What age to start low fat yogurt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Full fat dairy forever!

+1. DH and I both dropped a couple pounds when we switched to full fat dairy for the kids.

I'm naturally pretty thin and when people ask me my secret I always say full fat dairy.

[Anonymous]

Never. Full fat is best for all!

[Anonymous]

They say full fat at least until 2 for brain development, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Full fat dairy forever!

+1. DH and I both dropped a couple pounds when we switched to full fat dairy for the kids.

I'm naturally pretty thin and when people ask me my secret I always say full fat dairy.

+2. Same. Nonfat just spikes your blood sugar which makes you hungrier.

[Anonymous]

You can definitely give your toddler low-fat yogurt. There’s nothing dangerous about low fat yogurt. That being said I’m a firm believer in full fat dairy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Full fat dairy forever!

+1. DH and I both dropped a couple pounds when we switched to full fat dairy for the kids.

I'm naturally pretty thin and when people ask me my secret I always say full fat dairy.

+2. Same. Nonfat just spikes your blood sugar which makes you hungrier.

Is this true of greek yogurt? I just checked my Siggi's 0% and the label says something like 5g of sugar and 19g protein. Does the yogurt need the fat to avoid blood sugar spikes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Full fat dairy forever!

+1. DH and I both dropped a couple pounds when we switched to full fat dairy for the kids.

I'm naturally pretty thin and when people ask me my secret I always say full fat dairy.

+2. Same. Nonfat just spikes your blood sugar which makes you hungrier.

Is this true of greek yogurt? I just checked my Siggi's 0% and the label says something like 5g of sugar and 19g protein. Does the yogurt need the fat to avoid blood sugar spikes?

Yes, yogurt needs fat to slow down the absorption. otherwise its a delicious sugar bomb. Also i think calcium is absorbed better with fat, but don't quote me on that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They say full fat at least until 2 for brain development, OP.

Actually, that's not true. The AAP recommends that ALL children switch to low-fat after 2, and additionally recommends reduced-fat milk for children who are between the ages of 12 months and 2 years old if either the child is overweight or the child has family members who are overweight, have high cholesterol, or other health risk factors. We started with reduced fat milk at one, and give a mix of full and reduced fat cheeses and yogurts.

[Anonymous]

Never. Always eat full fat dairy. Much better for you.

[Anonymous]

Never drank low fat nothing. I was and I am not overweight. American nutritionists are idiots. Except for one, that used to work at Georgetown pediatrics and then moved to Louisiana. She was the only one that actually knew how to feed kids. And feed kids with problems.

[Anonymous]

OP, why would it matter if your kid has low fat yogurt one time? Please cut some slack and stop over thinking everything.

As for long-term, I still give our kids full fat milk and yogurt, they are 5 and 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They say full fat at least until 2 for brain development, OP.

Actually, that's not true. The AAP recommends that ALL children switch to low-fat after 2, and additionally recommends reduced-fat milk for children who are between the ages of 12 months and 2 years old if either the child is overweight or the child has family members who are overweight, have high cholesterol, or other health risk factors. We started with reduced fat milk at one, and give a mix of full and reduced fat cheeses and yogurts.

What everything bolded adds up to is that the general rule is full fat until 2. There are exceptions to the rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They say full fat at least until 2 for brain development, OP.

Actually, that's not true. The AAP recommends that ALL children switch to low-fat after 2, and additionally recommends reduced-fat milk for children who are between the ages of 12 months and 2 years old if either the child is overweight or the child has family members who are overweight, have high cholesterol, or other health risk factors. We started with reduced fat milk at one, and give a mix of full and reduced fat cheeses and yogurts.

I is agree. The AAP needs up to date research. This is bad advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They say full fat at least until 2 for brain development, OP.

Actually, that's not true. The AAP recommends that ALL children switch to low-fat after 2, and additionally recommends reduced-fat milk for children who are between the ages of 12 months and 2 years old if either the child is overweight or the child has family members who are overweight, have high cholesterol, or other health risk factors. We started with reduced fat milk at one, and give a mix of full and reduced fat cheeses and yogurts.

I is agree. The AAP needs up to date research. This is bad advice.

*I don’t agree*.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They say full fat at least until 2 for brain development, OP.

Actually, that's not true. The AAP recommends that ALL children switch to low-fat after 2, and additionally recommends reduced-fat milk for children who are between the ages of 12 months and 2 years old if either the child is overweight or the child has family members who are overweight, have high cholesterol, or other health risk factors. We started with reduced fat milk at one, and give a mix of full and reduced fat cheeses and yogurts.

AAP makes recommendations while keeping in mind that the average child a) eats tons of junk and b) don’t exercise enough.