Posted on 09/15/2010 1:37:56 PM PDT by decimon
Research suggests boosting key milk nutrients calcium and vitamin D could aid weight loss
Now there's a new reason to grab a glass of milk when you're on diet, suggests a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In a 2-year weight loss study, milk drinkers had an advantage over those who skipped the milk. Israeli researchers found that adults who drank the most milk (nearly 2 glasses per day) and had the highest vitamin D levels at 6 months, lost more weight after 2 years than those who had little or no milk or milk products -- nearly 12 pounds weight loss, on average.
Researchers also found that each additional 6-ounce serving of milk or milk products (about 3/4 of a glass of milk) was associated with 10 pounds successful weight loss above the average, at 6 months.
More than 300 overweight or at risk men and women ages 40 – 65 participated in the study following low-fat, Mediterranean or low-carb diets for 2 years. Regardless of diet, researchers found participants with the highest dairy calcium intake 6 months into the study (averaging about 580mg per day – the amount in nearly 2 glasses of milk) lost about 12 pounds at the end of the 2 years, compared to about 7 pounds for those with the lowest dairy calcium intake (averaging about 150mg, or about half of a glass).
Beyond calcium, the researchers also found that vitamin D levels independently affected weight loss success and in line with previous research, milk and milk products were the top contributors to vitamin D in the diets of the study participants.
Despite the potential health benefits, many Americans are still not getting the recommended 400IU of vitamin D each day – the amount in four glasses of fat free or lowfat milk. This D-ficiency may put their health at risk, for healthy weight and beyond. Well known for its role in keeping bones strong, vitamin D is now being hailed for so much more. Emerging science suggests vitamin D may also help protect against diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and certain cancers. It also supports a healthy immune system.
Fat free milk is packed with nine essential nutrients Americans need, including calcium and vitamin D, and contains 80 calories per 8-ounce serving. Research suggests eating right, getting active and drinking the recommended three glasses of lowfat or fat free milk daily can help you maintain a healthy weight.
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Shahar DR, Schwarzfuchs D, Fraser D, Vardi H, Thiery J, Fiedler GM, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Stampfer MJ, Shai I. Dairy calcium intake, serum vitamin D, and successful weight loss. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2010. Published ahead of print.
This is great news! I have been drinking at least two glasses of milk per day for the past 60 years and I’m at a healthy weight and in great shape.
I'm not left & love big pharma , but they do have agents of influence that play dirty.
With my lactose intolerance I think I would surely loose a few pounds if I drank milk daily.
Is explosive diarrhea a good weight loss strategy?
Urinate up a rope.
Paging Dale Reed. Mr. Dale Reed you’re needed at the white courtesy phone.
I think he’d rather have a V8.
Ha!
That man drinks a LOT of milk. 5-6 gallons a week if I recall from his posts.
I don't know what these things are, but they aren't milk.
i’ve never had a problem losing weight, I have a problem keeping it on and I drink at least 5 gallons of whole milk a week and always have.
I wouldn’t drink no fat or low fat milk if you put a gun to my head, it’s pure crap!!!!
I’ll stick with my 5 or more gallons of whole milk a week!!!!
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by whole milk, do you mean the stuff packaged and sold in the store or milk directly from the dairy farm?
There is a great difference...
Amen brother!
Most people think I'm peculiar because I drink lots of milk (and half & half in copious quantities too!) No problem with weight here, I'm a neat hundred pounds.
From the grocery store, pasturized and homoginized!
I had plenty of the other durring WW2 and before!
“Robbins pointed out a few of those primitive, turd-world cultures that eat mostly vegetarian diets with no calcium-rich foods who seemingly never have to worry about osteoporosis.”
Maybe because they don’t live past 40.
Thanks greatly for this one! I suspect it is more than just calcium and vitamin D. Epidemiologists have shown that the more milk fat in the diet (i.e., whole vs skim) the greater the longevity and the lower the heart attacks. Most of the best nutrients and vitamins are all fat soluble.
without the sugar...
Milk of amnesia.
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