Following up that earlier dietary post

[unixronin]

This news just in from Sweden:  Full fat dairy products are more likely to keep you slim than comparable low-fat products.

"The surprising conclusion was that increased consumption of cheese meant that overweight women lost weight," said Alicja Wolk, professor at Karolinska Institute, to Svenska Dagbladet.

The ten-year study found that a glass of whole milk every day reduced weight gain by 15%, while full-fat whole-milk cheese was even more effective, reducing weight gain by 30%.  The milk fat also helps boost calcium uptake.

Comments

[jilara.livejournal.com]

I (and my Swedish ancestry?) am vindicated! People keep asking how I've gone back down to size 10. I tell them I'm eating healthy stuff. I have eaten butter instead of margarine from the first, I drink whole milk, I eat cheese (full fat!), I eat whole grains, I use sugar sparingly but don't substitute, and I eliminated snack foods. Oh, and I try not to eat unless I'm hungry. That's it.

I was reading the other day that there may also be a correlation to drinking artificial sweeteners and weight gain. Interesting.

[plutosonium.livejournal.com]

Lord knows I've gained a lot while drinking diet drinks.

I find that if I accidentally get a real sugar soda, I tend to drink about half of it and then run out of steam, whereas diet drinks I can drink gallons of. And probably eat while drinking.

[jilara.livejournal.com]

There's probably an advantage to the fact that, besides doing strange things to my blood sugar, aspartame makes me lose my color vision.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know ... you eat much like I do. Funny thing about that. And neither one of us has any dietary issues that I'm aware of.

(Though I have gained a little extra around my waist I'd like to get rid of ... but it's tough to get rid of when I get so little exercise because every form of physical exercise hurts... and in most cases, makes my foot break open.)

[jilara.livejournal.com]

For lower-impact exercise, you might consider checking to see if there is a therapy pool you can use. I have a friend with serious back issues who uses one to work out. You can often find them through senior/disabled services groups.