Low fat makes you fat: study shows why you should drink whole milk

Is low-fat less healthy than the full-calorie variant? This seems to be the case with milk. We present the results of a study in which both milk types were tested on test subjects.

Low-fat - Why the lean milk ultimately makes you thicker than whole milk

Whole milk has a higher fat content than low-fat milk and therefore also contains more kilocalories. But fewer calories does not always mean that you also lose weight in the end:

• Pediatrician Jonathan Maguire conducted a study on young children to investigate how the body mass index of subjects developed. One test group only received whole milk and the second test group only low-fat milk.
• At the end of the study, the group of people who drank whole milk had a lower BMI of 0.72 on average.
• But how can that be when the low-fat milk has significantly fewer calories? Jonathan Maguire explains this phenomenon through the feeling of satiety.
• Drink low-fat milk, don't feel as saturated afterwards as after a glass of whole milk. The appetite then led you to further snacks. These extra calories eventually become noticeable in weight at some point.
• If you naturally drink low-fat milk and have no appetite afterwards, the low-fat milk does not make you fatter than whole milk.
• However, you should also consider that whole milk has a significantly higher percentage of vitamin D. In addition to the calories, the amount of vital nutrients also play a role in a healthy diet.

If you now take whole milk, you can save on unhealthy fats. In the next practical tip we will explain how you can fry without fat.