I was raised on skim milk. My mother was always on a diet, so we had a lot of diet-type foods in the house.
Skim milk is practically just water with a little bit of milk flavoring. It was my refreshing go-to drink on hot summer days. I drank almost nothing but skim milk all through my childhood. It was my favorite drink.
The first time I had 2% milk, I thought it was melted ice cream. It was so thick and creamy! I had no clue that it was “normal” milk.
Also, I learned in adulthood that milk makes your bones brittle. That whole “milk does a body good” thing was just advertising, not scientific fact. It doesn’t strengthen bones, it just makes them more likely to break. Makes sense; I survived off the stuff for years of my childhood and I’ve broken 9 bones in my life.
That’s not strictly true. While the whole “milk makes your bones strong” line was found to be greatly overstated, there’s still a lot of calcium in milk and combined with vitamin D that makes for stronger bones. Most importantly exercise improves bone density, so maybe it’s true if you chug a bunch of milk while completely sedentary.
I was raised on skim milk. My mother was always on a diet, so we had a lot of diet-type foods in the house.
Skim milk is practically just water with a little bit of milk flavoring. It was my refreshing go-to drink on hot summer days. I drank almost nothing but skim milk all through my childhood. It was my favorite drink.
The first time I had 2% milk, I thought it was melted ice cream. It was so thick and creamy! I had no clue that it was “normal” milk.
Also, I learned in adulthood that milk makes your bones brittle. That whole “milk does a body good” thing was just advertising, not scientific fact. It doesn’t strengthen bones, it just makes them more likely to break. Makes sense; I survived off the stuff for years of my childhood and I’ve broken 9 bones in my life.
That’s not strictly true. While the whole “milk makes your bones strong” line was found to be greatly overstated, there’s still a lot of calcium in milk and combined with vitamin D that makes for stronger bones. Most importantly exercise improves bone density, so maybe it’s true if you chug a bunch of milk while completely sedentary.