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Public release date: 14-Dec-2010
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Contact: Melanie Nimrodi
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847-627-3387
Global Dairy Platform[4]
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If you’re unsure about what foods to eat to maintain a healthy diet, you’re not alone. Increasing evidence continues to point people back to basics ? and reach for the milk. A study to be published in the January edition of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reveals that drinking three glasses of milk per day may lead to an 18% decreased risk of cardiovascular disease.
The research conducted at Wageningen and Harvard Universities, examined 17 studies from Europe, USA and Japan, also found no link between the consumption of regular or low-fat dairy and any increased risk of heart disease, stroke or total mortality.
“Milk and dairy are the most nutritious and healthy foods available and loaded with naturally occurring nutrients, such as calcium, potassium and protein, to name a few,” said Dr. Cindy Schweitzer, Technical Director, Global Dairy Platform. “It’s about going back to the basics; maintaining a healthy lifestyle doesn’t have to be a scientific equation.”
According to Dr. Schweitzer, during the past three decades as research sought to understand influencers of cardiovascular disease, simplified dietary advice including consuming only low fat dairy products emerged. However, in 2010 alone, a significant amount of new research was published from all over the world, supporting the health benefits of dairy.
From dispelling the myth that dairy causes heart disease, to revealing dairy’s weight loss benefits, below is a 2010 roundup of select dairy research:
- US researchers examined 21 studies that included data from nearly 350,000 and concluded that dietary intakes of saturated fats are not associated with increases in the risk of either coronary heart disease or cardiovascular disease. The study was published in the January edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
- A study published in the February American Journal of Epidemiology examined 23,366 Swedish men and revealed that intakes of calcium above the recommended daily levels may reduce the risk of mortality from heart disease and cancer by 25%.
- An Australian study published in the April European Journal of Clinical Nutrition concluded that overall intake of dairy products was not associated with mortality. The 16-year prospective study of 1,529 Australian adults found that people who ate the most full-fat dairy had a 69% lower risk of cardiovascular death than those who ate the least.
- A Danish study published in the April edition of Physiology & Behavior concluded that an inadequate calcium intake during an energy restricted weight loss program may trigger hunger and impair compliance to the diet.
- In September, an Israeli study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that a higher dairy calcium intake is related to greater diet-induced weight loss. The study, which sampled more than 300 overweight men and women during two years, revealed that those with the highest dairy calcium intake lost 38% more weight than those with the lowest dairy calcium intake.
The amount of dairy recommended per day varies by country and is generally based on nutrition needs and food availability. “In the US and some European countries, three servings of dairy foods are recommended daily, said Dr. Schweitzer.”
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To search for food based guidelines that may include dairy recommendations, visit the FAO Food Guidelines by Country Web site: www.fao.org/ag/humannutrition/nutritioneducation/fbdg/en[5].
About Global Dairy Platform
Founded in 2006, Global Dairy Platform (GDP) is an international organization that provides direction and drive to the dairy industry. Global Dairy Platform connects CEOs, executives, researchers and dairy industry advocates from corporations, communication and scientific bodies to collaborate on worldwide dairy issues. Visit www.globaldairyplatform.com[6] for more information.
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Do not drink your milk (unless it is raw and from local grass feeding cows!) Of course the GDP is going to advocate drinking milk! The reality is that pasteurization destroys the nutrients and beneficial bacteria inherent in raw milk. Do not forget rBGH which is ubiquitous in our nations milk supply (thanks Monsanto!)
I am kind of surprised to find this article linked to the Be Well Buzz website, and I definitely am concerned about keeping Monsanto, etc., from harming our food supply.
The pendulum keeps swinging back and forth. We were encouraged as children to drink as much milk as we could. As we grew up and started getting influenced by the Audio and Print media, we were fed the new Gospel that Dairy food, being of animal source, is dangerous to health, and the fad of Veganism caught on.The game has gone full circle now, with new Research showing the virtues of Dairy food.
In my thinking, we need to respect traditional food patterns a lot and not discard established food regimes on the basis of incomplete and limited Research studies.Tradition has done its own trial and error Research and has handed down the diets we are now following in the Rural areas.These should be conserved and standardized,for the benefit of our descendants.