National Chocolate Milk Day
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By
Diane Forrest
I have never been a milk drinker. Just watching someone drink that white liquid
makes me nauseous. However, chocolate
milk is a different story. Just by
adding a few spoonful’s of chocolate powder, or some chocolate syrup, and I
could drink it all day long.
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Recently in the news there have been reports that
Chocolate milk is no longer allowed in schools, because of the sugar
content. In my opinion it’s hard to
weigh which is worse. Not having
necessary calcium and Vitamin D, or 8 grams of sugar. According to one study I read on ABC, the
extra sugar would add 5 pounds per year, but what they fail to mention is the
calories these kids burn off in a day. I’m
assuming those 5 calories per year are for inactive children who can't
move. However the loss of vitamin D and
Calcium would be detrimental to the formation of bones and teeth especially
during the growing years.
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Then there are the people like me who cannot drink plain
white milk. I know there are others
besides me.
Today is National Chocolate Milk Day. So to keep your calcium level up and your
calories down, drink a nice glass of Chocolate milk, then take a long walk
around the block or a nice bike ride in this cool fall weather.
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