Does Milk Really Help You Lose Weight?
Soon, you won’t be seeing advertisements on TV and the Internet linking milk and other dairy products to losing weight.
That’s because the Federal Trade Commission says research doesn’t back up the claims that three servings of dairy products a day can help you stay slim.
The strictly pro-vegetarian group asked the FTC to order the dairy industry to quit making the claims.
But FTC officials said in the letter that dairy-industry groups and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversaw the campaign, agreed on their own to change the campaign until more research can unarguably prove that dairy consumption leads to weight loss.
However most doctors and other health professionals believe that dairy products do help with bone health and maintaining a healthy weight. So drink your milk to maintain strong bones.
The new “milk” campaigns will focus on how people can use dairy products as part of healthy .
source: nubella news
(by Marcela Vanharova)
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Milk’s high gi sugar content, tends to induce hunger. It’s also quick calories.
Milk has been used successfully by athletes who wanted to gain weight for years.
As always, to lose weight, a caloric deficit is needed. Milk can be used if you have a caloric deficit, however I’d tend to take the calories somewhere in my diet. Veggies satisfy hunger longer for the ones who want to cut weight.
Comment left on May 21, 2007 @ 3:26 pm