WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) -- For decades, posters of celebrities
with milk mustaches have appeared on billboards and in
magazines, telling kids its really "cool" to drink milk. But, if
it were up to a certain health advocacy group, milk would not be
staple in the school cafeteria. The Physician's Committee for
Responsible Medicine advocates a vegan, plant-based diet, and
advocates children replace milk with other foods that provide
the same nutrients. The U.S. Department of Agriculture mandates
low-fat milk as a required food in school lunches, but PCRM says
kids can obtain its key nutrients elsewhere. PCRM recommends
foods like tofu, broccoli, kale and collard greens as sources of
calcium and protein, without the saturated fat and lactose
(dairy sugar) found in milk. "You can eat the green leafy
vegetables too. You can eat the beans and the grains and get all
those nutrients you need, and it's the healthiest source
possible," says Susan Levin, M.S., R.D., the Director of
Nutrition Education for PCRM. The Inter