[Diabetes-talk] NPR News: Whole Milk Or Skim? Study Links FattierMilk To Slimmer Kids

[Sandi Ryan]

This does not surprise me at all.  True, there aren't scientific study data 
to say for sure that whole milk produces satiety, while skim milk doesn't, 
but I've seen it clinically for years!  And experienced it personally.  For 
decades, I dieted, having cereal with skim milk, artificial sweetener, and 
fruit for breakfast.  And two hours later I was ravenous--if I made it two 
hours.

My first experiment was switching to 1% milk.  Even adding that tiny bit of 
fat made my usual breakfast more satisfying for a longer period--but I still 
couldn't get to lunch without a snack.

Over several years I have determined that, for me, the best breakfast is a 
couple of eggs and a few pieces of bacon--enough fat and protein to carry me 
all morning!  But this goes back to what I said yesterday--eat the real 
thing, not the modified or manufactured thing, and you'll 1) eat less and 2) 
be more satisfied longer!

Sandi

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Subject: [Diabetes-talk] NPR News: Whole Milk Or Skim? Study Links 
FattierMilk To Slimmer Kids


> Whole Milk Or Skim? Study Links Fattier Milk To Slimmer Kids
>
> by Allison Aubrey
>
> March 20, 201312:27 PM
>
> Parents are currently advised to switch toddlers to reduced-fat milk at 
> age
> 2.
>
> David M. Goehring/Via Flickr
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/2060372584/in/photostream/>
>
> Parents are currently advised to switch toddlers to reduced-fat milk at 
> age
> 2.
>
> The job of parenting toddlers ain't easy. Consider the 2-year-old to-do
> list: Get tantrums under control. Potty train. Transition from whole milk 
> to
> low-fat milk.
>
> Speaking from experience, only one of these things was easy.
>
> As my daughter turned 2 in January, we made the simple switch to 
> reduced-fat
> milk. Done. Don't need to overthink this one, right?
>
> After all, I'm following the evidence-based advice of the American Academy
> of Pediatrics.
>
> The guidance <http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2008-1349> 
> is
> based on studies that found children who consumed low-fat milk as part of 
> a
> reduced-saturated-fat diet had lower concentrations of LDL cholesterol.
> Given the body of evidence in adults linking high cholesterol to increased
> risk of heart disease, it makes sense to keep an eye on cholesterol,
> beginning in childhood.
>
> And if you take fat out of milk, you've also reduced calories, which 
> should
> help protect kids against becoming overweight. At least, that's been the
> assumption.
>
> So here's where things gets confusing. A new study
> <http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2013/02/13/archdischild-2012-302941.short?
> g=w_adc_ahead_tab>  of preschool-aged children published in the Archives 
> of
> Disease in Childhood, a sister publication of the British Medical Journal,
> finds that low-fat milk was associated with higher weight.
>
> That's right, kids drinking low-fat milk tended to be heavier.
>
> "We were quite surprised" by the findings, Dr. Mark DeBoer
> <http://uvahealth.com/doctors/physicians/371>  told me in an email. He and
> his co-author, Dr. Rebecca Scharf
> <http://uvahealth.com/doctors/physicians/rebeca-scharf> , both of the
> University of Virginia, had hypothesized just the opposite.
>
> But they found the relationship between skim-milk drinkers and higher body
> weights held up across all racial/ethnic and socioeconomic groups. DeBoer
> says their data also show that low-fat milk did not restrain weight gain 
> in
> preschoolers over time.
>
> The study included about 10,700 children in the United States. Parents 
> were
> interviewed about their child's beverage consumption on two occasions: 
> once
> when the children were 2 years old and again at 4 years. Direct 
> measurements
> of height and weight (to calculate body mass index) were taken by
> researchers.
>
> Interestingly, this is not the first study to point in this direction.
>
> In a 2005 study
> <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Berkey+Milk%2C+dietary+calcium+and
> +weight+gain> , researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital reported that
> skim and 1 percent milk were associated with weight gain among
> 9-to-14-year-olds.
>
> And a 2010 study
> <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Huh+milk+adiposity>  by
> researchers at Children's Hospital in Boston, which also looked at
> preschool-aged children, found that higher intake of whole milk at age 2 
> was
> associated with a slightly lower BMI (body mass index). The researchers
> concluded that switching from whole milk to reduced-fat milk at 2 years 
> did
> not appear to prevent weight problems in early childhood.
>
> When you look at these studies together, DeBoer's findings become more
> intriguing, though it's unclear how higher fat could lead to lower weight.
>
> One theory: It's possible that whole milk gives us a greater sense of
> satiety.
>
> "This is speculative," says DeBoer, but if you feel fuller after drinking
> whole-fat milk, "it may be protective if the other food options are high 
> in
> calories." In other words, if whole-fat milk saves a kid from eating an
> extra cookie or a second serving of mashed potatoes, he or she may end up
> eating fewer calories overall.
>
> As the authors acknowledge, one of the shortcomings of the new study is 
> that
> the researchers did not know how many calories the children were consuming
> overall or what types of foods they were eating.
>
> So is it time to think anew about switching toddlers to low-fat milk?
>
> "I don't think there is harm in rethinking a recommendation, particularly 
> if
> there weren't rigorous data behind it," says DeBoer. He says he hopes his
> results lead to further, more definitive studies.
>
> But not everyone is convinced. "I do think that the recommendation to give
> low-fat milk at age 2 is sound advice," says Dr. Stephen Daniels
> <http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/departments/pediat
> rics/people/bios/Pages/danielsbio.aspx> , a pediatrician at the University
> of Colorado and member of the AAP's Committee on Nutrition.
>
> "I don't think the link between low-fat milk and higher weight makes much
> sense from a biological perspective," he says.
>
> Some of the earliest studies evaluating diets low in saturated fat and
> cholesterol did find a link to less obesity among girls. And Daniels 
> points
> out that in the new study, the toddlers who were on low-fat milk were
> already heavier.
>
> "This leaves open the real chance that parents may have been choosing
> low-fat milk as a weight-management strategy for those who were already
> overweight," Daniels says.
>
> Parents, if this leaves you confused, one thing to keep in mind is that -
> whether it's whole, 2 percent or skim - milk is probably not a major 
> driver
> when it comes to childhood weight problems. Many studies have shown that
> sugar-sweetened beverages play a much bigger role
> <http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/10/22/163260960/swapping-out-sugary-s
> oda-for-diet-drinks-may-help-tip-the-scale-in-your-favor>
>
>
>
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