Don't drink milk? Here's how to get enough calcium and other nutrients
- Written by Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle

Cow’s milk is an excellent source of calcium which, along with vitamin D, is needed to build strong, dense bones.
Milk also contains protein, the minerals phosphorus, potassium, zinc and iodine, and vitamins A, B2 (riboflavin) and B12 (cobalamin).
As a child I drank a lot of milk. It was delivered in pint bottles to our front...