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By: Got sugar? Remove flavored milk from school cafeterias | (Don't Be) Too Timid and Squeamish

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:29:28 +0000

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By: Marion Nestle on Chocolate Milk – Thanks Marion! « Health e-Lunch Kids Blog

Marion Nestle on Chocolate Milk – Thanks Marion! « Health e-Lunch Kids Blog — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:10:08 +0000

[...] Raise your hand for chocolate milk? [...]

By: Laurie B

Laurie B — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:03:07 +0000

I think what we’re teaching our children is “just a spoon full of sugar helps” anything to go down. We are processing our foods so thoroughly that we don’t even know what to eat anymore. A McNugget? A double-down? A grand slam? Whatever happened to simple stuff like green beans, broccoli, potatoes, kale? Processing, preserving, taste enhancers, tons of salt, lots of oils and frying. This is not a natural way to eat our foods.
Chocolate milk isn’t bad in and of itself. But put it together with other items on the dollar menu and you haven’t got a whole lot of nutritional heft. That’s the issue. If you eat crap all the time, your body is still going to require nutrients, so you eat more and more and more. You’re going to get bigger as you support more and more of the processed food industry.
Just look at what Dominoes is doing for us. 40% more cheese is being added to their already cheesy pizzas. The USDA-backed group called Dairy Management has a $12 million dollar campaign going. Thank you USDA for increasing the amount of saturated fats and salt to a nation of people that are facing horrible health issues relating to obesity.
We can demonize chocolate milk if that makes everyone feel better, but it’s a lot of different things causing problems that are showing up as disease and obesity: pollutants, additives to our food, GMOs, artificial preservatives and colors with known hazardous side effects that we put in our body, contaminants from pharmaceuticals in our food, water. Wow. What are we doing.

By: A Case for Healthy School Lunches : Eat. Drink. Better.

A Case for Healthy School Lunches : Eat. Drink. Better. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:35:10 +0000

[...] Involved If we want to keep the junk out of schools, we’ve got to get heard. Lobbyists are pushing chocolate milk as health food for kids, and our school lunch rooms feature vending machines full of soda and fatty, sugary snacks. Whether [...]

By: My Pure Diet. Health News & Supplements.

My Pure Diet. Health News & Supplements. — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:33:31 +0000

[...] of nutrition and food studies at New York University and author of Food Politics, points out this new ad campaign is really about milk sales. Schools represent more than 7 percent of total milk sales, and more than half of that is flavored [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:09:26 +0000

Love this blog. Great points.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:54:47 +0000

What´s making kids obese is no mistery, and all nutritionists agree: too many calories in their diet. Period. Sodas, fried foods, pizzas and yes, chocolate milk, have too many calories and very little nutritional value. No conspiracy theories needed here.

By: Tippi Denenberg

Tippi Denenberg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:51:35 +0000

Yes, a spoof is a must. Something like a “Heil…” ‘raised’ hand for chocolate milk. Too much? Probably! But the video is over the top goofy. Me thinks the milk industry doth protest too much about chocolate milk.

By: Former schoolkid

Former schoolkid — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:21:39 +0000

I remember chocolate milk wasn’t offered very often in school, so it was considered a treat. I like chocolate milk once in a while, and I wouldn’t want to get rid of it entirely. A better idea would be to limit the amount of sugars/calories that can be added, or the number of times it’s served.

By: Cookus Interruptus - How to Cook Fresh Local Organic Whole Foods Despite Life's Interruptions

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:21:43 +0000

[...] that is an accident, or meant to improve health, think again. Politics abound as nutrition maven Marion Nestle is quick to write a tome on (Food Politics). All this to remind you of the powerful, [...]