Full or low fat dairy?

dykekatie435

I've very recently turned to no dairy, or at least minimal dairy, if you think about it milk is given to children and baby animals to help them grow as an adult you do not need as many of the nutrients inside milk especially full fat, I now drink almond milk unsweetened and alpro non dairy yoghurt, found it's helped so much with dropping weight. I don't feel any different and it doesn't taste any different in tea or on cereal to me. Don't get me wrong if I'm at a friends I'll drink it, but it's a whole lot less as I was an avid tea and coffee drinker :-)

dykekatie435

Also I don't eat cheese, only because I don't like the taste, but if you do, then cut out dairy in milk, and get it from the cheese :-)

briscogun

When I was in weight-loss mode, I used lots of "lite" options (lite mayo, lite sour cream, cheese made with 2% milk, etc). Also, I cut out milk and switched to Almond Milk. A cup of 2% milk runs about 120 calories, almond milk is like 30-35 I believe. I used sliced American cheese that goes for 60 calories a slice. If I used milk, I would try to get 1%. I don't think I've ever had whole milk in my life. Using lighter options when cutting calories is just smart to me, it's how I got from there to here.

Now that I'm maintaining, I use full-fat options to get my calories up easily without having to eat more food.

Pascooty

I grew up on a farm, we had our own home milk and butter. I am lactose intolerant though. Almost all dairy I buy is light and the milk is skim (with the exception of cheese - some foods are worth the suffering!). I never actually bought lighter dairy for fear of the fat, just the lactose issue.