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Old May 3rd, 2007, 05:26 PM posted to alt.support.diet,alt.support.diet.low-calorie,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers
billcalley
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Default Great tasting, low cost, low calorie milk

Hi All,

Why does ANYONE buy skim milk?? For half the price, and with much
lower calories, and with better taste, they can easily and simply
purchase whole milk and mix it with somer water:

1. Whole Milk (3% fat) = 150 calories, $3.50/gallon, great taste.
2. Skim Milk (1% fat) = 130 calories, $3.50/gallon, OK taste.
3. Whole milk mixed with equal amounts tap water (1.5% fat) = 75
calories, $1.75/gallon, great taste.

What am I missing here???

-Bill

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Old May 3rd, 2007, 07:48 PM posted to alt.support.diet,alt.support.diet.low-calorie,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers
Knit Chic
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Default Great tasting, low cost, low calorie milk


"billcalley" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi All,

Why does ANYONE buy skim milk?? For half the price, and with much
lower calories, and with better taste, they can easily and simply
purchase whole milk and mix it with somer water:

1. Whole Milk (3% fat) = 150 calories, $3.50/gallon, great taste.
2. Skim Milk (1% fat) = 130 calories, $3.50/gallon, OK taste.
3. Whole milk mixed with equal amounts tap water (1.5% fat) = 75
calories, $1.75/gallon, great taste.

What am I missing here???

-Bill


Because it's gross?
Really, mixing whole milk w/ water isn't the same as skim milk.
~Kat
/who grew up in a diary community.


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Old May 3rd, 2007, 09:09 PM posted to alt.support.diet,alt.support.diet.low-calorie,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers
billcalley
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Default Great tasting, low cost, low calorie milk

On May 3, 11:48 am, "Knit Chic" wrote:
"billcalley" wrote in message

ups.com...

Hi All,


Why does ANYONE buy skim milk?? For half the price, and with much
lower calories, and with better taste, they can easily and simply
purchase whole milk and mix it with somer water:


1. Whole Milk (3% fat) = 150 calories, $3.50/gallon, great taste.
2. Skim Milk (1% fat) = 130 calories, $3.50/gallon, OK taste.
3. Whole milk mixed with equal amounts tap water (1.5% fat) = 75
calories, $1.75/gallon, great taste.


What am I missing here???


-Bill


Because it's gross?
Really, mixing whole milk w/ water isn't the same as skim milk.
~Kat
/who grew up in a diary community.



I must have really weired taste buds then, because it tastes a heck of
a lot better and richer than 1%!!

-Bill
/a milk connaisseur!


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Old May 3rd, 2007, 10:42 PM posted to alt.support.diet,alt.support.diet.low-calorie,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers
Kaz Kylheku
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Default Great tasting, low cost, low calorie milk

On May 3, 9:26 am, billcalley wrote:
1. Whole Milk (3% fat) = 150 calories, $3.50/gallon, great taste.
2. Skim Milk (1% fat) = 130 calories, $3.50/gallon, OK taste.


Where I live, you can buy 1% and you can buy skim. 1% is partially
skimmed.

3. Whole milk mixed with equal amounts tap water (1.5% fat) = 75
calories, $1.75/gallon, great taste.

What am I missing here???


If you dilute a glass of full fat milk so that it has only as much fat
as skim milk, you will end up with something that has next to no
protein and carbohydrates. It also has less calcium, less vitamins,
etc.

Adding water to milk does not change its /ratio/ of
protein:carbohydrate:fat calories. The resulting drink has fewer
overall calories, but in the same ratios. On the other hand, skim
milk actually has a greater percentage of calories from carbohydrates
and protein relative to fat.

This is why you should look carefully at products which are marketed
as ``low fat''. Many are targetted at naive shoppers who are taken in
by the low absolute fat content percentages quoted on the package,
which say little. The percentage of fat calories could be very high or
very low.

To calculate the percentage of calories from fat, multiply the fat
grams by 900, and divide by the total calories. If this comes out to
more than 40, leave the food on the store shelf.

Is 3% fat yogurt leaner than a 4% fat cheese? Yogurt is mostly water
compared to the solid, protein-dense cheese. Ignore the water; what
are the actual solids in there that you are paying for? Does it
really make sense to be dieting by eating fatty food, and padding up
the volume with water? If you think you need more water, then just
drink more of it!

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Old May 3rd, 2007, 11:46 PM posted to alt.support.diet,alt.support.diet.low-calorie,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers
Stormmee
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Default Great tasting, low cost, low calorie milk

for one thing the skim milk I buy is 80 calories and I buy it at 1.69/1.99 a
gallon, and I am too lazy to do otherwise, Lee
billcalley wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi All,

Why does ANYONE buy skim milk?? For half the price, and with much
lower calories, and with better taste, they can easily and simply
purchase whole milk and mix it with somer water:

1. Whole Milk (3% fat) = 150 calories, $3.50/gallon, great taste.
2. Skim Milk (1% fat) = 130 calories, $3.50/gallon, OK taste.
3. Whole milk mixed with equal amounts tap water (1.5% fat) = 75
calories, $1.75/gallon, great taste.

What am I missing here???

