Apparently if our children are not returning home from school or camp with the classic “milk moustache” they’re not getting enough calcium. Is this really true? I know that both of my children as babies were big milk drinkers. They used to down 2 eight ounce bottles in one sitting without a problem. But when we switched to sippy cups and now big girl/boy cups they’ve definitely decreased their intake.
Children who consume flavored milk have higher calcium intakes than those who don’t, according to a University of Vermont (UVM) study published in late May in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association (JADA). Flavored milk, it turns out, is a way to give children the calcium they need, in a form they’ll actually drink, without adding extra fat and sugar to their diets. Who would have thought that I could actually keep giving my kids what they want—mainly chocolate milk—and not feel guilty about it. Wow, that makes my day!
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Posted on June 22nd, 2006 by Sam
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