He was studying liver enzymes when a road in Palmerston North, New Zealand, forced a choice. Turn left back to medical research. Turn right toward a dairy lab he barely knew. Jeremy Hill turned right. He told himself it was temporary. Thirty-five years later, the protein quality standard he championed through the UN is the single most important weapon dairy has against the plant-based narrative — and his teenage son's offhand comment about scientific legacy still guides how he thinks about the work that matters most. This is a conversation that will change how you think about what your milk is actually worth.​

The Story You'll Hear

• The liver research lab, the temporary postdoc, and the coffee that quietly ended a career in medicine​
• Why a biochemist who never planned to study dairy saw something in milk t ...