Milk: Its Remarkable Contribution to Human Health and Well-Being, (Paperback)

Milk is the one food that sustains life and promotes growth in all newborn mammals, including the human infant. By its very nature, milk is nutritious. Despite this, it has received surprisingly little attention from those interested in the cultural impact of food. In this fascinating volume, Stuart Patton convincingly argues that milk has become of such importance and has so many health and cultural implications that everyone should have a basic understanding of it. This book provides this much-needed introduction. Patton's approach to his subject is comprehensive. He begins with how milk is made in the lactating cell, and proceeds to the basics of cheese making and ice cream manufacture. He also gives extensive consideration to human milk, including breasts, lactation, and infant feeding. Pro and con arguments about the healthfulness of cows' milk are discussed at length and with documentation. Patton explores the growing gap between the public's impressions of milk, and known facts about milk and dairy foods. He argues that the layperson's understanding of milk has deteriorated as a result of propaganda from activists anxious to destroy milk's favorable image, misinformation in the media, and scare implications from medical research hypotheses.

Patton (emer., Penn State) draws on his more than 50 years of work on milk-flavor synthesis to present a readable history of milk production and consumption... This authoritative and engaging work includes photographs that appear dated but add to the historical and personal nature of the text. Milk will be valuable for any academic library that supports the study of food science, animal science, or human nutrition. Libraries with health and wellness collections will find it useful. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels." --C. Brown, Choice "... knowledge, broad background, and thoughtful scientific matter allow him to become the ultimate science based apologist for milk." Journal of Dairy Science "Knowledgeably written, Milk is a scientifically researched and presented response to modern-day claims downplaying or even attacking the health of milk as a food. Unashamedly pro-dairy consumption, Milk backs its fervent emphasis upon the importance of regularly consuming dairy products as a part of a balanced diet with research, statistics, and modern scientific wisdom." Bookwatch "Patton is one of the few scientists who has the understanding of all aspects of the dairy industry to write such a far-ranging book and he has done so marvelously. This book presents clear and documented facts that will allow the reader to evaluate the radical claims made against the dairy industry by the animal rights activist movement. I would recommend this book as an enjoyable and informative read for anyone interested in nutrition, particularly their own." Thomas W. Keenan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Book format	Paperback
Fiction/nonfiction	Non-Fiction
Genre	Health, Mind & Body
Publication date	August, 2005
Pages	276
Subgenre	Diet & Nutrition
Series title	No Series
Number in series	0
Edition	Revised Edition
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Original languages	English
Language	English
Educational level	General
Is collectible	N
Recording time	0 min
Retail packaging	Single Piece
Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h)	6.12 x 0.70 x 9.12 in
Assembled product weight	0.99 lb
Bisac subject heading	Health & Fitness