Time for the truth about milk and dairy ...

IN today’s world where dietary pseudo-science and half-truths often prevail, few foods are more unjustifiably vilified than dairy. The truth however, is just about as far removed from this common, negative misconception of milk as it could possibly be.

Time for the truth about milk and dairy ...

Filling the gaps

To understand the unique, health-enhancing role which milk occupies in the diet, one need only consider the early life stages of every mammal on the planet. It’s not by accident that nature has provided such a nutritionally bountiful foodstuff to sustain its newest arrivals. Indeed, apart from its low levels of vitamin C and iron, milk and dairy foods contain significant amounts of every other health-promoting nutrient required by humans.

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