-Bill



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Old May 4th, 2007, 04:57 AM posted to alt.support.diet,alt.support.diet.low-calorie,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers
Elizabeth Blake
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Default Great tasting, low cost, low calorie milk

"billcalley" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi All,

Why does ANYONE buy skim milk?? For half the price, and with much
lower calories, and with better taste, they can easily and simply
purchase whole milk and mix it with somer water:

1. Whole Milk (3% fat) = 150 calories, $3.50/gallon, great taste.
2. Skim Milk (1% fat) = 130 calories, $3.50/gallon, OK taste.
3. Whole milk mixed with equal amounts tap water (1.5% fat) = 75
calories, $1.75/gallon, great taste.

What am I missing here???

-Bill


When I was a kid, my best friend's family was quite poor. Her mother would
buy whole milk and they would water it down 50/50. Not for health, dietary
or taste reasons but because it made the milk go twice as far. One night I
slept over and tried a little of the watered down milk the next morning and
wanted to spit it out.

I prefer the taste of skim milk over whole, 1% or 2%. Those all taste heavy
and greasy to me. I was told to switch to skim milk 20 years ago when I was
diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I had no problem making the switch.


--
Liz
HW:268 CW: 169 GW: 148


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Old May 4th, 2007, 05:29 PM posted to alt.support.diet,alt.support.diet.low-calorie,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers
Kaz Kylheku
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Default Great tasting, low cost, low calorie milk

On May 3, 1:09 pm, billcalley wrote:
I must have really weired taste buds then, because it tastes a heck of
a lot better and richer than 1%!!


No, you just have taste buds which prefer unadulterated fat.


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Old May 4th, 2007, 07:32 PM posted to alt.support.diet,alt.support.diet.low-calorie,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers
[email protected]
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Default Great tasting, low cost, low calorie milk

On May 3, 4:42 pm, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
On May 3, 9:26 am, billcalley wrote:

1. Whole Milk (3% fat) = 150 calories, $3.50/gallon, great taste.
2. Skim Milk (1% fat) = 130 calories, $3.50/gallon, OK taste.


Where I live, you can buy 1% and you can buy skim. 1% is partially
skimmed.

3. Whole milk mixed with equal amounts tap water (1.5% fat) = 75
calories, $1.75/gallon, great taste.


What am I missing here???


If you dilute a glass of full fat milk so that it has only as much fat
as skim milk, you will end up with something that has next to no
protein and carbohydrates. It also has less calcium, less vitamins,
etc.

Adding water to milk does not change its /ratio/ of
protein:carbohydrate:fat calories. The resulting drink has fewer
overall calories, but in the same ratios. On the other hand, skim
milk actually has a greater percentage of calories from carbohydrates
and protein relative to fat.

This is why you should look carefully at products which are marketed
as ``low fat''. Many are targetted at naive shoppers who are taken in
by the low absolute fat content percentages quoted on the package,
which say little. The percentage of fat calories could be very high or
very low.

To calculate the percentage of calories from fat, multiply the fat
grams by 900, and divide by the total calories. If this comes out to
more than 40, leave the food on the store shelf.

Is 3% fat yogurt leaner than a 4% fat cheese? Yogurt is mostly water
compared to the solid, protein-dense cheese. Ignore the water; what
are the actual solids in there that you are paying for? Does it
really make sense to be dieting by eating fatty food, and padding up
the volume with water? If you think you need more water, then just
drink more of it!


Your analysis is exactly right. Skim milk is not 1% milk either. 1%
milk is 1% milk, but skim milk has all the fat removed so it is
essentially 0% fat. Yes, to understand percentages (of fat) in food,
you need to determine the percent of fat calories compared to the
total calories. This shows that 1% fat milk is still loaded with fat
with 2.5 grams of fat which totals 22.5 calories from fat in each cup
making the fat in 1% milk really 20% of the calories. dkw

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Old May 4th, 2007, 08:50 PM posted to alt.support.diet,alt.support.diet.low-calorie,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers
Willow Herself
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Default Great tasting, low cost, low calorie milk

That's nasty!

Watered down milk.. yuck..

Will~

"billcalley" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi All,

Why does ANYONE buy skim milk?? For half the price, and with much
lower calories, and with better taste, they can easily and simply
purchase whole milk and mix it with somer water:

1. Whole Milk (3% fat) = 150 calories, $3.50/gallon, great taste.
2. Skim Milk (1% fat) = 130 calories, $3.50/gallon, OK taste.
3. Whole milk mixed with equal amounts tap water (1.5% fat) = 75
calories, $1.75/gallon, great taste.

What am I missing here???

-Bill



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Old May 4th, 2007, 09:22 PM posted to alt.support.diet,alt.support.diet.low-calorie,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers
Mu
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Default Great tasting, low cost, low calorie milk

On 3 May 2007 09:26:36 -0700, billcalley wrote:

Hi All,

Why does ANYONE buy skim milk?? For half the price, and with much
lower calories, and with better taste, they can easily and simply
purchase whole milk and mix it with somer water:

1. Whole Milk (3% fat) = 150 calories, $3.50/gallon, great taste.
2. Skim Milk (1% fat) = 130 calories, $3.50/gallon, OK taste.
3. Whole milk mixed with equal amounts tap water (1.5% fat) = 75
calories, $1.75/gallon, great taste.

What am I missing here???

-Bill


Chemistry class, you must have skipped out.
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