What does drinking milk every day actually do to a woman’s body? What are the real-life effects? What are the possible benefits and drawbacks? And should we be looking elsewhere for our sources of protein, calcium and essential nutrients than the tall glass of the white stuff we’ve been conditioned to drink since we were in diapers?

Natalie Allen, a registered dietitian and clinical instructor of biomedical sciences at Missouri State University, weighs in in an article on The List.