Eating Full Fat Dairy – Holly’s Bird Nest
When we are brought up, depending on where you are from, everyone has favorite food but milk has always been a staple in every home, that has also come with questions whole milk or fat-free?
There are four types of dairy milk: whole, 2%, low-fat and skim. Whole milk contains 3.25% milkfat, 2% contains (you guessed it) 2%, low-fat has 1% and skim has less than .05%. Most of this fat is saturated fat which, for a longtime was considered unhealthy. But research is proving that wrong. And I am so excited as I love full fat dairy the taste, texture and especially baking everything tastes better!
It also has shown that you are more likely to gain weight if you drink skim milk than you would if you drank whole milk. Why? When the fat is stripped from the milk, much of the flavor is also taken away. So, what do they add to make up for it? Sugar. Yes… you read that right…SUGAR!
Also, the vitamins in milk are fat soluble, so when the fat is removed, so are the important vitamins D, A, E & K. Now that milk has the nutritional value of sugar water- which is none. It is considered a “processed” food, which so many nutritional programs and specialists encourage not eating processed foods!
Not only does whole milk contain the four essential vitamins mentioned above, naturally, it also contains calcium and high-quality proteins. And what about that saturated fat we were talking about? Saturated fat, which is removed to create skim milk has satiating, blood sugar stabilizing effects. Fats slow the release of sugar into your bloodstream. It is also a source of energy, and can prevent muscle mass from being used for energy. So once again, full fat dairy can help you control your blood sugar be released into your system!
When choosing full fat dairy, make sure you are choosing and using real butter, over margarine, or “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” etc. Real butter is not only delicious but you will find numerous health benefits come from consuming it, such as: lauric acid , anantifungal, lecithin, iodine, fertility boosting properties, and many, many more! Just make sure you keep recommended serving size when consuming full fat dairy.
The same would hold true for yogurt and cheese as well. Nonfat yogurts are FULL of sugar. Low fat cheese is only about 51% real cheese, and the other 49% is preservatives, emulsifiers, coloring, and other additives. Most of them will even be labeled “cheese food.”
I was so surprised when I visited our local dairys and how educational it can be after years of bit drinking milk because I didn’t like the taste of non-fat milk!
So, now that you know the truth about full fat dairy are you ready to make the switch?
