1% milk v skimmed milk

[lucy123]

Hi all,

Does anyone know what the difference is between 1% (gold cap) milk and skimmed milk (red).

I have just been told they are the same, but am sure gold is more fattening than red?

Thanks all🙂

 

[Mark T]

Gold cap is 1% now? I thought gold cap was "Jersey" milk and that was significantly higher fat then regular.

Skimmed milk is cloudy water I think (can't stand the stuff)

Does this link help? http://www.milk.co.uk/page.aspx?intPageID=197

 

[margie]

I went to the same site as Mark

This page gives a brief description of the various milk types

http://www.milk.co.uk/page.aspx?intPageID=43

 

[Copepod]

1% milk has either an orange or a purple top - might that be the confusion with gold top Channel Island milk?
Skimmed milk (red top) is 0.1% fat; 1% milk - the fat content is in the name.
Main advantage of 1% milk is cost - Sainsbury's charge ?1 for 4 pints, compared to about ?1.40 for 4 pints of other milk.

 

[Unicornz]

How important is it to drink low fat milk? I've been told it would be better for me, but I really hate the taste of low fat milk so I never really do... Should I?

 

[Northerner]

I tried some 1% milk, because it was cheaper, after being a skimmed milk drinker for years - I could still taste the fat in it and thought it was horrible! Stick with skimmed - only 1 tenth the fat (and more calcium!) 🙂

 

[Northerner]

How important is it to drink low fat milk? I've been told it would be better for me, but I really hate the taste of low fat milk so I never really do... Should I?

Ilse, it can take a little while to get used to it, but you do eventually and then you won't want the fattier kind - even 1% (see my earlier post!). 🙂

 

[Mark T]

Ilse, it can take a little while to get used to it, but you do eventually and then you won't want the fattier kind - even 1% (see my earlier post!). 🙂

I still say it's cloudy water 😛

I've got an excuse to stick on semi anyway - skimmed isn't recommended for under 5's (actually we are still on full fat till his birthday next month).

I drink very little milk anyway - my (decaff) coffees and teas are all sans milk and I've dropped morning cerials.

 

[Unicornz]

I still say it's cloudy water 😛

I've got an excuse to stick on semi anyway - skimmed isn't recommended for under 5's (actually we are still on full fat till his birthday next month).

I drink very little milk anyway - my (decaff) coffees and teas are all sans milk and I've dropped morning cerials.

I agree with the cloudy water thing 😛 Would it be disastrous in the long run if I stuck with semi-skimmed?

 

[Northerner]

I agree with the cloudy water thing 😛 Would it be disastrous in the long run if I stuck with semi-skimmed?

Depends how much you drink really - extra fat=extra calories. If drinking milk to 'top up' your BG levels then fattier milk will hit your system more slowly.

 

[Unicornz]

Depends how much you drink really - extra fat=extra calories. If drinking milk to 'top up' your BG levels then fattier milk will hit your system more slowly.

I've never really used milk to treat hypos. I only have some milk in my tea during the day, other than that I drink next to no milk. I use yoghurt for my granola cereal in the morning. 🙂

 

[Northerner]

I've never really used milk to treat hypos. I only have some milk in my tea during the day, other than that I drink next to no milk. I use yoghurt for my granola cereal in the morning. 🙂

No, I wouldn't use it to treat hypos either, unless I added sugar. I was thinking more of if your levels were around 4 and you fancied a drink of something other than pop 🙂

 

[Unicornz]

No, I wouldn't use it to treat hypos either, unless I added sugar. I was thinking more of if your levels were around 4 and you fancied a drink of something other than pop 🙂

Yes you're right! I have heard of other people that they use it to treat hypos though so I thought that was what you meant 🙂
I don't really drink pop either 🙄 I'm a bit of a tea-addict so I drink either that or some Robinsons sugarfree squash! Maybe I could do with drinking some more water though...

 

[Northerner]

I'm a tea addict too - 7 to 8 mugs a day - but only with skimmed milk! 😉

 

[lucy123]

I am quite surprised how easy I have taken to semi skimmed milk (and decaff coffee too!) so will stick with what the dr ordered - red top only.

Thanks all for your posts.

 

[caffeine_demon]

Gold cap is 1% now? I thought gold cap was "Jersey" milk and that was significantly higher fat then regular.

Skimmed milk is cloudy water I think (can't stand the stuff)

Does this link help? http://www.milk.co.uk/page.aspx?intPageID=197

interesting - I'd never heard of "breakfast milk"

Actually - I think cloudy water would be tastier than skimmed milk!

 

[Andy HB]

I agree with the cloudy water thing 😛 Would it be disastrous in the long run if I stuck with semi-skimmed?

I use semi-skimmed and in the general scheme of things, I don't consider it to be a major issue. I've managed to lose over 50lbs since diagnosis in October 2009 on it, so it can't be that bad.

I probably average around half a pint a day (never really sat down and checked the quantity - certainly not more than a pint!).

Andy 🙂

 

[lucy123]

I hope I didn't make you all think semi skimmed is bad for you.
I am only drinking skimmed milk now as my consultant thinks its the right thing for me amd my own personal situation - same with decaff coffee.

I think if you have lost that much weight Andy and your figures are still good, then you can't be doing a lot wrong.

Sorry if I worried anyone.🙂

 

[Andy HB]

I hope I didn't make you all think semi skimmed is bad for you.
I am only drinking skimmed milk now as my consultant thinks its the right thing for me amd my own personal situation - same with decaff coffee.

I think if you have lost that much weight Andy and your figures are still good, then you can't be doing a lot wrong.

Sorry if I worried anyone.🙂

No worries for my part, lucy. 🙂

I was just pointing out that, for me, semi-skimmed didn't appear to be an issue.

But, I suppose if I could stand skimmed milk, I could cram a little more fat in from elsewhere instead!

 

[AlisonM]

I tried skimmed milk but it's really just coloured water and that colour is green. Yeuch!! Semi-skimmed or 1%* is what I normally have as I can't stand full-fat milk either.

* Depends what they have in the shop when I go in.