social marketing messages and to reduce the cultural and economic forces that make it difficult to promote plant-based dietary patterns."

Source: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/5/1525S

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Some new data indicates that dairy may indeed increase mucus.

The authors concluded:

"These prerequisites could explain why only a subgroup of the population, who have increased respiratory tract mucus production, find that many of their symptoms, including asthma, improve on a dairy elimination diet."

Citation
Bartley J & McGlashan SR.  Does milk increase mucus production?  Med Hypotheses 2010;74:732-734.

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