After years of being brought up on semi-skimmed milk I have recently changed to full fat milk.

My brother seems to think its much better for you, as you loose a lot of the nutrients when 'skimming' milk. Plus nowadays cutting out all fat is a thing of the past to obtain a healthy diet. . I was just wondering what other forum members drink and whether my brothers opinion holds any truth.

Personally I find full milk a bit too creamy at the moment... I am sure I'll get used to it. Whereas skimmed milk tastes no better than water!

I love full fat milk, but it's not as good for you, semi-skimmed is healthier.

The only people who benefit from full fat milk are children and babies, but once you get older, it's just more fattening than semi-skimmed.

The thing to avoid is homogonised milk. I have no idea whether it is dangerous or not, but why have processed milk when you don't have to? If, at some time in the future, we find that it is dangerous, then virtually all the people who buy supermarket milk will have put themselves in danger for no good reason.

Breast is best. There is now a breast milk bar in Canada I believe.

I can only drink skimmed, I can't stand anything else espesh full fat, it is too think and like cream and I hate cream!!

I've drunk semi skimmed for years.......can't drink full fat stuff no more :gag:, my other half still has full fat and I accidently put it on my cereals the other morning and had to throw the lot away and start again......it's horrid!

Breast is best. There is now a breast milk bar in Canada I believe.

I know I fed my babies on it but I wouldn't fancy it myself :gag:

The thing to avoid is homogonised milk. I have no idea whether it is dangerous or not, but why have processed milk when you don't have to? If, at some time in the future, we find that it is dangerous, then virtually all the people who buy supermarket milk will have put themselves in danger for no good reason.

Homogonised simply means that the cream (& fat) is distributed evenly rather than rising to the surface. Dont know how they do it but im sure nothing is added or taken away, and its not dangerous in any way

I very rarely drink milk... But if I'm going to have any, its going to be semi-skimmed... :) Fully skimmed is vile and looks watered down... Full fat is only nice in Latte, but too much to drink alone... :)

After years of being brought up on semi-skimmed milk I have recently changed to full fat milk.

My brother seems to think its much better for you, as you loose a lot of the nutrients when 'skimming' milk. Plus nowadays cutting out all fat is a thing of the past to obtain a healthy diet. . I was just wondering what other forum members drink and whether my brothers opinion holds any truth.

Personally I find full milk a bit too creamy at the moment... I am sure I'll get used to it. Whereas skimmed milk tastes no better than water!

Tis the fat that is skimmed that is all, the nutrients are still in there!

Homogonised simply means that the cream (& fat) is distributed evenly rather than rising to the surface. Dont know how they do it but im sure nothing is added or taken away, and its not dangerous in any way

They do it by breaking down the fat globules so that they are very small and therefore distributed throughout the milk. This means that they can pass through the gut wall intact and some people believe this can cause problems. When we talk about "milk" we should be careful not to confuse the stuff that comes from the cows with the highly processed stuff you can buy in a supermarket. It is currently possible to buy "milk", "pasteurised milk", "standardised-homogonised- pasteurised -milk", or even "standardised homogonised pasteurised filtered milk with added vitamins". Milk can be a fairly natural food or it can be amongst the most processed food we consume.

Always semi-skimmed and I LOVE Cravendale Purefilter. Lasts for ages.

Skimmed in tea/coffee and semi-skimmed on cereal. Used to love full fat but it just tastes like cream now.

Skimmed in my tea - although I did run out last week and ended up having black tea - which was actually OK

Cream in coffee on the rare occasions I drink coffee

I was brought up on skimmed and I can't stand to make tea with any other milk, it's just too creamy.

Cereals is another matter though, I have to have full fat for that because somehow it makes the cereal taste crispier.

Wilf

Organic Semi Skimmed mostly, but occasionally get tempted by the dark side and have organic full fat milk!!

I have semi-skimmed at home, and full-fat at my nans. Nothing nicer than full-fat milk on Weetabix.

I drink Soya cos I'm allergic to dairy but I love it!

I can't drink milk, even the thought of it makes me want to retch :gag:

I can't drink milk, even the thought of it makes me want to retch :gag:

Same here.. I have Rice Dream (original flavour) which is very similar to semi skimmed milk in consistency but tastes nicer.

I once heard of some milk called mans milk?

Never had it though:confused:

I once heard of some milk called mans milk?

Never had it though:confused:

Not be confused with:

"Old Man's Milk"

Ingredients:
1 bottle Ale
1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon Ginger
2 Egg yolks
1 teaspoon Honey
2 jiggers Scotch whiskey


Directions:
Heat ale in saucepan, dust with spices. Beat eggs with honey until light and frothy. Just before ale comes to a boil, pour in eggs, stirring with whisk. Just before drinking, add whiskey and stir. Drink hot.

Breast is best. There is now a breast milk bar in Canada I believe.

Certainly is, did you know that they sometimesgive chemo patients breastmilk from the milk banks to help regenerate their bodies?

We have organic semi skimmed for us and full fat for the kids. If I could find a source for biodynamic milk near Sheffield I would have that though as it's far superior.

I drink milk with just about every meal, even with chineese food or pizza, love the taste of it as long as it's ice cold.

I have semi skimmed, skimmed is vile :gag: and full fat horrible in drinks but lovely on cereal...but only as a rare treat.

I only have full-fat.

Organic ewe's milk, either skimmed for general use or full fat for treats- more than twice the calcium of cow's milk, and doesn't cause my eczema to flare up either.

