Infections carried in milk, particularly salmonellosis and campylobacter enteritis, have continued to feature in Great Britain in recent years. Less commonly reported infections included an outbreak in 1984 in England due to Streptococcus zooepidemicus, in which 12 people, eight of whom died, were admitted to hospital. The implementation of legislation in 1983 requiring heat treatment of cows' ...

In order to expand the range of dairy products for elderly, a technology has been developed preparing fermented milk drink with stevia, using combined starter culture from kefir fungi, bulgarian bacillus, thermophilic streptococcus and bifidobacteria. During research, modern standard methods were used. The research was carried out in laboratory Research Institute Agroecology Gorsk State Agraria...

BACKGROUND Previous studies suggest possible associations between Western diet and acne. We examined data from the Nurses Health Study II to retrospectively evaluate whether intakes of dairy foods during high school were associated with physician-diagnosed severe teenage acne. METHODS We studied 47,355 women who completed questionnaires on high school diet in 1998 and physician-diagnosed seve...

BACKGROUND Adequate intakes of calcium are required for optimal bone health and protection against chronic disease. Dairy products are an excellent source of calcium. OBJECTIVE The absorption of calcium from a range of fortified milks was measured in humans with the use of stable isotopes. DESIGN Fifteen volunteers participated in a randomized, controlled, double-blind crossover study. Five...

BACKGROUND Recent research published in this journal highlighted the issue of the high content of aluminium in infant formulas. The expectation was that the findings would serve as a catalyst for manufacturers to address a significant problem of these, often necessary, components of infant nutrition. It is critically important that parents and other users have confidence in the safety of infant...

The present study was conducted to investigate the milk and dairy product consumption of 361 randomly selected students from Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) through a questionnaire form applied face-to-face interviews in province Samsun Turkey. rate who were consuming 86.43% (86.14% females, 86.79% males, P=0.980), one glass daily 92.35% (94.47% 89.61 % P=0.201) 18.28% (19.80% 16.35% P=0.400). O...

Human milk contains prebiotic oligosaccharides, which stimulate the growth of intestinal bifidobacteria and lactobacilli. It is unclear whether the prebiotic capacity of human milk contributes to the larger bile salt pool size and the more efficient fat absorption in infants fed human milk compared with formula. We determined the effect of prebiotic oligosaccharides on bile salt metabolism in r...