More than any other food, milk is controversial. We guzzle it by the gallon, spending almost £3 billion a year on dairy products, and many people believe it's vital in pregnancy, for growing children and for keeping your bones healthy in later life. Yet, two thirds of the world's population, including some of the healthiest nations, don't eat dairy products.

So, what's the truth about milk? Thanks to Dr Justine Butler, whose comprehensive scientific report on the health consequences of consuming milk has just been published, you can find out for yourself. Dr Butler's extensive report goes through a long list of health concerns, from acne to osteoporosis, and suggests that there is a clear evidence that consumption of dairy products is linked to increased risk of cancer - especially breast, prostate and colorectal cancers - cardiovascular disease and numerous digestive disorders from Crohn's to constipation and colic in babies... It makes for very interesting reading - but beware, it might put you off your pint....

"On the whole, we have increasingly poor nutrition and diet and are more unhealthy than ever," says David Heber, Ph.D, Chairman of UCLA and Herbalife's Nutrition Advisory Board.
"This combines with other modern lifestyle factors such as stress and pollution could increase the risks of variety of illnesses and obesity."

• The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified obesity as a chronic disease, set to overtake some of the more common causes of ill health such as under nutrition and infectious diseases
• According to the National Audit Office Report on Tackling Obesity in England, the four most common health problems related to obesity are: High blood pressure, Coronary Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, Certain Cancers
• According to Cancer Research UK, experts think that dietary factors are estimated to account for 30% of all cancers and that about quarter of all cancer deaths are caused by unhealthy diets and increasing obesity
• A 2004 UK Diabetes report found that the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes increases by up to 10 times in people with high body fat percentage and BMI above 30

• 43% of men and 33% of women were overweight in 2003
• In the same year, 22% of men and 23% of women were obese and, based on the current trends, 33% of men and 28% of women will be obese by 2010
• 19% of boys and 22% of girls aged two to 15 will be obese by 2010

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There are some foods you should never be without!

The body needs balanced nutrition to perform optimally. If you want to safely and comfortably control or maintain your weight, Formula 1, a meal replacement product, specially formulated, is a unique blend of ingredients that provide easily absorbed, high-quality soy proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and dietary fibres.

To give you an idea just how nutritious it is, one shake provides the following approximate nutrient levels:

Vitamin A = (equivalent to) 120g cheddar cheese (47% EU RDA)
vitamin C = 100g boiled cabbage (29% EU RDA)
Vitamin D = 50g tinned tuna (50% EU RDA)
Vitamin E = 50g dry roasted cashew nuts (51% EU RDA)
Vitamin B6 = 100g cooked lentils (33% EU RDA)
Vitamin B12 = two raw eggs (154% EU RDA)
Calcium = 80g tofu (52% EU RDA)
Zinc = 85g cooked crab (32% EU RDA)
Magnesium = 248ml carrot juice (18% EU RDA)
Iron = 155g cooked beef steak (38% EU RDA)
Potassium = 100g cooked soya beans (NA)
Copper = one avocado (NA)
Selenium = 90g cooked liver (NA)
Dietary Fibre = four slices wholemeal bread (20% EU RDA)

Imagine the amount of calories you would be consuming daily in order to give your body minimum amount of every single nutrient your body needs every single day to ensure proper metabolism, growth, repair, detoxification and reproduction: it is estimated that you would need to consume food that would range between 4000-6000 calories (that would make one seriously obese, no doubt) to achieve the same thing. Formula 1 smoothie only contains approximate. 217 calories.

A person will dedicate years of life to the training necessary to become an airplane pilot, electronics technician, architect, or some other professional; yet many, probably most, show little regard for the ONLY PERFECT MACHINE – THE HUMAN BODY. We may have considered that there may be laws and rules governing our universe and nature, but how many of us have reasoned that there might also be specific rules for the efficient operation of those perfect machines – our bodies?

The human body has ten systems that work together harmoniously for normal function. These are the muscular, skeletal, nervous, lymphatic, excretory, respiratory, digestive, circulatory, glandular, and reproductive systems. Each is a separate entity, yet each is also dependent on each of the others. The system that we have the most control over is THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, through the way we feed ourselves; this, in turn, affects all the others.

The results of a recent study indicated that omitting breakfast causes metabolic shifts in insulin sensitivity that result in greater food consumption, higher cholesterol concentrations, and a greater risk for fat gain. The risk of onset of type 2 diabetes is also raised.

Skipping breakfast may put you on the fast track to bodyweight gain and heart disease, according this study. Researchers found that healthy people who skipped breakfast for two weeks ate more during the rest of the day, developed higher "bad" LDL cholesterol levels, and were less sensitive to insulin than those who ate breakfast every day. High LDL cholesterol levels and impaired insulin sensitivity are both major risk factors for heart disease. Skipping breakfast has become more common in recent years, perhaps due to efforts to drop fat or time pressures in the am. But at the same time, the prevalence of obesity and overweight has also dramatically increased.

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