Contrary to some statements in biased and inconsistent in the media, the milk and its derivatives continue to be necessary foods are difficult to replace in the human diet. The decisions of public health should be based on epidemiological evidence and not only on the effects on risk markers selected and their results interpreted in the context of all the problems of the style of life of the patients, as the dietary patterns (for example, the intake of salt and fiber, the consumption of fruits and vegetables, etc), physical activity, and smoking.
Milk plays a leading role in the fight against malnutrition -child and adult - both in industrialised countries (where almost the totality of foods used for hospitalized patients are dairy-based), such as in developing countries. Its full supply of amino acids necessary for human life, as the energy provided by its fatty acids, and calcium, high availability digestive become virtually a food irreplaceable. We suggest the reading of one of the most comprehensive and serious, with respect to the subject prepared by FAO: "Milk and dairy products for human nutrition".
Harvard continues to recommend the daily consumption of dairy products and keeps them in his Pyramid Healthy Eating:
