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Organic milk / hormone free milk
toto wrote in
: On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:53:24 -0800 (PST), Beliavsky wrote: On the subject of milk, I place no value on the "organic" label, but I do wonder when my kids should start drinking skim (fat-free) milk like their parents, rather than whole milk. Right now the two boys (2 and 4yo) are a bit skinny, so we are continuing with whole milk. Children need more fat than adults at least until they are 2 or 3, as I understand it. yes, fat helps brain cells develop. last i looked, the recommendation for transitioning to 2% milk was 4 years. low-fat/no-fat milk is not recommended for children. lee |
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Organic milk / hormone free milk
enigma wrote:
toto wrote in : On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:53:24 -0800 (PST), Beliavsky wrote: On the subject of milk, I place no value on the "organic" label, but I do wonder when my kids should start drinking skim (fat-free) milk like their parents, rather than whole milk. Right now the two boys (2 and 4yo) are a bit skinny, so we are continuing with whole milk. Children need more fat than adults at least until they are 2 or 3, as I understand it. yes, fat helps brain cells develop. last i looked, the recommendation for transitioning to 2% milk was 4 years. low-fat/no-fat milk is not recommended for children. lee Actually, the AAP recommends 1% or skim starting at 2 years of age (whole milk only before then). Best wishes, Ericka |
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Organic milk / hormone free milk
Ericka Kammerer wrote in
: Actually, the AAP recommends 1% or skim starting at 2 years of age (whole milk only before then). ok, i thought it was 3-4. i won't buy low/no fat products though, so it doesn't affect me. lee |
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"enigma" wrote in message . .. Ericka Kammerer wrote in : Actually, the AAP recommends 1% or skim starting at 2 years of age (whole milk only before then). ok, i thought it was 3-4. i won't buy low/no fat products though, so it doesn't affect me. lee Milkfat is not the best fat. If possible, veggie fats like avodcado, cocounut, nuts and such are best. Coconut fat is expensive but we have a friend who buys it in mega bulk, so we get a decent deal. I wish my kids liked avocados. But then maybe not since they are not cheap either. I could eat them morning, noon and night. Yum. |
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"Stephanie" wrote in message . .. "enigma" wrote in message . .. Ericka Kammerer wrote in : Actually, the AAP recommends 1% or skim starting at 2 years of age (whole milk only before then). ok, i thought it was 3-4. i won't buy low/no fat products though, so it doesn't affect me. lee Milkfat is not the best fat. If possible, veggie fats like avodcado, cocounut, nuts and such are best. Coconut fat is expensive but we have a friend who buys it in mega bulk, so we get a decent deal. I wish my kids liked avocados. But then maybe not since they are not cheap either. I could eat them morning, noon and night. Yum. Avocados get pretty cheap round here. #2 eats them like fruit. Debbie |
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"Welches" wrote in message ... "Stephanie" wrote in message . .. "enigma" wrote in message . .. Ericka Kammerer wrote in : Actually, the AAP recommends 1% or skim starting at 2 years of age (whole milk only before then). ok, i thought it was 3-4. i won't buy low/no fat products though, so it doesn't affect me. lee Milkfat is not the best fat. If possible, veggie fats like avodcado, cocounut, nuts and such are best. Coconut fat is expensive but we have a friend who buys it in mega bulk, so we get a decent deal. I wish my kids liked avocados. But then maybe not since they are not cheap either. I could eat them morning, noon and night. Yum. Avocados get pretty cheap round here. #2 eats them like fruit. Debbie Aren't they really a fruit, actually? From the standpoint of the role that they play in the plant? I confess I don't know much about them. I wish they were cheap here. Ilove them. |
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On Dec 14, 7:31 am, "Stephanie" wrote:
"enigma" wrote in message . .. Ericka Kammerer wrote in : Actually, the AAP recommends 1% or skim starting at 2 years of age (whole milk only before then). ok, i thought it was 3-4. i won't buy low/no fat products though, so it doesn't affect me. lee Milkfat is not the best fat. If possible, veggie fats like avodcado, cocounut, nuts and such are best. Coconut fat is expensive but we have a friend who buys it in mega bulk, so we get a decent deal. I wish my kids liked avocados. But then maybe not since they are not cheap either. I could eat them morning, noon and night. Yum. I thought the jury's out on coconut oil's benefits. some say it has bad cholesterol and others say it's very good for health. Is there a definitive study that proves the benefits? |
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Organic milk / hormone free milk
"Stephanie" wrote in
: "enigma" wrote in message . .. ok, i thought it was 3-4. i won't buy low/no fat products though, so it doesn't affect me. Milkfat is not the best fat. If possible, veggie fats like avodcado, cocounut, nuts and such are best. Coconut fat is expensive but we have a friend who buys it in mega bulk, so we get a decent deal. I wish my kids liked avocados. But then maybe not since they are not cheap either. I could eat them morning, noon and night. Yum. we don't drink much milk, but i do use it in cooking... and also a lot of yogurt & sour cream, and cheeses. i love cooking with coconut milk, but Boo is not a big fan of nuts, so i don't get to use them much. he does love avocadoes. guacamole was one of his favorite 'baby foods', but they're very expensive in New England. do your kids like artichokes? i think Boo would eat those to the exclusion of anything else if he got the chance. lee |
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On Dec 14, 7:07�am, wrote:
I thought the jury's out on coconut oil's benefits. some say it has bad cholesterol and others say it's very good for health. Is there a definitive study that proves the benefits? Can't have cholesterol -- it's not an animal product. It does have a lot of saturated fat, though. --Helen |
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On Dec 13, 8:53�am, Beliavsky wrote:
On Dec 12, 5:09 pm, enigma wrote: snip �why just milk? organically grown produce is widely available & priced on par with imported, treated with who-knows-what- chemicals-banned-in-the-US produce. �and if you aren't vegetarian, your meat is a hell of a lot worse as far as hormones & antibiotics than your milk is! not to mention the saline & chemicals injected into it to keep it "shelf-stable" for a month... lee With all these alleged problems, life expectancy in the U.S. is now about 78http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lifexpec.htmand has been rising over the years . I have never seen a convincing study showing that organic food is healthier. I think the organic food movement fulfills needs that are mostly psychological. On the subject of milk, I place no value on the "organic" label, but I do wonder when my kids should start drinking skim (fat-free) milk like their parents, rather than whole milk. Right now the two boys (2 and 4yo) are a bit skinny, so we are continuing with whole milk. If they are getting adequate fat intake elsewhere, the minor difference in milk levels can be tweaked accordingly. You need to find out how much fat is recommended in kids at certain ages and then see how they are doing without consumption of milk to gauge it. My 2-year- old is 40 pounds and is on 1% milk. His pediatrician evaluated his individual situation, which is one varied in diet and a nonpicky eater, and decided that the extra found in the milk was not a necessity for him. It is like iron-fortified formula....not all infants are at risk of not getting enough iron, but it is recommended for all to be on the safe side to avoid issues for everyone. My dad is a dairy farmer and he explained the minor difference in fat content between the milks, so I felt comfortable with it. You can look up contents on various milks online and see that the vitamin/nutrient contents varies very little. In fact, I think it was 2% milk that had more vitamin A or something than whole vitamin D milk, but the other nutrients were still the same too. |
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