Thursday, February 10, 2011

Drinking Milk Helps Children Maintain A Healthy Weight

Rich protein, Vitamins, Minerals and necessary amino acids The milk is a full sustenance and nutrients essential for proper power children, adults and children. Everybody knows, in fact, that the milk is fine for children. What not everyone knows, while, is that the Milk also helps maintain a healthy weight. Scientific studies have in fact shown that children who mostly consume milk have weigh less compared to their peers who do not imbibe. A current Italian research, for example, by conduct ‘Institute of Nutrition of CNR has shown that children who imbibe milk are usually more lean those who do not imbibe it. Specially, the study, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, explored the eating habits of approximately 1,000 school-age children, focusing primarily on milk consumption. The researchers also analyzed the body mass index of children in relationships to dietary habits and other factors such as the practice of physical activity.
The analysis of data collected, it was originated that there is a relationship between the consumption of milk and body. Body weight of children who imbibe milk once a day is less than that of children who do not consume at all and the weight is even lower in children who imbibe numerous times during the day. In the ago, some other Swedish research of Sahlgrenska Academy of Goteborg appeared that children who mostly imbibe milk are leaner than approximately 4 pounds than children who do not drink.
The causes of relationship between milk and body weight are yet not very clear to the researchers. Of course, you know that much depends on the Football present in milk that favors mechanisms fat on fire. According to scientists, in addition, children who imbibe milk are more likely to pursue a diet balanced, though those who do not imbibe tend to skip the initial Breakfast, To build big meals and drinking a set sugary drinks.

Nutrition In Milk And Milk Substitutes






About a year ago, Silk Soymilk ran an ad campaign featuring cows talking about the health benefits they get from drinking Silk instead of milk. Here is one example:
Clever, eh? But really, how true is it? Is a product like Silk better than milk, whether that’s pasteurized/homogenized milk or raw milk? Today, let’s look at milk and compare it to all of the various other “milks” people use to replace real dairy in their diet.


The Nutrition Facts Of Milk And Milk Substitutes


There are any number of reasons why people choose not to include milk in their diets. For those of us that adhere to a Primal or Paleo lifestyle, milk doesn’t fit. Vegans and some vegetarians don’t include milk because it’s of animal origin. And then there are those that are lactose intolerant. Finally, there are the people that have been convinced by slick marketing that non-milks are better options than the real deal.
So I suppose the starting point is to look at the nutrition facts of the main “milks” that people drink. I’m going to focus on plain ol’ “moo juice,” soy milk, almond milk, rice milk, and coconut milk. Note that there are other, lesser known, milk substitutes out there like oat milk, peanut milk, hemp milk, and milk made from other grains. Without further ado, the nutrition labels of the Big Five:

Nutrition Facts: Milk And Milk Substitutes


You probably noticed that I have listed the fat content of whole milk. There are a couple big reasons for that. First, you all know my take on pasteurized milk vs. raw milk. But I can’t find a nutrition label for raw milk. As such, for comparison purposes, we need a standardized product and whole milk, at around 3.5%, fills the bill. Raw milk is typically 4-8%, depending on the time of year, so the calorie and fat information would be a bit different. I didn’t pick skim or low-fat milk for another very big reason. Milk is not naturally low in fat, nor should it be turned into that.