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Milk and Cereal Team Up For a Winning Health Combination
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Celebrate June Dairy Month by topping your favorite breakfast cereal with milk to increase your daily calcium intake.
Michigan State University researchers found that consumption of ready-to-eat breakfast cereal (RTEC) increases daily milk and calcium intake. Researchers looked at the diets of over 7,400 men, women and children (aged 4 years and older) in the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and gathered information on their breakfast, RTEC and milk consumption habits. Average calcium intake at breakfast was seven times greater when RTEC was eaten with milk than when it was eaten alone. In most age-sex categories, breakfast eaters choosing RTEC were also more likely to meet calcium recommendations. The authors noted that inadequate calcium intake is a current public health concern and concluded that encouraging consumption of RTEC with fat-free or low-fat milk may be an easy way to improve calcium intake and reduce health risks associated with low calcium and dairy intake.
Song W, et al. Ready-to-Eat Breakfast Cereal Consumption Enhances Milk and Calcium Intake in the US Population. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2006; 106: 1783-1789.
Scientific synopsis provided by Katie Hoffmann, MS, RD, Maine Dairy & Nutrition Council
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