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!

If you are a male, or know a man who suffers from the following symptoms, you may like to consider a visit to the GP to check things out:

• Stomach pain
• Bloating
• Excess wind
• Loose bowel movements

The average male needs around 3 serves of dairy foods daily to reach his recommended intake of calcium.  Dairy is also a great source of protein which has been shown to be beneficial for weight management and is needed for muscle maintenance and strength.  A serve of dairy is 250ml of milk, 200g yoghurt or 40g cheese.  If you do experience digestive related issues and they are linked to the lactose in milk, try substituting your regular milk with Pauls Zymil. Pauls Zymil provides the same amount of calcium and protein as standard milk, just without the lactose.

To support Movember and learn more about men’s health, click here for further details.

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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.

Pauls Zymil have launched Zymil Skim Milk and the very first Pauls Zymil Light Thickened Cream!

Pauls Zymil Skim is a fat free milk, with all the great credentials of Zymil including being good source of calcium and 100% lactose free.

Many people with lactose intolerance avoid diary and therefore consume insufficient amounts of calcium and vitamin D. Pauls Zymil provides a useful source of these and other nutrients in dairy without the lactose.

Pauls Zymil Thickened Cream is ideal for pouring and cooking but is not suitable for whipping. Pauls Zymil Cream is 40% less fat than regular thickened cream, is lactose and gluten free and has no preservatives.

Look out for Zymil cream and Zymil Skim next time you go shopping, available in all major retailers across Australia.

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.

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’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

Jason – May 25, 2009