The Contribution of Dairy Foods to Human Health and Wellness
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2024 | Viewed by 2236
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dairy foods such as milk, cheese, and yogurt are essential foods in a healthy diet. Consuming dairy as part of a larger healthy diet helps people thrive at every age. Dairy foods can contribute to our intake of important shortfall nutrients, including calcium, vitamin D, and potassium, as well as several other essential nutrients, such as protein, vitamin A, vitamin B12, riboflavin, phosphorus, zinc, iodine, and selenium.
Globally, the increasing incidence of metabolic diseases requires more actionable diet and food recommendations to help reduce risk. Research indicates that eating dairy is associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and hypertension. Despite the sometimes negative perception of whole-milk dairy foods due to their saturated fat content, growing evidence indicates that they can be included in healthy dietary patterns. This evidence supports the concept of looking at dairy foods as a whole—the dairy matrix—as they can impact digestion, absorption, bioavailability, and overall human health, due to the relationships between their nutrient and non-nutrient components (e.g., vitamins and minerals), and due to their physical structure, texture, and form (e.g., solid, gel, liquid).
Emerging evidence, mostly from in vitro and animal studies, has suggested that the multiple health benefits attributed to the consumption of dairy foods may be related to the presence of bioactive components embedded in the major milk proteins, carbohydrates, and fats, which have potential health-promoting activities.
For this Special Issue of Nutrients, our aim is to further advance this line of research, by both expanding our knowledge and exploring new insights into the role dairy foods and/or dairy components might play in human health. We invite the submission of original research, including dietary intervention trials, observational studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, animal and mechanistic studies, etc., and review papers on the subject as well.
Dr. Moises Torres-Gonzalez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- dairy foods
- dairy fat
- milk polar lipids
- dairy matrix
- milk proteins/peptides
- type 2 diabetes
- CVD
- hypertension
- obesity
- metabolic syndrome
- digestive health
- human health
