semi skimmed milk

[FishInMyHair]

My mil is always banging on about what is the new poison.
So, the new one is semi-skimmed milk.
She says it is "bad" for you.
Anyone heard anything?

rubbish
what on earth does she mean? it's recommended not to be given to young children who need all the fat and calories, but older people...?

MILIBU

she's have a looney moment!

Does MIL give you any reasons for it?

So what's good, in her view - full fat or totally skimmed?

I've always assumed it's pretty much exactly the same as milk with top-of-the-milk removed - i.e. what your MIL probably drank all her life.

True, if you lose a bit of fat you lose some of the fat-soluble vitamins, so you don't give it to the very small. Is that what she means? Can she elucidate at all??

semi skimmed is full fat without the fat???

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I am afraid I did not ask. If I show an interest then it moves onto other things. They only get whole milk now. I suppose I was curious but didn't want to have to listen to the preaching.

I tought that semi skimmed, skimmed, soya milk and other alternatives to full fat dairy milk, had to have vitamins added to make them the same vitaminyness as full fat cows' milk?

OOOOOOk. Have been on a little google trip, and it does seem to be a fact that the homogenisation process alters the milk in unexpected ways. This article looks at the health risks and doesn't completely rule them out, but pretty much says there is no evidence supporting them either. The 'hell of homogenisation' sites look highly unconvincing to me - usual internet health rubbish.

Fair enough though that they should drink whatever milk they like.

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