The MAESTRA project aims to determine how a combination of milk calcium, lactose and fermentable dietary fiber in the same matrix or a fermented matrix can improve the uptake of calcium. Especially made for women since after menopause they are at risk of bone mass losses. Intervention studies will...

Basic science project shows that a specific milk peptide can find its way to the brain. The results may explain why milk may have a calming and soothing effect sleep-inducing effect. In this article, the authors have investigated whether the naturally occurring peptides in milk can signal via the...

More than 100 years ago, scientists discovered that human health depends not only on the proper intake of the energizing nutrients, namely proteins, fat and carbohydrates. There is also another important nutritional factor at stake, what we now call vitamins. Since then, 13 vitamins have been...

During the storage of UHT-treated liquid milk substitutes, Maillard reactions can occur, which are suspected of being harmful to the gut. This research project investigates the effects UHT-treated milk in cell models and intestines of newborn pigs.

Milk contains many protein components with health benefits that are documented in clinical cases. The underlying mechanisms for these positive properties is only understood to a very limited extent. In an interdisciplinary cooperation between Lem Aarhus University, Copenhagen Harbour University and ...

People with metabolic disorders, such as metabolic syndrome (MeS) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), have a distortion in the fat composition that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. This can be modified, among other things, through the diet. Our hypothesis was that whey proteins consumed during...