Originally, I had heard of this from my father after he read an article about it in Reader's Digest. I thought it was really interesting info and I wanted to share with you all. I searched for discussion of milk and this was the only thread that came up. I figured this is kind of related, so instead of making a new thread, I'm just going to add to this one. Moderators, if you think this should be a new thread, feel free to move it.
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DRINK THIS! NEW STUDY FINDS LOWFAT MILK MAY HELP REDUCE OBESITY RISK
Study Heralds the Power of Lowfat Dairy Foods in Helping Control Body Fat and Helping Reduce the Risk of Obesity
ROSEMONT, IL., Nov. 17, 1999 - Lowfat dairy foods such as milk, yogurt and cheese, may help control body fat, according to a study presented today at the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) Annual Meeting. This is good news for all Americans, especially the 97 million who are overweight and struggle to lose extra pounds.
"We have shown that a diet rich in lowfat dairy foods affects the way in which fat cells do their job," said the study's lead researcher Michael Zemel, Ph.D., department head and director of nutrition, Nutrition Institute, University of Tennessee. "A diet high in lowfat dairy causes fat cells to make less fat and turns on the machinery to breakdown fat, which translates into a significantly lower risk of obesity."
Locating the Link: Lowfat Dairy and Control Body Fat
In this study, four different diets were administered to separate groups of mice. The diet highest in lowfat dairy foods yielded the greatest results in helping control body fat. To apply these findings to the American human population, the researchers analyzed the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) data set. After controlling for caloric-intake, physical activity and other factors, body fat was markedly lowered in people who consumed more dairy.
Women Win with Lowfat Dairy
While the study shows positive fat reduction results for all adults, women benefit most by consuming lowfat dairy foods each day. "What we found is that women who consumed at least three servings of lowfat dairy foods per day were at the lowest risk of becoming obese," said Dr. Zemel. "In fact, there was an 80 percent reduction in risk for any given level of calorie intake."
Mistakenly, people may cut out milk, yogurt and cheese when trying to control weight gain or lose weight. "This study reinforces the importance of lowfat milk and Milk Group foods in a well-balanced daily diet," said Jean Ragalie, R.D., vice president, dairy marketing communications, National Dairy Council. "We've known for some time that lowfat dairy foods may help reduce the risk of osteoporosis, high blood pressure and possibly even colon cancer - now we can add to that list the important role lowfat dairy plays in a healthy weight loss plan."
Lowfat Dairy, Reducing Obesity Evidence Continues to Support the Dairy/Weight Loss Connection
"This study supports a growing body of evidence linking a dairy-rich diet to obesity reduction and lack of weight gain," Ragalie added. Further evidence of the dairy/weight loss connection was presented at the 1999 Experimental Biology Annual Meeting in April. The research, from Purdue University, examined the calcium intakes of women ages 18-31 during a two-year period and found that women who got their calcium from dairy foods experienced greater weight-loss benefits than those who used non-dairy sources or supplements.
In fact, Dr. Zemel's study was conducted in part to substantiate a link between lowfat dairy and body fat reduction that was first noticed nearly 10 years ago in a study of African American men. Although the objective of this earlier study was to examine the role of a dairy-rich diet's role in reducing hypertension, the results also showed that adding two cups of yogurt reduced participants body fat by about 11 pounds. This was an important finding that helped lead to the new study connecting dairy foods with helping to control body fat.
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One of my friends pointed out the fact that of course the national dairy council would report good things about milk. However, if you read the whole article, you'll notice that the study wasn't originally intended to prove milk would help control obesity. This information was actually stumbled upon quite accidently, so I think it's pretty unbiased for what it is. What are you thoughts? Is it still biased? Do you believe it? Will you start eating & drinking more diary products?
Personally, I love dairy since it's one of the few things that doesn't make my digestive tract react in an adverse manner. So for me, this is just good to hear that what I'm doing is also beneficial to my health.
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the calcium in milk is undigestible what gives you ostioperosis is eating foods with high acididity such as meat milk and eggs, your body releses calcium from your bones to restor your blood ph to normal. furthermore the cows milk you might drink is full of artificial chemicals and hormones cows produce three lieters of milk in the wild and are drugged to produce three galons so the quality suffers like a bitch all in all milk is trash
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milk is has a low acidity level in comparison to many other fluids like OJ, coffee, and soda. as someone who suffers from GERD, i can assure you that milk is low in acid because it's one of the few things i *can* drink. milk is only .5 off from being neutral. unless you eat soap, most (all?) foods are acidic leaning toward very acidic, especially fast foods.
article on how milk counteracts soda's damage to teeth:
http://masseynews.massey.ac.nz/2002/...eeth_milk.html
article listing the pH levels of food:
http://urbanwatershed.org/modules/pH/pH.htm
calcium is digested the same no matter what the food source. the only thing you really need be concerned about is calcium supplements. sometimes they use things which could have other things in it to be worried about. also, it calcium is absorbed into the body better when you eat fat with it. milk is a healthy combination of the two. so unless you eat meat with your supplement to get some fat with it, your body will flush most of the calcium out rather than take it in.
p.s. i took a nutrition class.
random fact: milk completely void of fat is actually blue. they put some fat back into nonfat milk for coloring effect. that's why it has that blue tint.