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There is nothing more humbling than discovering that simple advice parents and grandparents have handed out for generations holds great truth. Only recently have researchers begun piecing together observations obtained in complex experiments and extensive surveys about one of the most common of all food products, to discover that one of the most repeated phrases of parenthood may hold a key to America’s obesity problem. It may actually offer a simple, cheap and effective tool for weight loss.
Drink Your Milk!
This command has been spoken, sometimes yelled, at nearly every family dining table. That familiar white beverage served ice cold in a glass at home, or lukewarm in tiny cartons with missing kids on the back at school, may be a missing link to explain the growing number of adults and children who are becoming plumper and plumper every year.
To understand this revelation, it’s necessary to backtrack through a maze of seemingly unrelated research to find the subtle hints and clues that led one researcher of fully investigate the relationship between dairy products and weight loss. Milk, as is well known, is an excellent source of calcium, promoted to build strong bones and teeth. Beyond its role in rebuilding bones and preventing the age-related onset of osteoporosis (brittle bones), calcium also plays a central part in many other processes in the body. Calcium is active when it’s present as an ion (an electrically charged atom), so most calcium is bound to proteins, phosphates or chelates (types of chemical compounds) in order to prevent uncontrolled contractions from causing harmful or fatal damage.
Calcium was previously considered only for the local actions it caused, such as muscle contractions or bone formation. However, it has become evident that calcium is closely monitored by the body; changes in the dietary level of calcium can alter the metabolism in unimagined ways.
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Milk, It Does a Body Good!
There is nothing more humbling than discovering that simple advice parents and grandparents have handed out for generations holds great truth. Only recently have researchers begun piecing together observations obtained in complex experiments and extensive surveys about one of the most common of all food products, to discover that one of the most repeated phrases of parenthood may hold a key to America’s obesity problem. It may actually offer a simple, cheap and effective tool for weight loss.Drink Your Milk!
This command has been spoken, sometimes yelled, at nearly every family dining table. That familiar white beverage served ice cold in a glass at home, or lukewarm in tiny cartons with missing kids on the back at school, may be a missing link to explain the growing number of adults and children who are becoming plumper and plumper every year.
To understand this revelation, it’s necessary to backtrack through a maze of seemingly unrelated research to find the subtle hints and clues that led one researcher of fully investigate the relationship between dairy products and weight loss. Milk, as is well known, is an excellent source of calcium, promoted to build strong bones and teeth. Beyond its role in rebuilding bones and preventing the age-related onset of osteoporosis (brittle bones), calcium also plays a central part in many other processes in the body. Calcium is active when it’s present as an ion (an electrically charged atom), so most calcium is bound to proteins, phosphates or chelates (types of chemical compounds) in order to prevent uncontrolled contractions from causing harmful or fatal damage.
Calcium was previously considered only for the local actions it caused, such as muscle contractions or bone formation. However, it has become evident that calcium is closely monitored by the body; changes in the dietary level of calcium can alter the metabolism in unimagined ways.
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