Milk, or dairy in general, deserves consideration as another possible disease- causing agent in our modern diet. Milk has a lot of things going for it.
--- What does it mean that "milk has a lot of things going for it"?
If a thing or person has a lot going for it (him/her), then they have certain qualities that put them at an advantage over other things or people etc. This phrase usually has positive connotations, however, your sentence suggests that milk can cause disease, so this usage of "a lot of going for it" is quite odd, I think.
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If a thing or person has a lot going for it (him/her), then they have certain qualities that put them at an advantage over other things or people etc.
This phrase usually has positive connotations, however, your sentence suggests that milk can cause disease, so this usage of "a lot of going for it" is quite odd, I think.