{"id":1062,"date":"2011-04-29T04:55:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T04:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2014-09-27T17:59:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T00:59:48","slug":"why-whole-milk-is-the-healthiest-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/?p=1062","title":{"rendered":"Why Whole Milk is the Healthiest Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt from LIFE TIME FITNESS<\/p>\n<p>I drink <a href=\"http:\/\/\">whole milk<\/a> and eat full-fat yogurt, cream cheese, and sour cream. Sure, <a href=\"http:\/\/\">full-fat dairy<\/a> products taste better than the skim\/fat-free versions, but I don&#8217;t eat them for the taste. I eat full-fat dairy because it&#8217;s better for my health and my weight.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Yep, you heard me right: I eat dairy products with all the fat god gave &#8217;em, and I do it because it&#8217;s good for me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1063\" title=\"Milk Pouring into a Glass\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dreamy-milk-MP900427633-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dreamy-milk-MP900427633-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dreamy-milk-MP900427633-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/dreamy-milk-MP900427633.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s why:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Our bodies cannot digest the protein or absorb the calcium from milk without the fat.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Vitamins A and D are also fat-soluble. So you can&#8217;t absorb them from milk when all the fat has been skimmed off. (This makes fortified skim milk the biggest sham of all &#8212; you can pump fat-free milk full of a year&#8217;s supply of vitamins A and D, but the body can&#8217;t access them).<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Milk fat contains glycosphingolipids, types of fats linked to immune system health and cell metabolism.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.experiencelifemag.com\/signs-of-life\/2009\/01\/why-whole-milk-is-the-healthiest-choice.html\">full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt from LIFE TIME FITNESS I drink whole milk and eat full-fat yogurt, cream cheese, and sour cream. Sure, full-fat dairy products taste better than the skim\/fat-free versions, but I don&#8217;t eat them for the taste. I eat full-fat dairy because it&#8217;s better for my health and my weight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,3],"tags":[207,40,206],"class_list":["post-1062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-ftc-censorship","category-health-and-the-ftc","tag-full-fat-dairy","tag-natural-foods","tag-whole-milk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellnesstruthnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}