Do you record

NO WAY! There's natural fat, sodium, and protein in it. I log EVERYTHING I eat unless I literally can't.

Yes, just because of the calories. But I do log everything!

definitely! even no fat milk has calories.

I might be the wrong person to ask since I'm not really on the milk bandwagon... In cultures in Africa where they don't drink milk from cows, osteoporosis is basically unheard of! So I limit my milk intake and try to get my calcium from plant-based sources. But to each his own!

Scratching my head... what kind of logic is that?!? I record everything... because I like to not only keep track of the basics (fats, cals, proteins, carbs)... I also monitor my calcium, potassium, sodium, sugar, and vitamin levels.

Record everything... ev-ery-thing.

I record everything

In the morning, I used to have roughly 1 1/2 cups of milk IN my cereal and 2-3 cups in a glass to drink along w/ my cereal. Now that I'm tracking, its 1 cup in cereal and 1 cup to drink. Its still really good for me, but not killing the calories. But yes, count it.

1.) milk IS good for most people (not lactose intolerant I guess).

BUT- a little known fact is that "raw milk" is best, although a lot of states made it illegal. Studies have shown that even lactose intolerant people can drink raw milk. It's not milk that is bad, it is (duh) what people DO to it with all the processing, that is bad. Adding hormones, ultra pasteurizing, etc.

Milk is NOT bad. Fat is not bad. Processing is bad. Google it and read if you don't believe me.



but it does "count" on here. . ha ha I think everything counts in a food diary.

WHOLE COW'S MILK

Calories per pint: 370. Fat per pint: 22 grams.

Cow's milk is packed with a range of nutrients, including protein, calcium, zinc, vitamins A and B, and iodine.

The National Osteoporosis Society recommends that adults consume 800mg of calcium each day to protect their bones, while growing teenagers should have 1,000mg.

For many people, milk is as good a source as any of the mineral - one glass of milk contains 300mg. Only tinned pilchards and sardines eaten with their bones provide more calcium weight for weight than milk does.

However, cow's milk has been linked to a number of health conditions.

One piece of research says women who have more than 90g of fat a day from sources such as full cream milk are at an increased risk of breast cancer. This could be because pregnant cows produce oestrogen, which goes into the milk. Excess oestrogen has been linked to breast cancer.

This could also explain Japan's low rates of breast cancer - they prefer soya milk.

Because whole cow's milk is high in saturated fat, it can lead to heart disease, high cholesterol and even cancer. Milk is also considered a trigger for eczema.

Anecdotal evidence links drinking milk to increased phlegm production. It therefore should be avoided by those with respiratory conditions such as asthma.

Another study linked high consumption of full-fat milk to increased risk of coronary heart disease in women. Again, this could be because of its high fat content, which is linked to elevated cholesterol.

Meanwhile, a study in Finland has suggested that children may be vulnerable to insulindependent diabetes later in life after exposure to cow's milk - as opposed to breast milk - while very young. The evidence has not been regarded as conclusive, however.

Milk needs to be avoided by those who have lactose intolerance - a deficiency in the body of the enzyme lactose which is needed to break down and digest dairy products.

Now new Swedish research has linked drinking more than a glass of milk a day to ovarian cancer. The milk sugar lactose is thought to over-stimulate the production of hormones, which could encourage tumours.

This applies not only to fullcream milk, but also to semiskimmed and skimmed cow's milk.