how big a difference is there between full fat milk and semi skimmed?

tumsbums
tumsbums Posts: 32 Member
edited May 2016 in Food and Nutrition
Hello! This is more of a nutritionally based question surrounding milk.

I have done research and I know the importance of full fat milk in relation to semi skimmed, and I always go for full fat! However, I sometimes go out to coffee shops and "certain places" only make their lattes etc. with semi skimmed. :'(

This has led me to wonder if drinking semi skimmed milk could lead to bad side effects..eg. Could it cause you to store fats (due to the lack of fat in the milk?) or make you feel hungrier or loose calcium etc?

Sorry for sounding slightly paranoid. :p I would just like to know if the only difference between milks is just that full fat is marginally healthier for you. Thanks for any help with my question!



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  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    Aside from the calories and amount of fat, no significant difference nutritionally. Especially for the amount used in a latte.

  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    how exactly do you think that semi skimmed milk can 'make' your body 'store fats'?
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited May 2016
    Semi skimmed is a good option, its still full of goodness and its not like they're adding to this natural product - some of the fat has been skimmed off, which lowers the calorie and obviously the fat content.

    If you prefer full fat go ahead and have it :smile: .
  • JoshuaMcAllister
    JoshuaMcAllister Posts: 500 Member
    edited May 2016
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    how exactly do you think that semi skimmed milk can 'make' your body 'store fats'?

    Think she's referring to the fact it contains less vits A and E. Nonsense has no real effect on your body gaining fat in such small consumption, very paranoid, its like she's read a study and taken everything as fact.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    edited May 2016
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  • feisty_bucket
    feisty_bucket Posts: 1,047 Member
    tumsbums wrote: »
    I would just like to know if the only difference between milks is just that full fat is marginally healthier for you.

    I'd say so, pick it when you can. Otherwise, don't worry about it.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    You really need to look at your diet as a whole and not obsess over individual components of that diet which you may have once in a while.

    You could have an unhealthy diet with full fat milk or with semi skimmed – or a healthy diet with either or no milk at all.

    You don’t store fat because of the types of food you eat – it’s as a result of a calorie surplus.

    Skimmed milk actually has a little more calcium than semi-skimmed, which in turn has a little more calcium than whole milk. The calcium is in the milk and not in the fat.
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    I drink 2% milk at my house all the time. My husband prefers it and since I grew up on a dairy farm, I think anything not raw (which I could take off the top daily) or ultra low pasteurized (which my grandparents could sell) tastes funny anyway. Neither my husband, our kids, or myself have suffered from it. I am currently drinking fat free half and half in my coffee because I can put it in the fridge at work and other people don't use it. If I buy full fat, they do.

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