By Sharon Natoli, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Director of Food & Nutrition Australia

This month is ‘Movember’, an important time for raising much needed funds for men’s health.  Statistics show that men die on average 5 years earlier than women, and one third have not seen a doctor in the past year¹.  So it’s timely to remember that while sensitivity to lactose is often a problem reported by women, it also affects men—but may not to be picked up as readily due to fewer visits to the GP!

As a loyal Pauls Zymil consumer we know how much you love our brand. That’s why we would like to share our very exciting new news with you.

One of the areas of life where the inability to enjoy regular dairy milk becomes really apparent (and really annoying) is when dining out at a café or restaurant. It can be such a nice respite to take some time out during the day at a café for a hot cuppa or to catch up with friends, but so few cafés stock Pauls Zymil that we’re often relegated to ‘enjoying’ a glass of water instead of a nice cup of coffee or tea – or at best settling for a soy option – eeewwwwhhhhh!!!.

So what can we do about this problem? Well, we’re going to create a list of cafés that stock Pauls Zymil so that anyone with a sensitivity to lactose can easily find a café or restaurant near them where they can enjoy lactose free dairy milk in their favourite coffee or tea.

But we need your help to make this happen, so please tell us which cafés/restaurants you know of that stock Pauls Zymil and we’ll put together a comprehensive list and put it on our website so that anyone in Australia will know where to go to enjoy a great tasting lactose free flat white, cappuccino, tea, hot chocolate, iced chocolate – whatever takes your fancy!

And if there’s a café near you that you would appreciate having a lactose free option, let us know their contact details and we’ll contact them on your behalf. In all likelihood they probably simply aren’t aware that they can cater to a lactose free dairy milk market, and so we’ll let you know if they agree to stock Zymil.

If you’d like a copy of the list, just subscribe over there on the right and we’ll let you know when it’s available.

Tasmanians with sensitivities to lactose rejoice! We are delighted to announce that Pauls Zymil is now available in Tasmania at Coles supermarkets in the fresh milk section. Both low fat and full cream varieties are available in a 1 litre carton.

If you haven’t tried Pauls Zymil before, but find that milk can sometimes disagree with you, here’s your opportunity to discover how you can enjoy as much milk as your heart desires without having to pay the price with an upset stomach.

So Tasmanians – look for Pauls Zymil in the fresh milk section next time you’re shopping at Coles.

We’re very happy to announce the return of regular posts right here on the Zymil blog!

We’ll have lots of great new lactose free recipes, and we’ll also be posting easy to digest facts, health and wellbeing tips, and other info to help lactose sensitive people live life to the fullest.

Just in case you’re not already a Pauls Zymil drinker, a bit of background: Pauls Zymil is a milk developed specifically for those with lactose sensitivity, and is available in both full cream and low fat varieties.

• It’s lactose free
• easy to digest
• has the great taste of real milk (because it is)
• is gluten free
• and rich in calcium.

Basically it allows you to enjoy everything you love about milk again, including all the health benefits, calcium and of course – the great taste. Our loyal customers swear by it, so if you have trouble digesting normal milk – do yourself a favour and try Pauls Zymil out.

Oh, and if you’d like to get recipes, health tips and other relevant info, just enter your email address over there on the right and we’ll let you know when there’s a new blog entry (don’t worry, we’ll keep your email address strictly confidential and won’t share it with anyone).

We saw this feel good story from earlier in the year that we just had to share.

A study by the School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development at Newcastle University in the UK¹ identified that cows which were happier than other cows produced more milk.

The researchers gave the animals more one-to-one attention to make them feel happier and more relaxed as well as named the cows Betsy or Gertrude or Daisy then found the overall milk yield of these cows improved by almost 284 Litres annually.

How wonderful!

It makes sense though. CEO’s of major companies indicate that happier employees are more productive at work². So why shouldn’t it be the same for our bovine friends as well?

We are just glad that all the Betsies, Gertrudes and Daisies are given the attention they deserve for producing such a wonderful product like milk.

1 CNN:
http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/29/happy-cows-produce-more-milk-study-finds/

2 The Happiness Institute:
http://www.thehappinessinstitute.com.au/blog/article.aspx?c=3&a=1015&pcPage=54