Only 30 percent of teenage boys and 12 percent of teenage girls meet this recommendation. B-12 deficiency can cause anemia, confusion, loss of balance, and nerve damage. The solution, according to USDA, is to eat more fortified cereals and dairy products. About 72 percent of the calcium in the U.S. food supply comes from dairy foods. June is dairy month.
People crave cheese more than any other food.
Milk is sometimes called nature's most nearly perfect food. Americans eat about 350 slices of pizza per second, or almost 3 billion pizzas per year. It takes about 30 cups of milk to make 1 pound of butter. 99 percent of all U.S. households purchase milk.