Anonymous
03/12/2013 18:08
Subject: How to make 2% milk?
We recently switched the whole family from skim to whole milk because the baby is drinking whole milk. They add a lot of stuff to skim milk to make it taste creamy and good...and none of that stuff is required to be listed on the label. Whole milk and the fat is actually healthier for you (provided it's organic milk). But I will get off of my soapbox now 
All of that said, I think you would be fine to combine whole and skim to get 2%. Maybe buy the two smallest containers you can find on your next trip and experiment.
All of that said, I think you would be fine to combine whole and skim to get 2%. Maybe buy the two smallest containers you can find on your next trip and experiment.
Anonymous
03/12/2013 15:59
Subject: How to make 2% milk?
We're also a 3 milk family. Whole for the 1yo, skim for me and chocolate for DH
Anonymous
03/12/2013 11:40
Subject: How to make 2% milk?
Can you and the 3yo compromise with 1%? That's what we do.
Anonymous
03/12/2013 11:39
Subject: How to make 2% milk?
We all drink 2%.
Anonymous
03/12/2013 11:37
Subject: Re:How to make 2% milk?
we're a three-milk household. It's not so bad. Whole for the 1yo, 2 percent for the 3yo, and skim for us. It's just a couple of years. We buy gallon sizes for the kids and half gallon for us and that helps for fridge management.
Anonymous
03/10/2013 16:42
Subject: How to make 2% milk?
Anonymous wrote:I think so--I mean, whole milk is 4%, so if you combined them, you should have 2%, or close enough as makes not much difference, anyway.
The taste, however, will be like adding water to the whole milk. Yuck.
Anonymous
03/10/2013 16:41
Subject: Re:How to make 2% milk?
Just give the second child a smaller glass of whole milk. 6oz instead of 8oz.
An 8oz cup of whole milk has 146 calories and almost 8 grams of fat, reduced-fat ( 2%) has 122 calories and almost 5 grams of fat, low-fat (1%) has 103 calories and 2.5 grams of fat, and nonfat (skim) has 83 calories and virtually no fat.
And consider this:
Walt Willet of the Harvard School of Public Health wrote in the American Journal of Medicine, "Diets high in fat do not appear to be the primary cause of the high prevalence of excess body fat in our society, and reductions in fat will not be a solution."
It's becoming widely accepted that fats actually curb your appetite, by triggering the release of the hormone cholecystokinin, which causes fullness. Fats also slow the release of sugar into your bloodstream, reducing the amount that can be stored as fat. In other words, the more fat in your milk, the less fat around your waist. Not only will low-fat milk fail to trim your gut, it might even make you fatter than if you were to drink whole, according to one large study. In 2005, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and other institutions studied the weight and milk consumption of 12,829 kids ages 9 to 14 from across the country. "Contrary to our hypothesis," they reported, "skim and 1% milk were associated with weight gain, but dairy fat was not."
Read More http://www.details.com/style-advice/the-body/201105/skim-milk-non-fat-milk-diet-foods#ixzz2NAfsXduM
An 8oz cup of whole milk has 146 calories and almost 8 grams of fat, reduced-fat ( 2%) has 122 calories and almost 5 grams of fat, low-fat (1%) has 103 calories and 2.5 grams of fat, and nonfat (skim) has 83 calories and virtually no fat.
And consider this:
Walt Willet of the Harvard School of Public Health wrote in the American Journal of Medicine, "Diets high in fat do not appear to be the primary cause of the high prevalence of excess body fat in our society, and reductions in fat will not be a solution."
It's becoming widely accepted that fats actually curb your appetite, by triggering the release of the hormone cholecystokinin, which causes fullness. Fats also slow the release of sugar into your bloodstream, reducing the amount that can be stored as fat. In other words, the more fat in your milk, the less fat around your waist. Not only will low-fat milk fail to trim your gut, it might even make you fatter than if you were to drink whole, according to one large study. In 2005, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and other institutions studied the weight and milk consumption of 12,829 kids ages 9 to 14 from across the country. "Contrary to our hypothesis," they reported, "skim and 1% milk were associated with weight gain, but dairy fat was not."
Read More http://www.details.com/style-advice/the-body/201105/skim-milk-non-fat-milk-diet-foods#ixzz2NAfsXduM
Anonymous
03/10/2013 16:24
Subject: How to make 2% milk?
I think so--I mean, whole milk is 4%, so if you combined them, you should have 2%, or close enough as makes not much difference, anyway.
Anonymous
03/10/2013 16:16
Subject: Re:How to make 2% milk?
Why not just but two? 2% and skim?
Anonymous
03/10/2013 16:15
Subject: How to make 2% milk?
Can I combine equal parts whole and skim?
The reason is, I have a 1-year-old who is thin and needs whole, a 3-year-old who is doing well on 2%, and their parents who really need to be on skim. I'd like to avoid buying three different kinds of milk.
The reason is, I have a 1-year-old who is thin and needs whole, a 3-year-old who is doing well on 2%, and their parents who really need to be on skim. I'd like to avoid buying three different kinds of milk.