Green Machine Protein Shake

Research shows that eating a nutritious breakfast improves academic performance, concentration and leads to a healthy body weight. Make sure you add milk or dairy to your breakfast for a good start!

Hard and semi-hard Cheese such as cheddar of gouda, is an alternative source of protein and can therefore replace food such as meat, fish or eggs in the diet.

Amasi is made from Milk that is fermented with good bacteria, giving it a special taste enjoyed by many South Africans.

Yoghurt is a convenient and tasty on-the-go snack. Yoghurt contains good bacteria which aids digestion.

Cheese contain almost no lactose, so even those with lactose intolerance can enjoy Dairy!

Almost 99% of the calcium in the body is contained in the bones!

Almost all of the vitamins known to be essential to humans are found in Milk!

Cow’s Milk protein is considered to be a ‘complete protein’, because it contains all nine essential amino acids required for growth and which cannot be synthesised by the body.

Late for school? For an on-the-run breakfast have a drinking Yoghurt!

Help your muscles recover after exercise with a bowl of cereal with low-fat Milk or a flavoured Milk drink. They’re as good as sports drinks BUT with the added benefit of protein, calcium and other nutrients.

Milk, flavoured Milk and low-fat flavoured Yoghurt are a good source of good quality protein to keep your fuller for longer

Dairy provides 4 of the 7 nutrients South Africans normally lack in their diet

Having Milk, Maas or Yoghurt every day packs a punch in the fight against potential nutrient deficiencies.

Go for foods that naturally contain calcium such as Milk and Yoghurt, flavoured Milk, Cheese, instead of taking calcium supplements.

To optimise bone growth make sure you drink and eat enough calcium rich food + 10min of healthy sunshine per day to stock-up on vitamin D + exercises like soccer, swimming or skipping.

Dairy is a natural source of calcium + nine other essential nutrients.

Stocking up on calcium is most important between 9 and 19 years to build strong bones! Teenagers should have between 3 to 4 servings of Dairy a day.

Have a milk or dairy-rich breakfast to kick-start your metabolism for the day – you’ll be less likely to crave unhealthy snacks later in the morning

3-A-Day™ dairy is the way. Three servings of Dairy are recommended for an everyday healthy, balanced diet.

Dairy contains carbohydrates & protein which are awesome for muscle recovery after an exercise workout.

Did you know? Flavoured Milk makes an excellent (and super delicious) sports recovery drink.

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