Type of milk

[TooNice]

Assuming that taste is not a factor, is there benefit in drinking semi-skimmed/full fat milk over skimmed milk? Of the three options, I've been drinking semi-skimmed out of habit, but I am wondering if I should go for skimmed instead if I don't care about the taste and just want the healthiest option (to be honest, I don't really like milk anyway). I know that skimmed milk has the least amount of fat - but is there a loss of other nutrients too?

[jamin]

I seem to remember the full fat milk in bottles from the milkman seperating, with the thicker cream on top in a layer about 5cm thick, and what i am guessing is semi skimmed or close to it on the bottom. The cream used to be my old mans treat for his cornflakes, no wonder he was a bit of a chubster back then.

I'm not sure lots of milk fats are very good for you hence skimming the cream off. I mean too much butter isn't a good thing now is it? Dont know if milk loses any goodness when skimmed though, I would imagine it could if it is left to settle into layers. But I'm guessing it may not matter too much!

[kalniel]

Yes, skimmed has less vitamin A and D, though you'll get plenty of those from other diary and stuff probably.

On the other hand the protein content of skimmed is higher.

[Salazaar]

Given the amount of milk an average person drinks the loss of nutrients is fairly insignificant however the benefit of consuming less fat shouldn't be ignored even desipite the small quantities.

[cmjrees]

I've been drinking semi-skimmed out of habit, but I am wondering if I should go for skimmed instead if I don't care about the taste and just want the healthiest option (to be honest, I don't really like milk anyway).

Just use water, or soya if you don't care. They're both healthier and are better value for money in terms of content... skimmed milk is literally like white-tinted water. Yuk.

[TooNice]

I still want a source of calcium and something to make protein shakes with. How does soya compares to milk from a nutrition perspective?

[Stringent]

http://www.sogoodbeverage.com/beverages_original.cfm

[Fatboy40]

Yes, skimmed has less vitamin A and D, though you'll get plenty of those from other diary and stuff probably...

Now with added Vitamin A and D...

[kalniel]

[TAKTAK]

it's a diary

[kalniel]

Ah.. I see (well I don't - can't actually see the difference between dairy and diary ). When will they invent a clever context sensitive dyslexic-proof spell-checker?

[Technogeek]

OK coming form a deitry point of view, normal full fat milk is 4.5% FAT approx. Now, anything over 5% fat is supposed to be too much, but anything under that is fine. Why drink semi-skimmed Milk?
I had a son who was milk intolerant and we used to have the soya type, I can honestly say it was disgusting no matter how we tried to hide the tease.

[kalniel]

OK coming form a deitry point of view, normal full fat milk is 4.5% FAT approx. Now, anything over 5% fat is supposed to be too much, but anything under that is fine.

That isn't a dietry point of view. A dietry point of view is consuming more than x grams of fat in the course of a day is bad, and under is fine. You can't just say under x% is good or bad.

Looking at the total perspective then subsituting in something with less fat % will lower your overall intake of fat over the course of the day, and therefore for 99.9% of us is a good thing.

I can't quite compromise enough to skimmed, but I drink 1% fat milk, which is half the fat again of semi-skimmed, and tastes virtually identical.

[jamin]

I still want a source of calcium and something to make protein shakes with. How does soya compares to milk from a nutrition perspective?

Try Soho mate, but be polite!