Milk

[houseelf]

Holy crap, we're screwed too. We go to at least 5 gallons a week plus about a dozen yogurts.

[SuzySunshine]

We had a speaker come to our moms group when I was still in Rochester and she basically said what that Harvard study said. She said in countries where they do not drink milk past breast milk they have no osteoporosis and she listed a few others but that one stuck with me. Its very interesting...

We go through almost 3 gallons a week and most of that is the kids.

[Pollyanna]

What's the deal with the war on the dairy industry? Not here, just in general. Nonfat milk is a solid nutritional choice. There is tons of bias in the nutriton industry, I am sure there is a slant from Harvard as well.

ETA: I just did a little research and found that Harvard does NOT eliminate milk or dairy from their "healthy eating guide", it simply says to limit it to 1-2 servings per day. Here is a link to their discussion about calcium and milk: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritio...ml#bottom-line. When reading about nutrition in the media make sure you go to the source because everyone has an agenda.

[GrayMatterWife]

We are big dairy folks, too. I actually cannot serve milk at meals because the kids drink so much of it! And I always stick to low-fat dairy products, if possible--skim milk, lowfat cheeses, etc. (for the kids...I don't cook with that crappy cheese!).

We drink skim white, 1% chocolate (well, I do--none for the kids unless it's a special treat for DS), and kefir. We eat tons of yogurt (kids like American-style; I like French and Greek). The kids love cheese sticks and grilled cheese sandwiches.

If it were not for dairy and peanut butter, we'd be totally screwed.

[diggitydot]

What's the deal with the war on the dairy industry? Not here, just in general. Nonfat milk is a solid nutritional choice. There is tons of bias in the nutriton industry, I am sure there is a slant from Harvard as well.

Shitty feed and even shittier living conditions means routine antibiotics administered to livestock, diminishing efficacy for humans. Artificial hormones are regularly administered to increase production. Massive feed lots and dairy productions are environmental nightmares.

[GrayMatterWife]

I am NOT a crunchy, organic, I-m-freaked-out-about-hormones-and-chemicals person...at ALL. But I LOVE organic milk. Especially chocolate. I am not sure why, but it tastes somewhat richer to me. Maybe I am imagining it, but I often splurge and head to Whole Foods for organic milk.

[diggitydot]

The taste is COMPLETELY different between organic and non-organic.

[SoonerTexan]

I still drink it in lattes and cook with it (though I only buy organic milk), but I guess it always seemed a little off to me to make the milk of another species a main part of your child's diet on a purely biological level. I do love kefir too and will definitely give it, yogurt, and cheese to her often. I guess I'd rather just have her drinking water more often than anything else, fruit juice included, an getting calcium from vegetable sources. We will see how that goes

Either way I don't feel too strongly on the issue either way.

[GrayMatterWife]

The taste is COMPLETELY different between organic and non-organic.

Ah, good! I am glad to hear that someone else thinks so. My husband thinks I'm crazy. But then, he grew up on powdered milk...so his standards are VERRRRRRY low!

[Deebs]

Even when we really had to watch money, organic milk is something I splurged for. I couldn't quite get over the fact that non-organic expired in a couple weeks while the organic would be good a couple of months. Obviously there's some difference.

[ladymoreta]

I agree on the taste, although I buy Braums milk, which isn't organic. It's locally produced and hormone free, and soooo good! It tastes similar to organic milk to me. I really don't like the big brands, like Borden.


Laurie

[Deebs]

In IL I'd also buy Oberweiss. You can drive into Wisconsin and see their cows - all on small family-owned dairy farms

[GrayMatterWife]

I agree on the taste, although I buy Braums milk, which isn't organic. It's locally produced and hormone free, and soooo good! It tastes similar to organic milk to me. I really don't like the big brands, like Borden.

***homesick moment***

I miss Braum's so much. We used to go there all the time when we lived in Dallas.

[SoonerTexan]

Haha the Braums in Dallas make
me miss Oklahoma. They are everywhere there and were a fun part of my childhood and college experience. LOVE their limeades

[corn poffi]

Oberwiess is my favorite! Love that stuff!!!