Did you know that March is National Nutrition Month? This is where we are spreading the awareness of the importance of healthy eating habits, physical exercise and overall wellness. If your winter was as bad as ours was here in Iowa, then you are ready to get out there, get active, get healthy and stay healthy!
As you know, milk and other dairy products are good sources of vitamins and minerals. We all hear that milk “does a body good,” but research shows that many people don’t fully understand the whole story of the nutritional value found in dairy! It goes beyond just calcium for strong bones – each serving of dairy provides 8 other essential nutrients, including:
- Vitamin D: Vitamin D (“The Sunshine Vitamin”) promotes calcium absorption and helps strengthen bones. Milk is one of the few dietary sources of vitamin D and just one 8 ounce glass provides 25% of your recommended daily value.
- Protein: Protein builds and repairs muscle tissue while giving you a boost of energy! The protein in milk, cheese and yogurt builds and repairs muscle tissue and can help you feel full.
- Potassium: Did you know that milk and yogurt contain as much potassium as a banana? Potassium regulates the body’s fluid balance and helps maintain normal blood pressure.
- Vitamin B12: Milk and yogurt are also excellent sources of B12, which helps maintain healthy red blood cells and nerve tissue.
Three daily servings of dairy (including low-fat/fat-free milk, cheese or yogurt) deliver exceptional nutrition (for an awesome value) and can contribute to your family’s plan for a healthy diet and lifestyle.
For information, please visit the newly updated http://www.dairymakessense.com. There, you’ll find more information on dairy’s nutritional benefits and links to several recipes for breakfast lunch and/or dinner!
One winner will receive a gift pack that includes the following:
* A Cuisinart CSB-76 Smart Stick Hand Blender (valued at $55.00)
* Dairy Makes Sense recipe cards with new tasty recipes to try out with your family
* Dairy Makes Sense apron
* Hot pad
* Cheese knife
* Grocery pad
* Refrigerator magnet
- Go to http://www.dairymakessense.com
- Come back here and post to me something about dairy that you didn’t know before.
- Twitter the giveaway (copy & paste text below to Twitter. Leave link on comment entry) -OR- You can click the TWEET THIS button on the top or bottom of this post, it will take you directly to Twitter & it will write your tweet for you. Tweet & bring the link back here! You can tweet daily, but be sure to leave your link here, but you must also have the initial entry as asked above!
- Blog about this giveaway (leave link on comment entry)
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- Winner will be chosen at Random and backed up by post content.
- Winner will be contacted via Email. If no response in 48 hours, another winner will be drawn
- For more specifics on how winners are drawn, click here
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- US & Canada entries only
- Contest ends on April 6, 2010 at 11:59 pm Central Time
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About Tanya
Something about dairy that I didn’t know before: “One ounce of hard cheese contains 8 grams of protein; an egg contains 6 grams.”.
The economic downturn has impacted the nation’s dairy farms in a dramatic way. In the first few months of 2009, the price farmers receive for milk declined by about 50%. Today, it costs dairy farmers almost twice as much to produce a gallon of milk as they are getting paid. *
The average shopper spends 30 seconds in the dairy aisle.
I found out that it takes 3 cups of broccoli to equal the calcium in one cup of milk.
Dairy provides four of the seven nutrients that Americans miss the most (calcium, potassium, magnesium and Vitamin A).
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/donnak4/status/11739123800
I learned the Dairy delivers 8 other key nutrients you and your family need.