Comments on: Milk skirmishes

By: Chaparral Bowman

Chaparral Bowman — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:19:49 +0000

Humans in "civilized' ? countries are the only creatures on the planet that use the mild of another species to feed its young. Cows mild is designed to add at least six hundred pounds to the calf from birth. At that time the calf is weaned .Humans even insist that adults, especially seniors, need this product until death ,to strengten our bones! If bones are not strengthed by adulthood ,forget doing it with five glasses of milk a day. What nonsense! How did the population ever survive without the 'wisdom' of these 'block heads' Maybe we are the blockheads for falling for age old selling tricks. Have any of you given any thought to the amount of chemicals ,anti-biotics, steriods and other ingredients in that ''VERY WHOLESOME PRODUCT'
What a lot of B.S. (Pun Intended).

By: top SAP consultant

top SAP consultant — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:04:46 +0000

Great article. I will definitely share your articles to friends of mine.

By: Jacksonville Fence

Jacksonville Fence — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:12:10 +0000

Well said Laurie.

By: grassfed

grassfed — Mon, 31 May 2010 17:44:46 +0000

I agree with David – Time to eliminate ALL Marketing Boards!
The Dairy industry has done a terrific job using public money to market their product as the sole source of calcium on earth. The govt should take away all the subsities and let the dairy industry compete on their own like every other industry.

By: Ana

Ana — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:36:51 +0000

or perhaps just use less chocolate and less sugar! 1/2 chocolate milk and 1/2 white milk combined.
It's still milk, still tastes like chocolate, but has less of the junk that kids don't need.

By: Laurie Lacey

Laurie Lacey — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:27:44 +0000

Actually, I feel that some children drink too much milk, as it is. This is especially so for children who are already overweight. Many of the nutritional benefits of milk can be gained from eating vegetables, for instance. If your child is underactive, I would limit the amount of milk that he or she drinks.

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:23:03 +0000

So why don't they remove the sugar ? Sugar free choclate milk – what a concept

By: Jerry R.

Jerry R. — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:40:19 +0000

Throughout our lives, we have been reading and listening to concerns about what is good for us, and what is not. Research by various doctors and scientists with different answers to the same questions. I am 49 years old and recently, I had a scope test done on my heart (cardiac catheterization) only because I had a faint heart murmer all my life that was never checked out. They told me, the scope showed a completely healthy heart. Because of my job, I have to have a medical every 3 years, and I have remained in good health until this day. For 30 years now, I have been drinking 3-4 pots of coffee a day, and I always have a drink of chocolate milk everyday, since I was old enough to work and afford it. It's my own opinion, that it's not about whether something is fattening or greasy. It's all about QUANTITY. If you drank a gallon of chocolate milk and ate a greasy pizza for lunch and supper everyday, not to mention lack of activity, YES, you would eventually become very unhealthy. These days, kids won't walk home from school, then when they get there, they throw some pizza pops in to the microwave, everyday until they are gone, then plop themselves down on the computer…..You do the math

By: ChocoMom

ChocoMom — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:56:15 +0000

My son is skinny and he loves chocolate milk..but he is also a very active boy. If he only sat home after school and watched TV and played video games…yes I will not be serving chocolate milk or let him take it to school.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:20:52 +0000

OK report Kate Lunau – Years ago dietary authorities told us that the chocolate actually hampered the body's ability to absorb the calcium in the milk rendering it useless from the calcium intake point of view. Does anyone know if that is accurate? Parents in the 50's and 60's treated chocolate milk like pop … a rare treat!

The dairy lobby is a rather restricted by low price food policies on staples like plain milk but the optional sugared and flavoured, milk-like products can go as high as they like once the kids are hooked.

Kids need as little sugar as possible, covering up the taste of real food is a great disservice catering to bad eating habits. Interesting challenge to junk food from Jamie Oliver in UK schools and workplaces people's tatstes can change when properly prepared food is experienced.

By: Skinny Dipper

Skinny Dipper — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:59:35 +0000

Strange thing about chocolate milk is that sometimes at the supermarket, chocolate milk may be on sale while the white stuff ain't. Shouldn't the two be at the same price?

By: Skinny Dipper

Skinny Dipper — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:57:56 +0000

How about smokin' it?

By: Bingo

Bingo — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:19:43 +0000

Chocolate milk is now called *Chocolate Dairy Product* a very unappetizing name, but a delicious beverage.

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:54:09 +0000

Calcium comes in many other foods, not just milk! (where do you think Cows get the calcium? – and no, i'm not suggesting we eat grass!)

By: mel

mel — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:50:08 +0000

this should be treated like any other food. have it in moderation. too much of anything, even white milk, is bad for you. too much water can kill you. there's absolutely no reason a healthy kid that gets a bit of exercise every day shouldn't be allowed a bit of chocolate milk at school. obviously if your kid has a problem with obesity, i'd limit it somewhat, but as a general rule, severely restricting kids from eating certain foods is only going to make them want it more, and may create food issues later on.

By: mel

mel — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:43:43 +0000

i definately support giving kids chocolate milk if they like it. i have one son who loves white milk, and will choose it over chocolate milk about 95% of the time, but another son who gags at the sight of white milk, and most other calcuim rich foods, give him a choice of water or white milk, it's water every time. but he is always more than willing to drink chocolate milk. if he didn't have that, he'd be consuming almost no calcium at all.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:44:03 +0000

I've recently found out that the BC Lions have fridges full of chocolate milk for their players at its training facility. Apparently it's a great drink after expending energy because of the sugar to replenish energy immediately, but it also has proteins and whatnot for longer term recovery.

By: David

David — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:35:14 +0000

Maybe if we get rid of this useless Milk Marketing Board, governments will not have to subsidize milk.
There was a great article in the Post last week about the Milk Marketing Board and how they are screwing us consumers. Time to elimate ALL Marketing Boards! We consumers are overpaying for everything… dairy, chicken, beef, etc.