On average, any female or male over the age of 9 should be having 3 servings of dairy foods a day. anyone between the age of 2 and 8 should be having 2 servings of dairy products a day.
1 serving would be classed as:
1 cup of milk or yoghurt,
1.5 ounces of natural cheese or 2 ounces of processed cheese.
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I drink a couple glasses of milk each day and not much else dairy and i am healthy.
2-3 a day is ideal, the older you become the more you are at risk for osteoporosis and getting enough calcium is crucial to ones health