MILK GROUP:

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MILK GROUP
Get your calcium-rich foods!
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MILK
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What is included in the Milk Group?

• Milk
• Yogurt
• Cheese

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Why is the Milk Group important?
Calcium and vitamin D
Vitamin A
Protein
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Calcium

• Makes bones and teeth strong
• Helps blood to clot
• Helps muscles work

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Calcium

• Who needs it?
• Babies Growing children
• Teens
• Pregnant and breast-feeding
  women

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How much calcium is needed?
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The Milk Group is the best source of Calcium
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The Milk Group is full of vitamin D.

• Bone growth

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The Milk Group is full of vitamin A.

• Vitamin A is for healthy
• Eyes Skin
• Disease resistance

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The Milk Group is a source of protein.

• Protein is needed for
• Growth Healing
• Fighting infection
• Digestion

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Low-fat and fat free foods from the Milk Group
may also

• Help control blood pressure
• Promote weight loss
• Reduce cancer risk

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The Milk Group can be a source of fat and
saturated fat.
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How many cups of milk do you need every day?
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What is one serving from the Milk Group?

• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup yogurt
• 1 ½ ounces natural cheese
• 2 ounces process cheese
• 4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

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Stretch your budget

• by purchasing foods from the Milk Group
  thoughtfully

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Stretch your budget

• by storing foods from the Milk Group carefully
• Keeps longer in a freezer
• Cover or wrap
• for longer life
• Do not leave
• out of refrigerator

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Stretch your budget

• with careful preparation
• 1 1/3 cup 4 cups 1 quart
• nonfat dry milk water skim milk

Nonfat Dry Milk
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Get your calcium-rich foods.

• Drink plenty of fat-free or low-fat
• milk for
• Strong, healthy bones and
• teeth
• Healthy eyes and skin
• Adequate growth
• Quick healing
• Strong muscles
• Fighting infection

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Adapted from NEP-206FG, Milk Group Get Your
Calcium-Rich Foods

• Prepared by Jackie R. Walters, MBA, RD, LD
• University of Kentucky
• Extension Associate for Nutrition Education
  Programs
• May 2006
• Educational programs of Kentucky Cooperative
  Extension serve all people regardless of race,
  color, age, sex,
• religion, disability, or national origin.