Milk and the milk products made of it are of vital importance, especially to growing organisms. The fat content of cow milk includes those fat types of low carbon atom numbers that contain growth factors, and this is why it is good for children to consume milk of high fat content (3.6/2.8%) as much as possible...

About one million people in Hungary are affected by decalcification, the metabolic disease of bones, which involves the continuous and gradual decrease of bone-tissues...

Freshly produced “raw” milk obviously differs from milks that underwent various heat treatments not only in its deliciousness, but it is also ahead of its heat-treated rivals in respect of its food value and dry matter content. However...

The International Dairy Federation keeps the World Milk Day on the last Tuesday of May in every year since 1957...

Two frequent troubles may occur in connection with milk. One of them is milk protein allergy, or milk allergy for short, which is a congenital metabolic disease that occurs during infancy usually when the baby gets cow milk for the first time...

In the case of sensibility to milk sugar, the human body is not able to break down the lactose contained in milk and milk products due to the lack of a certain enzyme...

L-carnitine is a natural substance to be found in the human organism and also in foods of animal or plant origin...

Whey contains proteins of high nutritive value and minerals, all of which exert beneficial action on our organism. Due to its composition of nutrients, daily consumption of whey is recommended...

Probiotics are “friendly” bacteria which exert a number of positive actions on our health. Prebiotics, nutrients for probiotic bacteria, are oligosaccharides built up of simple sugars...

Milk and the milk products made of it are of vital importance, especially to growing organisms. The fat content of cow milk includes those fat types of low carbon atom numbers that contain growth factors, and this is why it is good for children to consume milk of high fat content (3.6/2.8%) as much as possible. Milk also contains proteins, milk sugar (lactose), vitamins, water and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, iron and fluorine. Two decilitres of milk a day is sufficient to cover an essential proportion of nutrients recommended to a child for a day.

It is essential that a developing organism consumes sufficient amounts of calcium and vitamin D since the maximum bone mass must be fortified at a young age. In the case of balanced nutrition, milk and milk products cover about 75% of the calcium need of the human body. The calcium content of milk decreases the solubility of dental enamel as well.
The protein requirement of a growing human body is relatively high. A pint of milk contains more protein than two eggs, and almost as much as 100 g beef. Proteins provide amino-acids, the most important building materials of living organisms. Immunoproteins ensure protection against pathogens. The sugar content of milk gives usable energy, and milk fat also contributes to the food value of milk. The various vitamins and minerals ensure the efficient functioning of cells. Furthermore, the water content of milk contributes to the hydration of human body.

Milk has a depressor effect as well, due to the fact that it contains three times more potassium than sodium. Its selenium content is also noteworthy, though not too high, but its absorption is almost perfect, and so the antioxidant characteristic of milk is significant.