Lev Facher , 2025-06-20 13:24:00
Good morning and happy Friday! It’s Lev Facher, STAT’s addiction reporter. Let’s get to today’s news.
Why MAHA wants you drinking whole milk
Sarah Todd, my STAT colleague and fellow Brooklynite, noticed during a recent coffee run that the usual panoply of milk options had diminished to just two: almond and whole. What’s more, her barista informed her that in recent months, she had seen a wave of customers suddenly asking for raw milk. To paraphrase the barista: What’s up with that?
The trend is no accident, Sarah writes. Since the Trump administration took power in January, key federal officials like Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins have pushed to make whole milk the U.S. government’s default dairy option. That marks a distinct shift for the federal government, which has long recommended reduced-fat milk products — no surprise, given that whole milk is often linked to obesity and heart disease. (Some recent research, however, suggests that consuming full-fat dairy is not necessarily harmful.)
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