Milk

I LOVE milk, but recently looked at the calories and was shocked, to say the least. I drink 2% reduced fat and 1 c. is 130 calories! Not worth the calories to me since a drinking glass is about 2 1/2 cups.

"no animal drinks milk from another species beyond infancy"

My MIL says this all the time!!! Umm... they dont' cook their meat either so start eating your steaks raw. It's not my fault we were blessed with opposable thumbs and abstract thought LOL

If you serve milk to an animal, they WILL drink it and probably like it too! So the only reason they don't is because they can't milk one LOL

:laugh: Love when ppl counter a stupid remark with something that totally debunks it :drinker:
I practically do eat my steaks raw but I sure as hell drink milk. I would drink milk even if it came from chicken. Leave cows alone they makes us full and keep us less thirsty

Yeah, my reply to that is that animals are not as smart as they are. If my dog had the brains to figure out a way to milk a cow, she totally would.

well yeah, and because they're dumb, they'll drink anything you put in front of them, even if it causes them anything from simple stomach discomfort to vomitting and diarrhea.

grown mammals are generally lactose intolerant. this is a fact.

I wont argue with you Coach I may need you in the future for advice you are not so kooky about

it's kooky to relay facts about lactose intolerance but say that as long as you're NOT lactose intolerant milk is absolutely fine?

huh.

used to drink skim, but switched over to unsweetened almond milk....and I'm never going back.

What are the advantages of unsweetened almond milk? It comes up a lot in fitness friendly recipies.

it's kooky to relay facts about lactose intolerance but say that as long as you're NOT lactose intolerant milk is absolutely fine?

huh.

Sorry Coach, but I find this quite ironic and kind of funny. In the thread where I actually agree with the fundamental point you are making (stated above) you are getting called kooky. You must be scratching your head.

FOR ME ITS NONE I HATE IT AND ITS A WASTE OF CALORIES

used to drink skim, but switched over to unsweetened almond milk....and I'm never going back.

What are the advantages of unsweetened almond milk? It comes up a lot in fitness friendly recipies.

Only 30 calories per cup. It's just almond flavored water with calcium added. Very little other nutrition.

Then what is the point in drinking it? Milk has so much more good stuff for you.

Some of us don't digest cow's milk so well anymore. That's my main reason, really.

I still can't understand why we drink another animals milk. Cows don't drink cows milk once they are weaned. The whole thing boggles my mind. Good marketing dairy industry.

Humans have been drinking cow's milk eons longer than there has been a "dairy industry." I can understand why people drink it: It tastes good and provides a lot of basic nutrition. People around the world drink all kinds of animal milk, not just cow: horse, goat, sheep, camel. It's really a first world luxury to make a fuss about it.

I like 1 or 2%

I PREFER fat free. But I heard recently that everything under whole milk will have aspertame added to it. ?? I'm looking more into it and if that's the case we will be getting our milk from a dairy, going whole only or almond milk...

I've seen this in a few places. Not true. IIRC, the background to this is: Some producers apparently want to market a lower calorie flavored milk, using aspertame. The current regulations governing milk do not allow adding artificial sweeteners to any product sold as "milk" (e.g., chocolate milk). To sell your lower calorie chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla "milk," you can't call it milk; instead it has to be called something like "dairy beverage." Those who want to change the regulation are seeking to be able to call their product "_____ milk."

I read about this in Slate or the NYTimes a few months ago, so my recall about it may not be perfect.

I PREFER fat free. But I heard recently that everything under whole milk will have aspertame added to it. ?? I'm looking more into it and if that's the case we will be getting our milk from a dairy, going whole only or almond milk...

I've seen this in a few places. Not true. IIRC, the background to this is: Some producers apparently want to market a lower calorie flavored milk, using aspertame. The current regulations governing milk do not allow adding artificial sweeteners to any product sold as "milk" (e.g., chocolate milk). To sell your lower calorie chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla "milk," you can't call it milk; instead it has to be called something like "dairy beverage." Those who want to change the regulation are seeking to be able to call their product "_____ milk."

I read about this in Slate or the NYTimes a few months ago, so my recall about it may not be perfect.

That basically sums it up.

1% or 2%...What's your opinion and why? Growing up we always drank Fat Free, now I drink 1% most of the time and sometimes 2%.

Asks a legit innocent question. Devolves into

RAWR DON'T DRINK MILK vs RAWR DRINK MILK.

Never fails, everytime.

I PREFER fat free. But I heard recently that everything under whole milk will have aspertame added to it. ?? I'm looking more into it and if that's the case we will be getting our milk from a dairy, going whole only or almond milk...

I've seen this in a few places. Not true. IIRC, the background to this is: Some producers apparently want to market a lower calorie flavored milk, using aspertame. The current regulations governing milk do not allow adding artificial sweeteners to any product sold as "milk" (e.g., chocolate milk). To sell your lower calorie chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla "milk," you can't call it milk; instead it has to be called something like "dairy beverage." Those who want to change the regulation are seeking to be able to call their product "_____ milk."

I read about this in Slate or the NYTimes a few months ago, so my recall about it may not be perfect.

That basically sums it up.

Can't blame them really. To market milk where the lactose is removed ( I suspect) and a sweetener added has got be like winning the lottery.......

I'm not sure they're seeking to remove lactose and replace it with artificial sweetener. I think they just want to add the artifical sweetener, along with the chocolate/vanilla/strawberry flavoring, and then call it "reduced calorie (or low calorie) chocolate/vanilla/strawberry milk." The calorie profile would then be similar to regular white milk. In other words, I don't think they're aiming to market a lower calorie white milk by replacing lactose with NutraSweet (gross). I could be wrong.

I PREFER fat free. But I heard recently that everything under whole milk will have aspertame added to it. ?? I'm looking more into it and if that's the case we will be getting our milk from a dairy, going whole only or almond milk...

I've seen this in a few places. Not true. IIRC, the background to this is: Some producers apparently want to market a lower calorie flavored milk, using aspertame. The current regulations governing milk do not allow adding artificial sweeteners to any product sold as "milk" (e.g., chocolate milk). To sell your lower calorie chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla "milk," you can't call it milk; instead it has to be called something like "dairy beverage." Those who want to change the regulation are seeking to be able to call their product "_____ milk."

I read about this in Slate or the NYTimes a few months ago, so my recall about it may not be perfect.

That basically sums it up.

Can't blame them really. To market milk where the lactose is removed ( I suspect) and a sweetener added has got be like winning the lottery.......

It would definitely help my macros when cutting.

Been consuming organic 2%, mostly for the extra CLA for the last 5 yrs or so switching to organic goat milk periodically. Preference should be the key reason imo. Not a fan of 0 fat, nor would I serve it to anyone because of the milk powders used for taste and viscosity,

I am curious..what does goat milk taste like? Anything like cow milk? My husband wants to get goats for milk. I know that when I was born, I had asthma really bad and the doctor had my parents put me on goats milk. Don't understand why...

Been consuming organic 2%, mostly for the extra CLA for the last 5 yrs or so switching to organic goat milk periodically. Preference should be the key reason imo. Not a fan of 0 fat, nor would I serve it to anyone because of the milk powders used for taste and viscosity,

I am curious..what does goat milk taste like? Anything like cow milk? My husband wants to get goats for milk. I know that when I was born, I had asthma really bad and the doctor had my parents put me on goats milk. Don't understand why...

Goat's milk is less allergenic and easier for people with lactose sensitivity to digest. It has less casein and less lactose than cow's milk.