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Scientific Evidence > Lactose Intolerance and Milk Allergy
Milk Allergies
Milk allergies are rare in adults and should not be confused with lactose intolerance. Milk allergies involve immunological reactions, while lactose intolerance involves digestive factors. Milk allergies and lactose intolerance are therefore not similar conditions and should be treated...
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Scientific Evidence > Healthy Weight
Lack of Physical Activity
It’s well known that the lack of physical activity, combined with too many calories represent risk factors of obesity.
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Scientific Evidence > Healthy Weight
Obesity: An Overview
Over the last twenty years or so, the increased prevalence of obesity here in Canada as well as in other developed countries around the world has been unprecedented.
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Scientific Evidence > Healthy Weight
Healthy Weight: Calcium Supplements and Milk Products
Almost all studies to date have examined either milk products or calcium supplements on measures of body weight.
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Scientific Evidence > Healthy Weight
Milk Products and Weight : The Importance of the Threshold Effect
Although the evidence is still in its infancy, it is believed that there is a threshold level of calcium intake, above which there may be no further benefits with respect to weight management.
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Data on Consumption > Nutrition & Health Statistics
Under Consumption of Milk Products
In 2006, Statistics Canada released its report on Canadians’ Eating Habits from the Canadian Community Health Survey.1
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Scientific Evidence > Healthy Weight
New Potential Mechanisms of the Effects of Milk Products on Healthy Weight
Emerging research also indicates a beneficial role for milk products on inflammation and oxidative stress,1 two mechanisms which may be involved in the etiology of obesity and associated complications.
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Scientific Evidence > Healthy Weight
Healthy Weight: Potential Effects of Other Dairy Components
It has been proposed that other bioactive components in milk products, which may act either independently or synergistically with dietary calcium, may also play an important role in energy metabolism.1
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Calcium Supplements and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
There is evidence from meta-analyses that calcium supplements are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, dietary calcium has not been shown to impair cardiovascular...
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Milk: An Essential Source of Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 deficiency affects a large proportion of older adults, and its prevalence increases with age. Furthermore, recommended intakes may not be adequate to reach and maintain optimal vitamin...
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Milk Products and Breast Cancer
Current evidence from the literature indicates that the consumption of milk products is not associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.
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Milk Products Play a Key Role in Preventing Type 2 Diabetes
A growing and largely consistent body of evidence, including data from several meta-analyses, demonstrates that milk products significantly lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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The Maritime Dairy Industry Award
If you are from the Maritimes and you are studying in a field that applies to the dairy industry, you are eligible to apply for the Maritime Dairy Industry Award, which consists of two $2,000 scholarships.
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