Monday, September 28, 2009
Dairy products are pretty good for you, but like any food
they have calories. The main issue is that many dairy
products have a fair amount of fat. Choose non-fat or 1% milk
if you drink milk. Most of recipes that call for milk work fine
with either 1% or 2% milk. There are many excellent low-fat
cheeses on the market as well.
I use non-fat yogurt for recipes as well as eating and there is
excellent evidence that yogurt is very good for you. There are
often a lot of added calories in flavored yogurt, so check the
label carefully.
Dairy products have lots of good quality protein as well as calcium.
Most have been fortified with Vitamin D to help your body absorb the
calcium. The low fat dairy products have essentially the same amounts
of protein, vitamins, carbohydrates and calcium as the highfat
choices.
