Calcium & Bone Health
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Calcium: Ideas for Action
These ideas will help you think about and plan ways to increase your calcium. Pick one or two changes that you can easily make. Select milk as a beverage when eating out. Stir-fry broccoli, kale or bok choy and sprinkle with toasted almonds. Use yogurt or hummus as a dip,…
I’m lactose intolerant and can’t drink milk. Ideas for action
Drink milk in small amounts (up to 1⁄2 cup at a time) spread throughout the day (1, 2). Eat hard aged cheeses such as Swiss, gouda, parmesan and cheddar cheese. They contain very little lactose (2). Eat yogurt. The bacteria in yogurt help to digest the lactose (1, 3). Drink milk with…
Mythbusters & Milk Q&A
Find out the truth about Canadian milk
Milk is milk. Pure and simple.
As an adult, should I be drinking more milk?
Likely, yes. Canada's Food Guide recommends that all Canadians age two and over (including adults) should drink 500 mL (2 cups) of milk every day. Yet recent surveys show that the overwhelming majority of adults in Canada are not meeting…
BC Milk: It's Fresh & Local
The Importance of Quality Milk
Milk Quality is Number 1There are a number of quality checks that milk must pass before it reaches your table. They begin right on the farm and continue until you pick up your milk at the store. Quality milk depends…
BC dairy farms are family owned and operated
Approximately 95% of all dairy farms in BC are family owned and operated.