Switch4Good

We are building a diverse community of athletes, doctors, trainers, and dietitians focused on helping people make the switch. We welcome all of these dairy-free individuals to sign up to be part of our “team” and help spread the dairy-free word. Our team members wear our Switch4Good gear during races and workouts, attend our events across the US, recruit others, and share our original content with their social networks. In turn, we regularly engage with and feature our team members on social media, offer them a platform to share their dairy-free story via article writing and video content, and provide a steady stream of educational and inspirational material for them to share in the form of infographics, articles, research, and inspiring athlete-driven videos.

We provide easy access to trusted science and advice from athletes, trainers, dietitians, and medical professionals. From simple steps to behavior change to challenging accepted pro-dairy research, our content makes it easy for everyone to transition to a dairy-free lifestyle as well as share the message. We educate people on the plethora of healthy recipes and high-quality alternatives, and we also set the record straight regarding the confusing information established by the dairy industry to prove that dairy is not a health food.

We believe in the power of community, and we actively engage with other like-minded organizations to further the dairy-free word. Currently, we partner with FoodPrints for the Future, an Earth Day Network initiative set out to tackle the leading cause of climate change: our food system. We provide this campaign with research on the hazards of the dairy industry as well as dairy-free transition guides and healthy recipes.

We also support our community by offering our services to advance their individual projects. Past partnerships involve our work with Robbie Balenger, an ultra-runner who ran across America in 75 days to promote the power of a plant-based, dairy-free diet; book editing for a dairy-free cookbook and children’s book; and working with chefs and recipe developers to feature and share their dairy-free dishes to a wide audience.

The Switch4Good Podcast, hosted by Olympian Dotsie Bausch and actress/health coach Alexandra Paul, interviews expert guests each week to create conversation around disordered eating and healthy living. From athletes such as Dominick Thompson and Agnes Muljadi to medical professionals such as Neal Barnard, MD, the goal is to give listeners the inspiration and tools they need to ditch dairy and start transitioning to a healthy lifestyle.

We are well underway with an unprecedented study on the effects of dairy and inflammatory markers. The focus of our pilot study is to assess how the USDA’s recommendation of 3 glasses of cows’ milk a day effects cell membrane phospholipid makeup, systemic inflammation, the ability to adapt to various stressors, including exercise, and impacts to overall health. We are currently in the process of collecting data from participants.