I have semi-skimmed at home, and full-fat at my nans. Nothing nicer than full-fat milk on Weetabix.

Ohhhhh, when I was a kid I used to make sure I was always first to the bottle of milk so that I got the cream top on my Weetabix! Yummy :D

These days though I have made the move to skimmed milk. I think the taste has improved dramatically in recent years. It did used to taste like water, but now it does actually seem to taste like milk. To me at least. I now find full fat, and even semi too creamy these days.

But none of them are better or worse for you unless you are watching your fat intake. And then the less fat that you can manage, the better. It still has all the calcium in it.

Cant stand milk in any form, dont have any in drinks and on my cereal i use muller light vanilla yogurt.

Ken H is right, avoid homogenised milk where possible. Can't recall why but I know it's not a good thing. I'll have a dig around in my files to see if i can find out why.

There's nowt wrong with drinking breast milk. When I had too much of it for my daughter, I would put it in my tea rather than waste such a precious liquid. I believe they give it to terminally ill cancer patients in China as it is 'perfection' from a nutrition point of view. I'd rather drink milk from a human than that of a four-legged, four-stomached, non-speaking low-intelligence animal that lives in a field covered in ****.

Ken H is right, avoid homogenised milk where possible. Can't recall why but I know it's not a good thing. I'll have a dig around in my files to see if i can find out why.


You won't find anything! The evidence that it is dangerous is weak and flawed at best. My point is that it is unnecessary processing and so should be avoided "just in case" it turns out that the weak and flawed evidence was right after all.

That sounds about right Ken, just what i'd expect from big business, but I'm sure I've stored soemthing on my hard drive somwhere...

i drink mostly semi but i will sometimes buy full fat because i find it tastes soo yummy.

i was doing a little reseach because i was told that semi & pasturised has a higher calcium content than full fat which is what it say on this site

http://www.expressdairies.co.uk/deliverymilk.html

i drink mostly semi but i will sometimes buy full fat because i find it tastes soo yummy.

i was doing a little reseach because i was told that semi & pasturised has a higher calcium content than full fat which is what it say on this site

http://www.expressdairies.co.uk/deliverymilk.html


On that link it mentions that paseurised milk has the advantage of having vitamin D which un-pasteurised milk doesn't. I wonder if anyone can explain this, or is it just that they add vitamin D, which is news to me.

There's nowt wrong with drinking breast milk. When I had too much of it for my daughter, I would put it in my tea rather than waste such a precious liquid. I believe they give it to terminally ill cancer patients in China as it is 'perfection' from a nutrition point of view. I'd rather drink milk from a human than that of a four-legged, four-stomached, non-speaking low-intelligence animal that lives in a field covered in ****.

Oh I wish I hadn't read that. :o I have a phobia of breast milk after finding that rancid bottle of it in my house. So I'm alternating between feeling very, very sick and ill, and laughing at the thought of a mother, well... erm, 'decanting' milk into cups of tea.

:gag: and :o

I drink average milk as I call it. Regular cows' milk, semi-skimmed, nothing fancy, but it has to be as fresh as possible so I only buy small containers of it. And I don't have enough of it, as I have ridges down me finger nails. :(

On that link it mentions that paseurised milk has the advantage of having vitamin D which un-pasteurised milk doesn't. I wonder if anyone can explain this, or is it just that they add vitamin D, which is news to me.

so i found this site

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/dietfitness.html?in_article_id=329013&in_page_id=1798

which says that the reason semi has a lower vit A content is because you remove the creamy part which contains the vit A. altho it dosent say the same for vit D i'm guessing its the same reason seen as they are both fat soluble. where as the calcium is in the watery part which you are leaving behind.

i drink yaks milk.

so i found this site

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/dietfitness.html?in_article_id=329013&in_page_id=1798

which says that the reason semi has a lower vit A content is because you remove the creamy part which contains the vit A. altho it dosent say the same for vit D i'm guessing its the same reason seen as they are both fat soluble. where as the calcium is in the watery part which you are leaving behind.

I don't think that this can explain why you would get Vitamin D in both types of whole milk. It would only explain differences between whole and skimmed, if there was such a difference. I think I will email the dairy and see what they say.

i drink yaks milk.


Who is yak?
And does he mind?

Who is yak?
And does he mind?

He is a small crab that lives on the underside of my conscience. He doesn't mind, he has plenty to spare.

i think its full-fat that i have, the blue topped one???? i LURRRVE it!!! wouldnt drink any other kind of milk, yukki!!

Semi-skimmed or skimmed in tea, skimmed on cereal. When we were kids we always had full fat but I always avoided the cream (yuk). Started using semi skimmed then gradually moved onto skimmed. If I'm out of skimmed I cant have any other on cereal even semi-skimmed and then when the cereal's gone I pour the milk that's left away. I compared the calcium content of both semi and skimmed milk and there was no difference.

I was brought up on a dairy farm and we used to drink the milk before it went to the dairy, non- pastuerised. To me full fat milk from the supermarket tastes like watered down milk!
However. living in the big city now! I am looking for a supplier of goats milk if anyone can help. My son is developing an eczma type rash and I know that goats milk is very good for eczma.
Does anyone know/ can point me in the direction of a good website, about the nutritional content of goats vs cows milk as he is still under two and obviously I don't want him to miss out on anything he should be getting from cows. (He was breast fed for his first year).

I used to drink full fat as a kid but now generally drink semi as it is lower in fat, you need that when you drink about 24 pints a week.