"Even the case against whole milk, condemned by some critics as nothing less than a glass of liquid fat, is more complex than it seems. It’s true that kids who drink a lot of whole milk drink a lot of calories, but milk can actually help control weight, since calcium binds with fat in the food digesting in your gut, meaning that you absorb less of that fat. Some studies have seen no significant differences among skim, low-fat and whole milk when it comes to weight control. What’s more, when you take all of the fat out of milk, you’re left with too high a concentration of natural sugars, which interacts like candy with your hormones, especially insulin."
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, TIME, September 12, 2011
Moderation is essential. It’s almost almost always better just to have less of the real, whole version of a food than it is to eat its reduced-fat, highly processed “diet” alternative.
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I always end up getting into stupid little arguments with my friends about how whole milk is gross (and it is), but the thought that it actually may be just as healthy/healthier than the lower fat milk alternatives is good to know.
