Dairy and health - the vital connection

摘要

Food, nutrition and health are intimately connected. We now know much more about the way in which our bodies use food and how we can prevent disease. Some previously overlooked food components have been found to have important roles. Our understandingof the connection between food, nutrition and health has been largely achieved in the past 20-30 years. We need to appreciate this research and produce dairy products that are in tune with these opportunities. Dairy products have long been prized as sources of high quality protein, riboflavin and calcium, but the saturated fat in dairy products has been criticised.