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Health See other Health Articles Title: Which is Worse, Kool-Aid or Skim Milk? I was recently watching a favorite show of mine called "Parks and Recreation." My favorite character is a gentleman named Ron Swanson. He dishes out pearls of knowledge throughout most episodes that can be summed up in no more than a couple words. One of my favorites is the following: “Skim milk, avoid it.” However, this simple phrase got me thinking. Why would Ron want us to avoid one of the “Holy Grails” of dietary recommendations throughout the past 30 years? To fully answer this question, I thought it would be best to compare it to one of the worst liquids created in the last 30 years: Kool-Aid. This sugar-laden substance is so bad for us, that it should be an easy way to illustrate the healthy aspects of skim milk by hitting on the major points. Or at least I thought so… AdvertisementBlood sugar support made easy?! 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In five years this will be very common knowledge, but you don't have to wait. Get your head-start on easy blood sugar support here! Nutrients Clearly skim milk is chock-full of nutrients and this is why your physician may have recommended it to you. Yet, when all of the so-called unhealthy fat is removed during the process of producing skim milk, this actually removes most of the nutritional aspects of dairy, such as the vitamin D, vitamin K, and conjugated linoleic acid (which helps fight cancer), as these are all in the fat. The leftovers are some poorly absorbed calcium and a poor source of often denatured protein. Since Kool-Aid has none of these benefits from the start, it’s tough to say which is better. Kool-Aid has 100% of the daily recommended amount of vitamin C. This is of course rather worthless since it comes from added vitamins and not a natural source. However, since the skim milk had some healthy elements that were purposely (and maddeningly) removed, it actually loses here when compared to Kool-Aid. The nutritional facts for skim milk (above) don’t look all that different than Kool-Aid (below) Artery Attack Kool-Aid is basically a hefty dose of straight sugar, which causes an increase in insulin and inflammation, both of which can leave the arteries crying for mercy, narrowing, and creating blockages that lead to heart attacks. Skim milk and dairy products provide calcium to strengthen the bones, but this calcium can also collect in the arteries and lead to clogs and eventual heart attacks, as calcifications are often what are viewed in the arteries after a heart attack.1 This is likely why consuming high amounts of dietary calcium has been correlated with an increased risk of arterial calcifications and heart attacks (give that some though next time you decide to take a calcium pill).1–4 However, vitamin D and K, both of which are found in the fat of grass-fed and pastured (different from pasteurized) dairy, help the body to pull this calcium from the arteries and into the bones, potentially lowering this risk of calcium clogging the arteries, and keeping the bones strong. In forming skim milk, the process removes the vitamin D and K in the fat, leaving a hefty amount of calcium that the body is unable to pull from the arteries and into the bones, and as a result it ends up collecting in the arteries as a potential blockage. In this regard, I would say that Kool-Aid may actually win. Sugar Bombs: Milk wins this one as it at least provides some protein (albeit a poor source that is often damaged in the process of skimming milk) that at least slows down the digestion of the sugar bomb of lactose that comes with the milk. Kool-Aid is basically purified sugar that will immediately raise the blood sugar levels and cause the significant release of insulin, which over time can lead to health issues such as diabetes, obesity, and cancer. Hormones: There are none in Kool Aid, plain and simple. Yet milk passes on the hormones that are injected into the cows to keep them lactating for an unnatural amount of time. As a result, hormones like Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) and estrogen, which appear to be particularly high in skim milk, get ingested by those drinking it, leading to unpleasant side effects like acne and breast cancer. Again, milk is actually worse than Kool-Aid in regards to this unhealthy result. While these are only four of the many potentially unhealthy aspects of both Kool-Aid and skim milk, I think the point is clear — neither are particularly healthy and both are devastating to the body. Yet, the similarities between the two are ironic, especially since one was demonized while the other was promoted as healthy by the medical establishment. AdvertisementIs your sugar addiction making you fat? Are you tired of the lethargy, brain fog, and weight gain caused by a sugar heavy diet? If you have trouble kicking sugar from your diet, I have news for you: It's not your fault... Science has shown that sugar uses the same addiction pathways in the brain as heroin and cocaine. But now there's hope... In as little as 3 weeks you can kick your sugar addiction — and your extra weight — to the curb. To find out more, simply click here. The other point here is that, as is nearly always the case, removing the fat removes the health. There is a reason breast milk is mostly fat and skim milk doesn’t naturally occur in nature. As is often the case, creating fake foods that don’t even exist in nature rarely leads to good health, and milk and Kool-Aid are no different. Clearly this article was being satirical and making humor of the fact that both skim milk and Kool-Aid are pretty darn bad for us. However, it is obvious to everyone that Kool-Aid is extremely unhealthy, and recommending this to anyone would clearly be seen as a joke. Unfortunately the fact that many physicians, nutritionists, and major health organizations have (and continue to) recommend skim milk as a healthy food source is no laughing matter and it needs to stop. The joke is on us... To Your Health, Dr. Colin Champ Follow me on Facebook and Twitter. References 1. Römer TJ, Brennan JF, Fitzmaurice M, et al. Histopathology of Human Coronary Atherosclerosis by Quantifying Its Chemical Composition With Raman Spectroscopy. Circulation. 1998;97(9):878-885. doi:10.1161/01.cir.97.9.878. 2. Li K, Kaaks R, Linseisen J, Rohrmann S. Associations of dietary calcium intake and calcium supplementation with myocardial infarction and stroke risk and overall cardiovascular mortality in the Heidelberg cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study (EPIC-Hei. Heart. 2012;98(12):920-925. doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2011-301345. 3. Van Hemelrijck M, Michaelsson K, Linseisen J, Rohrmann S. Calcium Intake and Serum Concentration in Relation to Risk of Cardiovascular Death in NHANES III. PLoS One. 2013;8(4):e61037. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061037. 4. Xiao Q, Murphy RA, Houston DK, Harris TB, Chow W, Park Y. Dietary and supplemental calcium intake and cardiovascular disease mortality: The national institutes of health–AARP diet and health study. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(8):639-646. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.3283. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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