Comments on: Monday Mission: Consider Full Fat Dairy

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:15:07 +0000

Ari,
Research has shown that the same chemicals put in Lactaid to allow you to digest the milk are already found in raw milk. The milk loses this enzyme (lactase) when it is pasteurized. If you can get raw milk (which only comes full fat), I would really suggest it. I’ve struggled with lactose intolerance my whole life, but I don’t have problems with the raw milk.
Here’s some good reading material although a google search for raw milk and lactaid brings up other interesting results. http://www.realfooduniversity.com/milk-does-it-do-a-body-good-part-3-the-raw-debate-a-tale-of-two-milks/
Kristen

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By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:17:07 +0000

Margaret,
Sometimes reading ingredients is just disheartening, isn’t it? Arg. Look for Daisy brand, which is just cultured milk, and sometimes Breakstone (when it says Kosher). Store brands almost always have weird fillers… Katie

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:26:52 +0000

I have a conundrum for you. I was in the store looking at the ingredients in sour cream, and the full fat contained a whole bunch of fillers, whereas the fat free only had milk. I didn’t know what to do. In the end, I bought the fat free, thinking that the one without the fillers was probably better.

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:55:16 +0000

Anna-Sophia,
Some sources should be here: http://www.kitchenstewardship.com/2009/10/13/a-fat-full-fall-dairy-fats-%E2%80%93-what%E2%80%99s-the-moo/
I haven’t looked at the sources in a long time, so if that doesn’t cut it, let me know and I will! Katie

By: Anna-Sophia

Anna-Sophia — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:54:18 +0000

Dear Katie, I love your site. We are vegetarian, get plenty of fat through nuts/seeds, olives, avocados, olive oil, etc. Wondering about the evidence for the need for saturated animal fat. I can’t find anything to support it. Fat, absolutely. Saturated fat, no. If I am wrong, would gladly be corrected – please share your sources, thanks, and thanks for this lovely blog!

Anna

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 05 May 2011 07:09:02 +0000

Danielle,
Maybe starting with other forms of diary, other than straight milk, and working from there? Does he like 1/2%? I’m guessing you can slowly acclimate his taste buds to whole. I was a skim milk girl, too, but I just had a sip of some recently and literally had to spit it out. Blech. I’m totally used to the creaminess of whole now! Good luck! Katie

By: Danielle @ HetzelKitchen

Danielle @ HetzelKitchen — Tue, 03 May 2011 16:21:22 +0000

I have never liked the taste of milk, so my husband is the only one at my house who drinks it straight. He loves it, and he has grown up his whole life on skim milk. He can’t stand the taste of whole milk. Any recommendations?

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:08:16 +0000

Nice!

By: Kelli M

Kelli M — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:50:27 +0000

Just wanted to come back and update. I have within the last few weeks found a source through a food co-op for local unhomogenized milk from cows that are grass-fed and organically raised for only $4/gallon. I’m elated! It’s a little weird seeing the teeny little yellow cream specks floating in it but it tastes GREAT! I think I’m going to try to start getting some raw milk here and there soon AND make my own yogurt. This all makes me so happy!!!