Celebrate Dairy Month & Celebrate Your Health

June is dairy month, a great time to thank our nation’s hardworking and dedicated dairy farmers and celebrate the many benefits that enjoying dairy products has for our health! Milk is packed full of 9 essential vitamins and nutrients, providing consumers with numerous health benefits, which even many of those who are lactose intolerant are able to enjoy with a little help from products like Lactaid, which provide the body with the lactose enzyme that it needs to break down and digest the lactose in dairy products for absorption.   Countless research studies have shown that consuming a well-balanced diet with three servings of dairy products per day is essential for promoting good health and performance, for people of all ages. Make sure you and your family are getting at least three serving of dairy, like milk, cheese, and yogurt, per day to reap the following benefits:   Health Benefits of Consuming Dairy Products: -Building and maintaining strong bones -Helping prevent osteoporosis (weak, brittle bones that break easily) -Strengthening the teeth -Converting food into energy -Replenishing muscles and helping maintain/build muscle mass -Helping maintain healthy weight -Promoting health blood pressure levels -Reduced risk for cardiovascular disease -Lowered risk for type 2 diabetes   Helping consumers to once again be able to enjoy the dairy products that they love without having to suffer for it later with uncomfortable (and embarrassing) gad, bloating, and diarrhea, Mountainside Medical Equipment offers Lactaid Fast-Act Caplets in a 12ct box of easy-to-swallow caplets or a 32ct box of great-tasting vanilla chewable tablets. When taken along with the first bites/sips of dairy products, these tablets help the body digest dairy foods so that you can enjoy dairy products whenever and wherever you choose, without having to worry about the accompanying gas, bloating, and diarrhea; and each dose comes individually wrapped, making them great for taking along wherever you go.   Sources: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/dairy-why.html http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/lactose_intolerence/hic_lactose_intolerance.aspx http://www.nationaldairycouncil.org/HEALTHANDWELLNESS/DAIRYSHEALTHBENEFITS/Pages/DairysHealthBenefits.aspx http://www.southeastdairy.org/health-wellness/health-benefits-research/