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| 1 September 2011
UK Edition |
 Dear Reader,
After a hard workout, the last thing I want to drink is a glass of chocolate milk. The very thought of choking down a glass of thick sugary dairy leaves me feeling queasy.
And what better way is there to undo the effects of my hard work than drinking down a beverage that's been linked to numerous health concerns including bone fracture, strep throat, allergies, Crohn's disease, and insulin regulation?
Yet the Dairy Research Institute has announced that I should indeed be reaching for a cool glass of sugared milk as soon as I get home from the gym. Summarizing the results of a study from University of Texas Research, in the US, Dairy Research Institute president Gregory Miller proclaimed that milk is "nature's sports drink" and that it can be an "effective way to help the body refuel, rehydrate, and recover" after a tough workout.
Only 32 people participated in the study. They worked out five days a week and followed those workouts with a glass of chocolate milk, a carbohydrate drink that matched the milk in calories and fat, or water. The results were similar to those in another study that showed that chocolate milk was more effective than water in fuelling muscles with carbs.
Really? Maybe it's because... water doesn't contain carbohydrates? If they're looking at it that way, why not put a candy bar up against water? Or a donut? I bet those will win the "what puts carbs in the body" battle, too.
The study showed no difference in markers of muscle breakdown.
Oh, I should probably mention that Miller is also the executive vice president of the National Dairy Council — which, incidentally, co-sponsored the research that led to his conclusions. The other sponsor? None other than the Milk Processor Education Programme.
So at least we know there's no bias there.
I'm sarcastic, of course.
Miller heaped even more praise on chocolate milk: The carbs help you refuel muscles! It has protein! Electrolytes help replenish what you sweat out.
He made no mention of the 3 teaspoons of added sugar in chocolate milk — which you could also get from three Oreo biscuits or four of those donuts your co-workers keep bringing into the office.
Or that a 2005 meta-analysis with no connections to the dairy industry debunked the "milk builds healthy bones" myth.
I think I'll stick to my plan of having a piece of fruit and a few almonds after a workout. Thanks anyway, Dairy Council.
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The skinny on low fat
Q: Are low-fat diets bad for you?
Dr. Jonathan V. Wright: I'm not a big fan of low-fat diets since most of our ancestors never ate that way. Even so, there are researchers (Nathan Pritikin and Dean Ornish come to mind right away) who have shown that low-fat diets can be beneficial in some circumstances. But the media makes it sound otherwise with headlines like this one: "Low-fat diets do not protect women against heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer, or colon cancer."
No one bothered to mention (or didn't notice) that none of the low-fat studies measured the amount of trans fatty acids in the overall fat intake. Even medical authorities know that trans fatty acids are bad and can actually promote chronic inflammation, atherosclerosis, and cancer. In fact, the mainstream has gone so far as to require that labels state the amount of trans fatty acids in food products. The researchers also didn't report the proportions of monounsaturated fats (generally health-promoting), nor did they check the balance of omega-3 (anti-inflammatory) to omega-6 (generally pro-inflammatory) fatty acids.
And it gets worse: Only 14.4 per cent of the women in these studies met the researchers' own criteria for a low-fat diet, and the average fat reduction (whatever type it was) was only 8.2 per cent.
In contrast, the studies done by Dean Ornish that indicated the benefits of low-fat diets reduced total fat consumption considerably more than that. And he paid attention to both "good" and "bad" fats.
Even though the mainstream research discussed in the articles you've seen cost tax-payers multiple millions of dollars, it shows no sign of intelligent design of any sort and should be consigned to the rubbish bin.
Bear in mind we are not addressing anyone's personal situation and you should rely on this for informational purposes only. Please consult with your own doctor before acting on any recommendations contained herein.
Wishing you the best of health,
Andrew Miller
UK Editor
Nutrition and Healing
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Sources:
"Low-fat chocolate milk can boost aerobic fitness, research," Nutraingredients USA (nutraingredients-usa.com)
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