Let's get a fair and balanced
study on chocolate milk in the cafeteria and then we can talk!
Not exact matches
By: Ed BruskeA little sugar with that calcium?A landmark
study on calcium and vitamin D nutrition recently published by the Institute of Medicine poses a serious challenge to a dairy industry campaign to sell
chocolate milk to the nation's school children, finding that only girls aged 9 to... Read more
In order to better understand the potential impact that removing
chocolate milk has
on milk sales and intake, the relevant research questions were
studied in two phases.
On January 7th, I wrote about a press release promoting an unpublished University of Maryland (UMD)
study that recommended a
chocolate milk drink to help high school football players recover from concussions.
I also applaud superintendent Tom Leonard for listening to the three students and agreeing to the trial of serving
chocolate milk on Fridays and running a research
study.
A landmark
study on calcium and vitamin D nutrition recently published by the Institute of Medicine poses a serious challenge to a dairy industry campaign to sell
chocolate milk to the nation's school children, finding that only girls aged 9 to 18 might need more calcium and only by an amount contained in a half - serving of calcium - fortified cereal.
The SNA has announced it plans to hold a «webinar»
on the
study Aug. 25 to examine findings from a sample of schools that purport to show that
milk consumption dropped an average 35 percent when
chocolate and other flavored
milks were removed and students were offered only plain
milk.
Without reading the actual
study, I can not comment
on its methods, but I'm willing to hazard a guess that the investigators designed the
study — consciously or unconsciously — to favor consumption of
chocolate milk.
The
study examined effects of fat - free
chocolate milk consumption
on kinetic and cellular markers of protein turnover, muscle glycogen, and performance during recovery from endurance exercise.
Although these
studies have been done
on low - fat
chocolate milk there is no reason to believe whole
chocolate milk will not have the same, or better effects.