And it s easy to decrease fat in your diet by using low-fat milk or skim milk. Those who drank low-fat milk got seven fewer grams of fat per day in their total diet and took in 92 fewer calories a day than those who chose whole milk. Those who drank non-fat milk reduced their total fat intake by 15 grams and total calories by 140. If you want to put more calcium into your diet but don t like to drink milk, there are other ways to get it. Calcium-fortified orange juice contains highly absorbable calcium.
Chocolate milk changes the flavor but doesn t reduce the benefits.
Puddings are a favorite treat and give you both milk and calcium. Chocolate or butterscotch pies are easy to make and have the same benefits as pudding. Puddings and pies fillings are available in sugar-free versions. If we don t change, we don t grow. If we don t grow, we are not really living.