Melissa White
Saturday 9AM
October 15, 2011
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Skim Milk

In an article I read online called Skim Milk: Natural Weight-Loss Foods, it talks about the benefits of drinking skim milk verse others. It talks about how drinking skim milk can help you lose weight and other health benefits. If your trying to lose weight, adding dairy products to your diet will increase fat metabolism by changing the way your body burns fat. Drinking skim milk will not only help you lose weight but help you trim inches of your waistline. Milk is nicknamed “nature's most perfect food', although that's not entirely the truth. Fat free milk is closer to the nickname because its high in protein, calcium and B vitamins. The article states that “switching from whole milk to fat free milk can be one of the more significant choices to make to reduce saturated fats and calories in your diet.” How often do you hear people say they are allergic to milk or lactose-intolerant? Well, only a small amount of people are really allergic to milk. The common problem is lactose-intolerant, which a large percentage of the world's population experience.
I believe that this article was interesting and educational. I personally did not know a lot about skim milk and how it can benefit your health. I never really understood the difference between milk types. Before meeting my husband, I use to drink 2% milk all the time, but my husband drinks skim milk, and I always thought “ew!” It just looks so watery and doesn’t taste like milk, but after two years of buying two separate gallons of milk, I have finally grown to love skim milk. It's not as creamy as 2% or whole milk. I am glad I found this article because it is good to know that I made a good choice to by switching to fat free milk and that it will help with my health.