Review article
Facts and mistakes about milk and dairy products in human nutrition
Irena Rogelj
orcid.org/0000-0002-2056-4888
; Biotehniška fakulteta, Institut za mlekarstvo, Domžale, Slovenija
Abstract
Milk and dairy products - food for which we are sure that is well known. But is that true? This is today the frequent question of the consumers or even of the nutrition experts. Why? Probably because there are more and more experts and »experts« writing about the beneficial or harmful role of milk and milk products in human nutrition. Unfortunately their statements are frequently controversial. How is this possible? Most likely this is the consequence of limited treating such a complex field as the nutrition is. Milk is studied by each expert from his point of view furthermore the information are in general only partial. For example - studies of the effects of single nutrients such as specific fats in dairy foods on blood lipid levels are important for identifying mechanisms underlying observed responses, but are of little practical relevance. In wholefoods, complex interactions occur among nutrients which can modify the impact of a single nutrient on blood lipid levels. From this point of view the milk and milk products are discussed.
Keywords
milk; nutrition; facts and mistakes
Hrčak ID:
94837
URI
Publication date:
7.8.1998.
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