… provided it is mainly consumed in full-fat cheese. Take home message Dementia as a spectre for the ageing population In the fight against lifestyle diseases, dementia is a high priority. For many, it is a horror to no longer …
There is milk fat and then there is milk fat. Much of the fat we consume through dairy products is determined by what the cows eat; whether it is summer or winter, whether the cows graze or not, and whether the cows are pushed to the highest possible milk yield by feeding them extra fat in the form of palm oil. The image below illustrates the shifts in milk fat composition, and was created based …
Take home message Changing dietary fat Due to (mis)interpretation by nutrition researchers like Ancel Keys (1904-2004), in the 1950s and 1960s, our fat consumption changed dramatically. Mortality from cardiovascular disease among middle-aged white American men was the main reason for …
Take home message What a cow wants? A cow is a mammal and a ruminant. This makes her special, along with other ruminants. Like us, the cow has a digestive system with a stomach and intestines, however she is also …
Take home message Whole milk or not? There is regular ambiguity again, whether milk consumption contributes to health and mortality. A long-term study of Swedish women who took part in annual mammography screening also looked at the relationship with their …
Take home message Realising spreadable butter kept at low ambient temperature Butter competes with margarine and ‘spreads’ when it comes to spreadability. Butter is a natural product with different fatty acid composition in summer or winter. Margarine is made up …
Take home message German milk tested In February 2023, Germany’s Ökotest on milk published pasteurised milk in two forms, traditionally pasteurised (TP) and pasteurised plus mikrofiltration (MF). The difference between the two manifests itself in the shelf life of the …
Take home message The habitat of the Yak In northern India, Butan and China (including Himalayas, Ladakh and Highlands of Tibet), nomads live up to high altitudes. They can only survive at this altitude (3000 to 5400 m) because of their Yak (Bos grunniens). Yak are larger ruminants, domesticated by humans like the cow (Auerochs). Yak selection started in India about 7,500 years ago, and there too, like in French Lascaux, one finds petroglyphs depicting …
Take home message Six months diet of milk or Coca-Cola? A Danish study (Maersk et al., 2012) looked, how two types of Coke (regular Coca-Cola and Diet Coke) had effects on weight development and physiological and body parameters around Metabolic …
Take home message What is the deal with grass-fed milk? There are two aspects: the image of the sector and the health aspects for the cow (being outside, building vitamin D, grazing fresh grass) and for the consumer health due …
