Abstract
Extensive research in recent years has shown that consumption of milk and dairy products, promotes cardiovascular health, reduces symptoms of the metabolic syndrome in obese individuals, promotes weight loss while maintaining body muscle mass and reduces incidence of some cancers. Detailed analysis of prospective studies in large Western populations over long periods of time demonstrates that higher consumption of dairy products provides an overall survival advantage.
Highlights
Milk has been known as “Mother Nature’s most perfect food” for decades, if not centuries
Research has shown that milk has many qualities that characterize it as a “functional food”; that is, its components have physiological effects on well-being of the body that go far beyond providing the basic nutrients and energy required for growth (Huth et al, 2006)
Probiotics alter the gut microflora and have characteristics that include being of human origin, have generally regarded as safe (GRAS) status, acid and bile stability, adherence to intestinal cells, persistence for some time in the gut, ability to produce antimicrobial substances, antagonism against pathogenic bacteria, and ability to modulate the immune response
Summary
ABSTRACT - Extensive research in recent years has shown that consumption of milk and dairy products, promotes cardiovascular health, reduces symptoms of the metabolic syndrome in obese individuals, promotes weight loss while maintaining body muscle mass and reduces incidence of some cancers. Detailed analysis of prospective studies in large Western populations over long periods of time demonstrates that higher consumption of dairy products provides an overall survival advantage
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