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Dairy Council
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The Gut and Gut Health

This section contains information on the gut and gut health and, in particular, on the role dairy foods can play, including the 'milk sugar' lactose. 

It includes presentations from our conferences and symposia.

DCNI ‘Milk It’ Sports Nutrition Seminar, Belfast, November 2023

Professor Gareth Wallis, University of Birmingham - Delivering carbohydrates for exercise with dairy - the application of lactose in sports nutrition

Click here to watch a recording.

DCNI Nutrition & Health Conference, Belfast, April 2018

Dr Megan Rossi, King’s College London - The low FODMAP diet for IBS: panacea or just another fad?
Links to FODMAP research:

Meta–analysis

Mechanisms beyond gut function control I

Mechanisms beyond gut function control II

World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (WCO–IOF–ESCEO), Krakow, April 2018

Microbiota and bone health summary

Scientific Overview

Dairy Matrix

Bone Health

Cardio-metabolic Health

Weight Management

Muscle Maintenance in Older People

Sustainable Diets

Exercise Nutrition

Nutrient Richness

Health Professionals

This section of our website is specifically for nutrition and health professionals to help keep you up to date with the latest nutrition research, particularly in relation to milk and dairy products. You’ll find summaries and presentations from our conferences and events, together with scientific overviews of dairy and health topics.