Lactose = EVIL?????

[Temple]

Spats - you kind of touched on this in another thread and it is the one thing (well actually there are several) but this is the one that has been bugging me of late. Is skim milk good or bad when cutting. There was a thread on the diet board that said it was low glycemic yada yada, the calcium helped with fat loss blah blah.

God know I love the stuff but if it is what is keepin' this fat on my ass it will go.

Does anyone have a definitive answer on this?????

 

[wyst]

I don't have the answer, but I'll give a bump.

I can't live without my milk. I actually drink 1% milk, lol. I got in the habit when I was recovering form my bad old dieting days and realized I wasn't eating enough fat, so I traded up from skim. I drink a ton of milk. It's my comfort food.

Wyst

 

[diamonddiceclay]

serious bb'ers prepping for contests should avoid dairy. So should any 1 wishing to get bf down in single digits

 

[Sassy69]

This organic nutrition chick I worked w/ last summer suggested that I totally stay away from dairy & stick w/ soy - cheese, yogurt, etc. Although if you notice there's a bunch of carbs & fat in this stuff. Now I generally just stay away from all of it - though I still throw on a couple dribbles of soy cheese on my mexican food. I even skip the cheese when I got to Mexican restaurants and just bury my stuff in jalapenos - so your taste buds couldn't tell if there was cheese on there if they wanted to !

I did notice when I start cutting for competition, I have absolutely no dairy tolerance to speak of. Even something like low fat yogurt makes me pay dearly. So in general, its just easier & less painful to just avoid all dairy. I keep some Lactaid pills around just in case tho.

 

[Brishen]

(Long time lurker, first-or-second-or-third-time poster....)

Yogurt has too much sugar any way you slice it.

Is this true even of no-fat natural yogourt? It has zero added sugar or sugar-substitues. Are you talkin' about naturally occuring sugars? The lactose? I'm not lactose intolerant, but I find that milk products make me too... moucous-y, therefore I consume very little of it but the occasional 1/2 cup in a shake. Is dairy bad for you in general?

*Rushes off to the Search button...!*

 

[Brishen]

http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=100026&highlight=lactose

Aaaaaaah. Excellent thread on this.

 

[Temple]

why didn't I find that when I searched?????
Thanks for the link Brishen.

I still kind of dig the soy milk so may do a self experiment and see if it makes a difference.

 

[Brishen]

Mmmmmmmmmm... luscious soy goodness.... (Homer Simpson-esque drool sound.)

 

[starfish]

Personally, I think the only animal who is supposed to drink cow's milk are baby cows

 

[aurelius]

Personally, I think the only animal who is supposed to drink cow's milk are baby cows

Looks like it´s back to breast milk for me!