Eating dairy has been a significant part of many cultures traditionally. Whether cow, sheep, goat, buffalo, donkey or camel, humans have adapted to the highly nutritious milk of whatever mammals were available to us to domesticate. Cohabiting with animals has a long history. We have learned to store it, process it into butter, cream, yoghurt, cheese and other delicious and nutritious foods…..

Dairy is a good, possibly the best source of calcium, and calcium is a vitally important mineral.

There was information floating around years ago that said that dairy was the cause of osteoporosis in western societies compared to cultures who didn’t eat dairy. This has been disproven. Dairy does help create strong bones with its bioavailable calcium, and is also good for the thyroid and metabolism and is associated with a healthy weight. A high muscle meat diet may be more implicated in osteoporosis, amongst other things.