Milk : its remarkable contribution to human health and well-being /
Stuart Patton.
- xi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Origins of Milk as Food -- Milk Secretion and Composition -- The Breasts and Lactation -- Image of Cow's Milk: Roles of Media, Research, and Critics -- Nutrition and the Healthfulness of Cow's Milk -- Importance of the Cow and Production of Milk -- Milk Processing and Products -- Flavor and Milk -- Research and Milk. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
"A lifelong student of milk and lactation, Stuart Patton provides a wealth of analyses and guidance to help ordinary people deal with a rising tide of confusing and often disturbing information. He shows that in addition to its well-known content of essential nutrients, milk is actually proving to be healthful in previously unanticipated ways. In light of humanity's necessary concerns with health, enjoyment of life, and longevity, Milk is essential reading."--BOOK JACKET.
0765802104 9780765802101
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