Milk has nutrients the body can use for energy the carton is empty The milk is on its way through her digestive system After eating Janie goes outside for recess She runs around with her friends Then Janie goes back to the classroom All the while her body is breaking down the milk she drank Janie's stomach and intestines break the milk into tiny parts her body can use 6
Some parts are sugars The sugar in milk is called lactose It gives Janie energy right away It powers her muscles helping her run climb and jump on the playground Milk's fats and proteins come in bigger pieces They take longer to digest Her body uses this energy later in the day Other parts of the milk including calcium will become part of Janie's muscles bones brain and skin as she grows 7
WHERE DOES DAIRY COME RUMINANTS MAKE FROM IT HAPPEN Female cows goats All mammals make milk But humans don't drink sheep and other dog cat or mouse milk All mammals make milk over the world people milk cows sheep yaks goats and for their babies Baby camels These animals are mammals calves ruminants Ruminants have strong digestive systems lambs and human Their multipart stomachs babies drink milk can break down tough foods from their mothers such as dry grasses In the past some communities went bodies When mammal through seasons of little babies are very young food But ruminants could eat the dry tough grasses The milk from their mothers communities relied on the is the only food ruminants milk to survive in places where they couldn't they need otherwise find food People also drink animals milk And people use milk to make foods such as cheese yogurt and butter Milk and foods made from milk are 8
All mammals need milk when they are young called dairy products or dairy foods Cheese yogurt and butter are also dairy products In the United States 97 percent of dairy products come from cows But all foods made from mammals milk are called dairy products 9
