Say What? "Chocolate Milk Diet"
Has some good facts about milk, vitamin D, etc. But I think people may get that wrong idea and go "hog wild".
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatt...ate-milk-diet/ |
I drink chocolate milk almost every day! I love it! I don't know that I buy into ANYTHING being "the ultimate key to weight loss success"...it's definitely a combination of things and lots of effort. But hey, it's fun to dream.
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My younger son (age 13) usually has at least one glass of chocolate milk at home every day. We use 2% milk and the "lite" Hershey's syrup.
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I do tend to drink chocolate milk fairly often as a post-workout recovery drink. I have read about it before.
Don't know that I would recommend a person dieting to drink three glasses a day of it though. :) |
I read the article yesterday. Choc milk is definitely a good recovery drink... I don't know if I could drink 3 in a day - that seems like a lot.
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I thought 3 sounded like alot, too. Especially if you drink the high-sugar pre-mixed, pre-bottled kind.
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well i talked to my mom about it and she was saying that just regular milk is what will help you with belly fat (i need all the help i can get) and milk chocolate isnt good for you so stick to dark chocolate if youre going to eat it at all.
idk i wouldnt trust chocolate milk, maybe regular milk. but since im doing points i dont want to spend 6 points a day on just milk, thats like an entire meal! |
I generally think of chocolate milk as about equivalent to using ice cream as a dairy serving. ;)
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If only this would work...or maybe I could do the diet REALLY well and ONLY drink chocolate milk ;)
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I can really understand Men's Health encouraging more milk being drunk with the amount of positive studies in that area. But CHOCOLATE milk? There is a lot of extra sugar in chocolate milk. I haven't seen one benefit in this article that comes from that added sugar besides taste. Sugar and flavoring has been mostly added to milk so children will drink it. Do we really need it as adults and if we do couldn't we add healthier alternatives than the added extra junk that they put in pre-made chocolate milk?
I did do a bit more research on this topic and I finally found an article from Medpedia that addresses the added sugar. Quote:
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I once read a nice article on the benefits of chocolate milk - the link to the article was posted by Meg. I took me forever to dig it up (the search here has its limitations but I am pretty stubborn ;)) but unfortunately, that site is down.
But, if you google "Chocolate Milk as a Post-Exercise Recovery Aid" (include the double quotes) you will get a number of hits. Here is one: Clicky |
oh, if life was that easy... I think I could live off of chocolate milk for quite a while ;)
I actually don't like premixed chocolate milk, because the ingredients scare me a little bit (too processed for me, and lots of sugar!) If I want to treat myself, I make hot chocolate with milk, cocoa powder, and cinnamon on the stove top... yummy! Of course, lately it's been a little warm for that :) |
This actually brings up a question I've had for a while--I don't like chocolate milk, but I'm a huge fan of STRAWBERRY milk after exercise. I use 2% milk and the Nesquik powder (no HFCS--just plain old sugar, lol). This should have the same benefits as chocolate, right?
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I usually hate chocolate milk, but maybe I'll give it a try
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I didn't see in the article but I think it would clean your colon out thus it's contribution to weight loss.
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