Dairy UK welcomes health report

DAIRY UK hopes the report Impact of Physical Activity and Diet on Health by the Health Select Committee spurs government into raising awareness of the importance of healthy eating and physical activity.

“In our submission to the Committee, we highlighted that milk can play a key role as a healthy choice pre- and post-exercise as it contains nutrients that are essential to people of all ages, and are particularly important for those engaged in all levels of sport and physical activity,” said Dr Judith Bryans, chief executive of Dairy UK. “Although there are no health claims on the EU register for milk and sport, it must be recognised that there is a significant body of scientific evidence which shows that milk can help with rehydration, protein synthesis and muscle mass increase. There is a move worldwide to ensure that diets are based on foods that are nutrient rich rather than those which provide a lot of energy but little in the way of nutrition. Milk is a naturally nutrient rich food.”