Nuestros Sabores

National Dairy Council and Dairy Council of California thank you for celebrating culinary heritage with Nuestros Sabores! This symposium brought together thought leaders in healthcare, nutrition and culinary medicine from across the nation to: 

• Explore behind-the-scenes milk processing and innovation tours 
  
• Experiment flavor through cheese and honey tasting  
  
• Learn about the impact of nutrition on the first 1,000 days of life  
  
• Discuss gut health optimization with fermented foods  
  
• Dive into culinary medicine case studies and application  
• Share emerging health and nutrition trends  
  
• Equip attendees with knowledge and resources to share the importance of food choices to enhance health outcomes 

Access the full presentation slides from the event and revisit the insights that inspired the discussion.

Full Presentation Slides

• Agenda
• Speaker Bios

The following page includes additional resources that can be referenced before and following the symposium. 

Cultural Relevancy: 

• Nuestros Sabores (Cookbook) 
• Feeding Infants and Toddlers: Highlighting Hispanic Heritage Foods (Resource, English and Spanish) 
• Soulful Creations (Cookbook) 
• Feeding Infants and Young Toddlers Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Highlighting African, Black and Caribbean Heritage Foods (Resource) 
• Executive summary: The role of dairy food intake for improving health among Black Americans across the life continuum (Journal of the National Medical Association)  

First 1,000 Days: 

• Feeding the Mind and Body: Collaborative Care to Optimize Nutrition and Food Education in the First Five Years of Life (Webinar; Earn 1.5 IPCE CPEU, AMA PRA Category 1) 
• Dairy Every Day Is a Healthy Way to Nourish Brains, Bones, and Bodies – Backgrounder (Resource) 
• Dairy Every Day is a Healthy Way (Infographic) 
  • Spanish Version 
• Airplane Choo Choo: A Guide to Feeding Your Baby for the First Two Years (Resource) 
  • Spanish Version 
• Dairy in Pregnancy and Lactation (Science Brief) 
• Dairy Foods Help Nourish Infants and Toddlers (Science Summary) 
• Dairy Foods for Cognitive Development in Infants (Article and Video – USDairy.com) 
• The Importance of Iodine in Prenatal Brain Development (Resource) 
• Nourish & Flourish Speaker’s Toolkit (Request Access through Form) 

Dairy as Part of Healthy Eating Patterns: 

• Dairy Foods Help People Thrive Across the Lifespan (Resource) 
• The Power of 3 Daily Servings of Dairy Foods (Resource) 
  • Spanish Version 
• Real Milk, Real Benefits: Health consequences of replacing real dairy milk (Resource) 
  • Spanish Version 
• Dairy + Plant-Based Diets: A Way to a Balanced Meal (Resource) 
• Dairy & Blood Pressure: A Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) (Article – American Dairy Association North East) 
• Dairy and Inflammation Science Summary
• Fermented Dairy Foods and Gut Health Science Summary
• PURE Study: Full Fat Dairy Foods Support Heart Health
• What’s in Your Glass? Comparing Plant-Based Beverages and Milk Nutrition

The Dairy Matrix: 

• Rethinking Dairy Using the Dairy Matrix (Article – USDairy.com) 
• Decrypting the messages in the matrix: The proceedings of a symposium on dairy food matrix science and public health opportunities (Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition) 
• The Dairy Matrix Explained: Health benefits beyond individual nutrients (Video) 

Sustainable Nutrition

• National Dairy Farm Program
• UC Davis CLEAR Center GHG Guru Blog 

2025 Food & Nutrition Trends: 

• Trends 2025 (Article – Dairy Council of California)