read a weird thing about skim milk...

Dairy fat can actually help us lose weight as it helps the transit of other fats out of our system.
http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v12/n4/full/oby200467a.html

If you like milk, drink the kind you prefer. Too often we make food choices based on perceived health benefits and pseudo-science/anecdotal evidence - we forget about what really tastes good. Making food choices that we enjoy is important as it helps keep us satiated in mind/body/spirit and if we're happy in ourselves we are less likely to succumb to temptations and give up. I think the 80/20 rule (nutritious/naughty) is pretty good, although I probably practice the 70/30 rule more often

serving size is 1 cup- 11 grams of sugar in skim milk and I was looking at the Poinsettia brand

i drink whole milk...Friendly Farms (Aldi brand) says 1 cup serving size is 12g sugar....so yes skim milk isn't any better for you then whole milk in regards to sugar content.

I also heard somewhere that soy milk is very fattening! I switch from regular milk because of lactose intolerance. I also enjoy almond milk and there is craze for coconut milk? Has anybody else heard this or have any ideas or suggestions, which is the right way to go for nutrition and weight? I am not a big milk drinker any way but once in a while I get the huge craving, do we really need to drink milk?

I don't drink skim anymore because my endocrinologist advised me not to - it does have more sugar than regular milk & I am "pre-diabetic". Regular milk only has 8% fat anyway - not an problem unless of course you drink gallons a day!! I would if I could, but I actually only drink almond milk these days purely because it has a much lower calorie content than other forms of milk but without extra sugar. Personally, I'd say drink whatever milk allows you to maintain your health, lose weight, or whatever it is you want to do! :drinker:

My wife and I only drink raw whole milk. If you are afraid of raw milk, still get pasteurized but unhomogenized. If you don't want it so rich, take the cream off the top yourself instead of shaking it up (you're essentially making your own 1 or 2% milk that way without the homogenization craziness. Making homogenized milk involves putting it through insane amounts of pressure to break up fat molecules into standard sizes, which can do weird things to the milk, making protein encased fat molecules that some researchers think can increase allergic reactions in people. Making milk skim is even weirder as it involves dehydrating the milk and doing all sorts of chemical manipulations to remove fat before rehydrating it.

The further benefit of whole milk is that the fat in it is GOOD fat. It's a slow to die myth that all fat is bad.

I used to be severely lactose intolerant prior to consuming raw milk which I believe was a two fold benefit of getting the beneficial gut bacteria to break it down (these are killed off in the pasteurization process) and because of the above mentioned lack of homogenization.

Cows evolved to produce the perfect type of milk. All the human manipulations of it, and any other food (thinking we can improve on nature) is hubris. Another perfect example of this would be the invention of Crisco in place of the demonized lard. Turns out, lard was better for you all along! No trans fats!

The more processed a food is, the less likely it is to be good for you. Skim and even homogenized milk are way more processed than most people imagine.

Drink whatever milk you prefer. I think skim milk is repulsive, but I have nothing against other people drinking it. It's fine. Stories like this are just designed to get attention to sell advertising. Don't play in to it.


Cue:
"Humans are the only animals that drink milk of another animal"
"saturated fat gives you diabetes"
"Cow's milk has too much sugar"
"Humans don't have the enzymes to digest lactose"
"Drink Raw milk"
"Drink whole milk"
"Drink whole raw milk"
"Milk is full of pus"
"Dairy farming is abusive"
"Soy is evil, drink anything but soy milk!"
"Milk makes you fat, it's designed to make a calf grow rapidly in to a cow"


Just thought I'd head off all the stupid arguments bound to show up here....

Saturated Fat gives you Diabetes?????????????

Where did you get that nonsense from??????????

I'll let MoreBean speak for herself but these were all statements make by various posters on recent threads regarding milk. They were not made by MoreBean but by others and yes, they were made in dead earnest.

Skim milk has 12 gram of sugars, all milk sugars
1% milk has 13 grams of sugar, all milk sugars
2% milk has 12 grams of sugar, all milk sugars
whole milk has 12 grams of sugar, all milk sugars
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I can not get past this. It is really bugging my brain. WHERE the extra 1 gram come from in the 1%?

If you have 100ml of liquid, and take away the fat, then the 100ml without the fat will have a higher concentration of protein and sugars.

Milk is be different in different countries I guess - the skim milk I used to buy has 14g of sugar per 100g compared to the full cream milk which has 12g per 100g. Not a massive difference but when you have to watch your sugar it is significant...

i like milk but i've also switched me and my bf to almond milk. i buy vanilla unsweetened and it has about 40 calories per cup and less than 2gs of sugar!

I think Dr. Oz just promotes items because companies reach out to the producers to promote their products.

I just heard on the news that sale of Whole Milk is at its lowest ever. So, how do you raise the sale of whole milk? Have a daytime show, which plenty of stay at home moms watch, and make up a story about how Whole Milk is better than Skim milk.

I know there are some benefits to drinking whole milk, but don't knock down skim milk?

See article below:

http://www.jsonline.com/business/us-milk-sales-reach-lowest-level-in-decades-4m6mnqa-168400516.html

http://moneyland.time.com/2012/09/07/got-milk-increasingly-the-answer-is-no/

Dr. Oz isn't what I'd call a quack. Most (but not all) of the stuff he says does is actually supported by research. However, like all talking heads on TV, he sensationalizes things. Dr. Oz overstated how bad skim milk is because right now people are under a strange misconception that it's the healthier alternative when it's not.

I spent years drinking crappy tasting skim milk because I thought it was healthy. So I was pretty annoyed to find out that the research shows whole milk is actually healthier for you. Although it's great to be drinking good tasting whole milk again! There's a good literate review on http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/ for those interested in comparing full fat dairy to skim dairy.