Dairy Products and Health: Recent Insights
Milk, cheese, yogurt, and other dairy products
have long been known to provide good nutrition.
Major healthful contributors to the diets of many
people include the protein, minerals, vitamins,
and fatty acids present in milk. Recent studies
have shown that consumption of dairy products
appears to be beneficial in muscle building,
lowering blood pressure and low-density
lipoprotein cholesterol, and preventing tooth
decay, diabetes, cancer, and obesity. Additional
benefits might be provided by organic milk and
by probiotic microorganisms using milk products
as a vehicle. New research on dairy products and
nutrition will improve our understanding of the
connections between these products, the
bioactive compounds in them, and their effects
on the human body.
Keywords: dairy ; health; nutrition.

Source; ACS publication