Take home message Six months diet of milk or Coca-Cola? A Danish study (Maersk et al., 2012) looked, how two types of Coke (regular Coca-Cola and Diet Coke) had effects on weight development and physiological and body parameters around Metabolic …
Louis Pasteur Pasteurisation is related and derived from Louis Pasteur, a French scientist, (1822-1895). Pasteur started his career as a chemist, and it was not until 1854 that he shifted his work to micro-organisms. In 1854, he was commissioned by …
You sometimes don’t always realise how deep we have come from, when it comes to food supply. It is so normal to walk into a supermarket 7 days/week and pick out what you want to eat. Over a century ago, …
Kefir, including the raw-milk variety, is on the rise. There is a revaluation of fermentation, as a measure to ‘work up’ foods: white cabbage becomes sauerkraut, black tea with sugar Kombucha and milk becomes kefir. Meanwhile, raw milk kefir from …
Take home message What is the deal with grass-fed milk? There are two aspects: the image of the sector and the health aspects for the cow (being outside, building vitamin D, grazing fresh grass) and for the consumer health due …
In Friesland a conference was organised by the Avalon foundation (12-14 Oct 2021), entitled: “Added value of the organic farmer, bioregions”. What is necessary for the development of resilient dairy consumption in future? In the on-line workshop, Ton Baars presented …
Take home message Three recent studies suggest a positive effect on the intestinal flora from raw milk compared to pasteurised milk. This is found, among other things, in the volatile fatty acids that are formed in the intestine and the …
This statement applies at least to the intake of milk fat-bound substances, such as the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. The University of Maastricht has measured the amounts of vitamin K1 and K2 in various cheeses consumed in …
Care or cure? Treatment or resilience? The focus on either care or cure involves a fundamentally different view of health and health care. Tradition dating back to ancient China was that doctors were paid to keep the patient healthy. Naturally, …
Take home message An explosion of bacteria or viruses is due to their exponential growth. Since the start-up phase is poorly perceived or underestimated by people, actions often lag behind the bacterial growth risks , and may result in consumers …
