Finding Low-Fat Alternatives To Milk

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There are plenty of elements in milk that are great for the human body, but milk has something else that is not great for the human body: a lot of fat! Some poeple choose to avoid milk altogether, and they instead eat other foods that enable them to replace all the protein, vitamins, and calcium found in milk. But if you enjoy milk, you can still get the great stuff found in it by replacing you whole milk with low-fat alternatives.

Of course, the most obvious alternative - the one that allows you to continue drinking real milk without the fat - is to switch to skim milk. With skim milk, you will have none of the fat found in 1%, 2%, or whole milk, but you will still have all the good stuff. While some people do not care for the taste of skim milk - saying that it tastes too watery - you should try giving it some time. After a while, many people who make the switch to skim milk come to find that they like it even more!

You can also switch away from real milk altogether, and instead go with either soy milk or rice milk as a replacement. Although neither of these taste quite the same as real milk, some people actually find that they prefer the taste, and in any case, these are even better for you than real milk! If you find that you do not like the taste of these for milk-based foods such as cereal, you can still try to use these when you bake something that calls for milk.

And of course, the most "low-fat" alternative you could possibly find to milk is to switch away from it completely! If you usually eat cereal with milk, you can try eating it plain, or can even try eating it with apple juice or orange juice. And if you enjoy drinking a glass of milk, fiddle around with different drinks that you can try instead - drinks that might taste just as good and be just as healthy!

Even though there is nothing terrible about drinking milk - even whole milk - when it comes right down to it, it is still in your best interests to find the most low-fat alternative possible!