Bone-Building Calcium for Milk Haters. If you're not a fan of milk, or don't drink it due to dietary restrictions, you need to make up milk's 1-2 punch of calcium and vitamin D through other sources. An 8-ounce glass of milk has about 300 milligrams (mg) of the calcium you need.
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Chocolate milk is for kids, right? So as an adult, it’s either regular milk (almond milk if you’re about that non-dairy life) or bust. But a scoop or drizzle of chocolate isn’t only totally OK to have as an adult, it boasts some serious benefits.
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1 Bone-Building Calcium for Milk Haters If you're not a fan of milk, or don't drink it due to dietary restrictions, you need to make up milk's 1-2 punch of calcium and vitamin D through other sources.
http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition-pictures/things-you-never-knew-about-milk.aspx
1 Kids Don't Drink Enough Milk Moms always say drink your milk and now, they have the data that explains why. 2  Few children and teens drink enough low-fat milk, a new study from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention showed.
http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition-pictures/things-you-never-knew-about-milk.aspx
Not to mention a first-of-its-kind study presented at this year’s American College of Sports Medicine’s annual conference found that drinking chocolate milk after a hard swim helps swimmers shave an average of two seconds for every 200 yards they swim. They shave half a second per 75 yard sprint.
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A 14-ounce container of Muscle Milk, for example, has 25 grams of protein and only 11 grams of carbohydrates. And then there is the price. Let’s say you made your own carb-infused milk sports drink: about 25 cents for the eight ounces of milk (probably non-organic at that price) and another 25 cents for the banana.
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An eight-ounce glass of 2 percent milk has 12 grams of carbohydrates and 8 grams of protein. Nowhere near the recommended 4:1 ratio. That means — should you choose to make your own post-exercise milk drink — you would need to add about 20 grams of carbohydrates. For example, a small banana has about 20 grams of carbs.
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Get Kids To Eat Healthier. Depending on how you flavor your milk, chocolate milk can be unhealthy. Nestle’s Nesquik, the market leader that’s been around since the 1980s, comes in the form of powder and syrup, boasting 13 grams of sugar per serving. When was the last time you made a glass of chocolate milk with a mere two tablespoons? Exactly.
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1 Few children and teens drink enough low-fat milk, a new study from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention showed. 2  Most kids (73 percent) drink milk, but only about 20 percent drink low-fat or nonfat milk, which is the healthiest option.
http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition-pictures/things-you-never-knew-about-milk.aspx
Chances are chocolate milk was a staple for you growing up. Kids chug the stuff no matter what the occasion, whether it’s with breakfast, lunch, or as an after-school snack. Chocolate powder, chocolate syrup — it’s all good. That is, until you get older.
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the benefits of drinking chocolate milk for kids
Chocolate milk was a staple for kids to grow up.