A South Dakota State University study is helping provide better understanding of the potential use of some milk products to lower the risk of colon tumors. Associate professor Ashraf Hassan of SDSU’s Dairy Science Department and graduate student Darshan Purohit focused partly on the chemopreventive properties of milk fermented with lactic cultures that produce exopolysaccharides. Fermented milks are consumed in … Read More
Milk Has Brain Health Benefits
A study, published in the International Dairy Journal, showed adults who consumed dairy products at least five or six times a week did far better in memory tests compared with those who rarely ate or drank them. The researchers said: ‘New and emerging brain health benefits are just one more reason to start each day with low-fat or fat-free milk.’ … Read More
Enriched Milk Could Ease Gout
A new study shows that people who drank an enriched skim milk shake made from powdered milk and additional dairy components had fewer gout attacks and less painful symptoms. Previous research has already shown that people whose diet is low in dairy products are more likely to develop gout. But researchers say this is the first short-term study to show … Read More
Yogurt Drink Improve Cholesterol
New findings published in the journal BMC Medicine suggest that regular consumption of a vitamin D-fortified yogurt drink improves cholesterol levels and biomarkers of heart disease, in diabetics. Sakineh Shab-Bidar and colleagues at the National Research Institute and Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology and Tehran University of Medical Sciences said not having enough vitamin D affects the inner lining … Read More
New Dairy Ingredient Processing Plant Opens
The Institute for Dairy Ingredient Processing, a component of the new Davis Dairy Plant at South Dakota State University (SDSU), will provide a means by which to expand domestic and global market opportunities for dairy-based products. The Institute for Dairy Ingredient Processing will provide the facilities and experts to assist dairy ingredient manufacturers in research, development and testing of new … Read More
Vermont Company Explores Dairy Whey Usage
Delta Tri-Gen, a renewable energy company based in Brattleboro, Vt. has received federal grant money to encourage further study of extracting energy from dairy whey. The company has been awarded a $15,000 research grant from the Vermont Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) to experiment with whey, which is a dairy serum that separates as a watery liquid from … Read More
CDC – Kids Drink More Low-Fat Milk
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges parents to ensure that their children receive the recommended daily servings of low-fat milk and dairy foods. Drinking milk is important for children’s bone health, but CDC experts advise that although young people need the calcium, vitamin D and other nutrients found in milk, children aged 2 and … Read More
Cut Diabetes with Milk?
This news clip from WPRI TV 12 Eyewitness News in Providence, Rhode Island reports on a study that found females who drank milk at a young age cut their risk of type 2 diabetes by 42%. Source: WPRI TV 12
New Study Out of Wisconsin
A new study published in the August issue of the Journal of Dairy Science, found milk produced at large and extra-large farms in Wisconsin had lower levels of both bacteria than that produced by small ones, although all the farms met standards for grade A milk certification. The study used 2008 data collected by the Wisconsin government to look at … Read More
AJCC Seeks Research Proposals
Attention researchers interested in work involving the Jersey dairy cattle breed: the AJCC Research Foundation is seeking research proposals to be funded in 2012. Proposals should address significant issues for the Jersey breed and Jersey milk producers. Current priorities for research funding are: · Nutrition of high-producing Jerseys, particularly practical feeding methods to maximize production of valuable milk components; · … Read More