BONE HEALTH
Prevent a Bone Break, Drink Milk to Boost Calcium
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
(06/2008)
Boosting calcium intake by drinking milk could reduce healthy adults' chances of a debilitating bone break. In a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, healthy men and women supplemented with 1,200 mg of calcium per day - the amount in four glasses of milk - reduced their risk of bone fractures by 72 percent.
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Are You Losing More than Weight When Dieting?
(05/2007)
If you're trying to lose weight, you might want to consider drinking more milk. While previous studies have shown that weight loss can cause dieters' bones to weaken, a new National Institutes of Health study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that dieters with adequate calcium intake did not lose bone mass while losing weight.
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Calcium and vitamin D supplements offer only modest bone improvements
The New England Journal of Medicine
(02/2006)
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) released a study from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) that found that calcium and vitamin D supplements provide only a modest benefit in preserving bone mass and preventing hip fractures in certain groups of older women. The results show that taking supplements later in life can't make up for not drinking enough milk at every age.
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Kids Need Their Milk
American Academy of Pediatrics
(02/2006)
A new report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) reinforces that eating calcium-rich foods like milk during childhood years helps build strong bones and may prevent the risk of fractures and osteoporosis later in life.
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American Diets are Coming Up Short on Potassium
(04/2005)
A study published in the April 2005 Journal of the American College of Nutrition suggests that drinking milk is vital to getting adequate amounts of potassium, a nutrient that most Americans don't get enough of. The research conducted at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, found that only those people who drank milk met the current recommendations for potassium.
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Adolescents Fall Short on Vitamin D
Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
(06/2004)
A study published in the June issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine studied 307 adolescents to determine vitamin D levels. The results revealed that 24 percent of the adolescents in the study fell short on vitamin D.
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Bone Fractures Less Common in Milk-Drinking Children
Journal of the American Dietetic Association
(02/2004)
A study published in the February issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that children who avoided drinking milk for an extended period of time suffered twice the amount of fractures compared to a group of milk-drinking children.
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