FOOD
Milk – delight or dilemma?
Deciding whether to consume dairy or not? Here are six factors to keep in mind.
by Casey Conroy
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I’m asked on a near-daily basis by friends and clients is what ‘I think’ about dairy. With the paleo movement at its zenith, the anti-dairy mania couldn’t be higher – but it’s an equal and opposite, inevitable reaction to the attitude of recent decades, where anyone who didn’t drink milk was made to think their bones would crumble like feta the second they hit 60. As a yoga-loving, natural therapy-studying, medically-trained dietitian with
years of formal scientific training I find myself in an interesting position. We need between 1000 and 1200 milligrams of calcium per day for
healthy bones. Before you think, “I’m not vegan, I’ll be right”, know that many Australians are deficient in calcium, so plenty of omnivores aren’t getting enough, either. No matter what your diet, you need to make sure you include two or three servings of calcium-rich foods in each meal, to be able to hit that target for bone health. The Australian Guidelines to Healthy Eating suggest consuming 2.5 to 4
serves of milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or alternatives (mostly reduced fat) per day, depending on your age, gender and whether or not you’re pregnant or lactating. In short, dairy (or alternatives) is an essential part of every Australian’s diet – according to the AGHE guidelines anyway. My dietetic training heightened the urge to ensure everyone gets enough
dairy (or alternatives) into their diet to ensure an adequate intake of calcium and other minerals, and stop their poor little bones from snapping in half. The main message? ‘Drink cow’s milk to get your calcium – as long as it’s pasteurised and homogenised.’ On the flip side, being a yogi and into healthy, sustainable, wholefood-based
living has exposed me to a further two camps – the ‘drink milk as long as it’s raw’ camp and the ‘dairy is the devil’ camp.
22 APRIL 2015
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64