Milk--Low Fat vs Whole Fat

[AFgal]

I recently read that low-fat milk is considered a processed food and if you follow a whole foods kind of diet that you should drink whole milk. Has anyone heard this???

 

[jordysyd]

I drink whole milk, but I get it raw from the farm so it is unprocessed. Any milk you get from the store is processed, but they do add more undesireables to the low-fat varieties.

 

[kkvls2004]

I read that point of view in "The Schwarzbein Principle II," a lifestyle/diet book by endocrinologist Diana Schwarzbein, MD. Some of what she wrote definitely made sense to me. However I have found that I cannot lose weight without selecting low/nonfat dairy, since I avoid red meat, am allergic to soy, and can only eat so much fish and chicken breast in a day. I do make a point to buy *organic*, free range low/nonfat milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, etc. I am hoping that counts for something. ;-)

When I meet my weight/BF% goals, I intend to gradually transition back to whole dairy products as I move in to maintenance mode.

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[jordysyd]

I didn't realize Diana Schwarzbein had written a second book! Is it worth buying? Different enough from the first? I think it definitely is better to buy organic milk! I do sometimes skim my "farm milk" and it is easy to do, if I want the cream for a recipe or to give the cat a treat. I would think that takes it down to about a 2 percent level.