These are the foods to eat to benefit your bones and muscles

Researchers say the composition of food products such as milk, cheese and yoghurt make them an excellent source of bone nutrition 
These are the foods to eat to benefit your bones and muscles

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HOW often do you eat dairy products? A recently published paper by medical professionals and academics may convince you to add more milk, cheese, and yoghurt to your daily diet.

Following an examination of the impact of dairy products, the paper, delivered at the online World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, and Musculoskeletal Diseases in August, concluded that they were hugely beneficial to the health of muscles and bones. Most of us may have known this already, but what we did not know is that dairy products’ so-called matrix effect means it packs a powerful nutritional punch.

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