Full Fat Dairy: What To Do?
by carl on Nov.11, 2009, under Uncategorized
This is a real conundrum; our traditional advice has been to eschew full fat dairy and take the low/no fat versions, because full fat contains harmful saturated fats. Well, we are now at a crossroads, with some saying that some very healthful fats are contained in full fat dairy, and various enzymes and such. Also, there’s the anecdotal argument that we used to consume full fat dairy products and we weren’t obese, you know, back in the day. I really don’t think there’ s a good definitive answer at this point, although a lot of people think they know. At any rate, here’s an interesting technical article about some of the beneficial effects of cow’s milk.