Seven-time USA Cycling national champion, two-time Pan
American champion, and Olympic silver medalist Dotsie Bausch has launched a
10-day challenge called the Plant Milk
Challenge.
American champion, and Olympic silver medalist Dotsie Bausch has launched a
10-day challenge called the Plant Milk
Challenge.
Participants pledge to ditch dairy January 10 through 20 and
will receive daily inspirational stories, vegan recipes that swap animal milk for
plant-based milk, loads of prizes, and more. The grand-prize winner will
receive an Almond Cow machine.
will receive daily inspirational stories, vegan recipes that swap animal milk for
plant-based milk, loads of prizes, and more. The grand-prize winner will
receive an Almond Cow machine.
The Plant Milk Challenge will encourage and guide
participants with eight videos from Olympic medalists and other world-class
athletes who thrive on a vegan diet.
participants with eight videos from Olympic medalists and other world-class
athletes who thrive on a vegan diet.
The challenge is part of Compassion Champs, whose mission is
to educate audiences worldwide on the immense, widespread animal suffering in
our industrial food system. This campaign is incredibly important
considering the dairy industry spends millions of dollars “sponsoring Olympic
athletes to trick consumers into thinking dairy milk is important for health. This
actually couldn’t be further from the truth.
to educate audiences worldwide on the immense, widespread animal suffering in
our industrial food system. This campaign is incredibly important
considering the dairy industry spends millions of dollars “sponsoring Olympic
athletes to trick consumers into thinking dairy milk is important for health. This
actually couldn’t be further from the truth.
Dairy consumption has been linked to increased cancer risk. According to a 2006
Harvard study, women with diets high in meat and dairy raised their risk of
cancer by 33 percent. Dairy consumption has also been
linked to prostate cancer in more than 20 studies.
Harvard study, women with diets high in meat and dairy raised their risk of
cancer by 33 percent. Dairy consumption has also been
linked to prostate cancer in more than 20 studies.
What’s more, women who consume dairy products, such as
yogurt, ice cream, and cheese, increase their risk of mortality from breast cancer by
50 percent, according to an extensive 2013 study.
yogurt, ice cream, and cheese, increase their risk of mortality from breast cancer by
50 percent, according to an extensive 2013 study.
But dairy isn’t just awful for your health. It’s also
unspeakably cruel.
unspeakably cruel.
At dairy factory farms, cows are treated as mere
milk-producing machines. They are forcibly impregnated and kept in terrible conditions. Shortly after they are
born, calves are torn from their mothers. Male calves are killed for veal.
Females are forced into the dairy herd, trapped in a cycle of abuse for years until they are considered “spent and sent to slaughter.
milk-producing machines. They are forcibly impregnated and kept in terrible conditions. Shortly after they are
born, calves are torn from their mothers. Male calves are killed for veal.
Females are forced into the dairy herd, trapped in a cycle of abuse for years until they are considered “spent and sent to slaughter.
Heartbreaking, right? Just watch this undercover video from
a Mercy For Animals investigation.
a Mercy For Animals investigation.
This blatant cruelty is precisely why the Plant Milk
Challenge is so important.
Challenge is so important.
If you’re still drinking cow’s milk, then it’s time you joined
the millions who are boycotting this terrible industry by ditching dairy and
other animal products. Click here to sign up
for the 10-day challenge.
the millions who are boycotting this terrible industry by ditching dairy and
other animal products. Click here to sign up
for the 10-day challenge.
For a list of dairy alternatives, click here.
