Got Milk?
By Hugh McBride
Got milk? It may still do your body good - but it may not as helpful in your weight-loss efforts as the dairy industry would like you to believe.
An evaluation of 49 clinical trials conducted over a 41-year period has led two researchers to conclude that an individual's intake of dairy products and calcium supplements does not impact his or her effort to lose weight.
According to ScienceDaily, Amy Joy Lanou of the University of North Carolina at Asheville and Neal Barnard of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine have determined that "an association between calcium or dairy intake and weight loss seen in some observational studies may be attributable to other factors, such as exercise, decreased soda intake, lifestyle habits, or increased fiber, fruit, and vegetable intake."
Lanau and Asheville wrote that their analysis led them to the conclusion that "increasing dairy product intake does not consistently result in weight or fat loss and may actually have the opposite effect."
The study by Lanou and Barnard is published in the May 2008 edition of Nutrition Reviews, a journal of nutrition, dietetics and food sciences published by the International Life Sciences Institute.
Comments
Considering that dairy products have so much saturated fat and cholesterol in them, it doesn't surprise me that eating/drinking them may NOT help dieters lose weight. I cut out all dairy from my diet 10 years ago and my cholesterol is awesome.
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