Milk and Dairy Foods: Their Functionality in Human Health and Disease

Milk and Dairy Foods: Their Functionality in Human Health and Disease addresses issues at key life stages, presenting updates on the impact of dairy on cardiometabolic health, hemodynamics, cardiovascular health, glycemic control, body weight, bone development, muscle mass and cancer. The book also explores the impact of dairy fats on health, dairy fat composition, trans-fatty acids in dairy products, the impact of organic milk on health, milk and dairy intolerances, and dairy as a source of dietary iodine.

Written for food and nutrition researchers, academic teachers, and health professionals, including clinicians and dietitians, this book is sure to be a welcomed resource for all who wish to understand more about the role of dairy in health.

Addresses the functional effects of dairy related to reducing the risk of key chronic diseases Contains information related to various life stages, including chapters on dairy foods and bone development in the young and dairy foods and maintenance of muscle mass in the elderly

1. Dairy consumption and cardiometabolic diseases: Evidence from prospective studies
   Sabita S. Soedamah-Muthu, Jing Guo
2. Dairy fats and health
   D. Ian Givens, Julie A. Lovegrove
3. Does modifying dairy fat composition by changing the diet of the dairy cow provide health benefits?
   Oonagh Markey, Kirsty E. Kliem
4. Trans and conjugated fatty acids in dairy products: Cause for concern?
   Gerhard Jahreis, Christine Dawczynski
5. Organic milk: Does it confer health benefits?
   Gillian Butler, Sokratis Stergiadis
6. Milk proteins: Their role in cardiovascular health
   Carlotta Giromini, A´ gnes A. Fekete, Luciano Pinotti, Antonella Baldi
7. Dairy products and diabetes: Role of protein on glycaemic control
   Melissa Anne Fernandez, Andr
8. The dairy food matrix: What it is and what it does
   Emma L. Feeney, Michelle C. McKinley
9. The role of dairy products in the development of obesity across the lifespan
   Anestis Dougkas, Lydia Cooper, Erica Hocking
10. Adverse reactions to cow’s milk
    Elizabeth A. Miles
11. Dairy foods and bone accrual during growth and development
    Sandra Iuliano, Tom R Hill
12. Dairy foods as a source of dietary iodine
    Sarah C. Bath, Margaret P. Rayman
13. Non-dairy milk substitutes: Are they of adequate nutritional composition?
    Marianne C. Walsh, Caroline Gunn
14. Dairy foods and maintenance of muscle mass in the elderly
    Leigh Breen, Benoit Smeuninx
15. Dairy foods and the risk of cancer
    D. Ian Givens