OT - Harbaugh was right about Whole Milk

Submitted by bokee88 on

When Harbaugh talks about whole milk and "not that candy ass skim milk", I always think he's talking out of his ass... which me might be.  I doubt he's done scientific research on the topic but then again nothing would surprise me about him.  Interestingly though, his thoughts on milk have some scientific backing.  Time published an article yesterday that backs him up on the benefits of whole milk over skim.  Check it out if you are curious:

    http://time.com/4279538/the-case-against-low-fat-milk-is-stronger-than-…

Somehow this guy is a genius about everything.  He's a twitter expert and he has a background in biochemistry and nutritional sciences.  He's pretty good at coaching football as well.  Go Blue!

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SBo

April 5th, 2016 at 11:52 PM ^

He has DEFINITELY done research on the topic. Harbaugh doesn't just make shit up. He probably has written a few papers on it. Hell, this might be him under a pen name.

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BornInAA

April 5th, 2016 at 11:58 PM ^

Not just milk - the entire "low fat" thing is a scam - they add more salt and sugar to make up for the lack of taste because the fat is gone. Most "low fat" products actually contain more calories, salt and carbs.

Just eat real food. Anything in a box, can or package is bad. Except for Pringles --- and Twix --- and rocky road ice cream.

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Jonesy

April 6th, 2016 at 4:03 PM ^

And it goes beyond that.  Dietary fat does not equal body fat.  It's carbs that make you fat, dietary fat actually makes you less fat as eating fat slows down your body's absorption of carbs which slows your insulin response which causes less blood sugar to be stored as body fat.  Furthermore fat is more satiating than carbs which means you get full faster and eat less.  And lastly the nonfat and lowfat stuff costs the same when it has all those fat calories removed and tastes a lot worse so you're paying the same price for less food that tastes worse and is less healthy for you.  Down with low/non fat!

 

And then there's stupid american soda that replaced all the sugar with corn syrup because corn syrup has a slightly lower glycemic index (or more likely because we subsidize the fuck out of corn due to lobbyists) ignoring the fact that that extra 5% of fructose leads to increased triglycerides and ... it tastes way worse.

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buddhafrog

April 5th, 2016 at 11:59 PM ^

When he slept over at Nordin's house while recruiting the kicker, Nordin commented about Harbaugh having a big cereal breakfast and drinking a lot of 2% milk. I was so confused...

Did anyone else read this? I was expecting to hear comments here but never have.

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WichitanWolverine

April 6th, 2016 at 12:04 AM ^

I mean he said he ended up several inches taller than any of the other men in his immediate family after drinking as much whole milk as possible as a child. That's enough evidence for me.

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translator82

April 6th, 2016 at 12:25 AM ^

Went running this afternoon, filled my post-run shake with 8 oz of whole milk. Tasted great. Feel like a million bucks. When it comes to nutrition: Harbaugh uber alles. 

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BlueWolverine02

April 6th, 2016 at 2:15 AM ^

The research has been out there for quite a few years.  People are afraid of fat because we grew up being told it was bad for us.  This includes doctors who in many cases haven't taken a nutrition class since college and don't keep up in advances outside of their specialty.  So we still have doctors and the government, because they are always the last to change, giving us advice using out dated science.  I've been drinking organic whole milk for years and am keeping my eyes open for a convenient source of grass fed organic whole milk.  Raw might be a bit much if only because it's illegal to sell and there aren't really dairy farms in the metro Detroit area.

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GG Allin

April 6th, 2016 at 8:26 AM ^

Many doctors do not keep up with latest medical news or are goverened by big Pharma and end up getting into a routine. If something comes along that is better, they won't always accept it because it means they need to change their routine. One example I have seen  of doctors ignoring advances is inhaled insulin. Many endos will not consider Afrezza because it is a change from the norm. Obviously there are other factors involved as well. 

 I get it that many doctors are overwhelmed today. Being a doctor today means having to deal with a crap load of paperwork and insurance headaches. Changes in health care law has made many doctors leave the field. We are seeing a shortage of docs now and it will continue to get worse. Maybe technology will help and maybe RNs will be able to do more than they are allowed to to help ease the coming problems.

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teldar

April 6th, 2016 at 10:43 AM ^

That had already been thrown out the window by large hospitals. Gonna rant. Physicians don't like doing new things demanded by hospitals to meet new guidelines from hippa, jcaho, etc., and so many things get foisted off on nursing. They are already overloaded and getting burnt out at a historic speed. Foisting off more on staff nurses is not appropriate. What is appropriate is loosening the hold the AMA and state AMA have on legislature through special interest lobbying and allowing NPs more ability to practice independently including less limited prescription authority. Many NPs go into primary care which is where the greatest shortage is but states like Ohio still hate themselves their nurses and are medieval in terms of nursing restrictions and cause themselves issues by knuckling under to the AMA. This only exacerbates the problem. Individual physicians are interested in Aprn doing more, but when it gets political,all RNs get less freedom and many physicians get overloaded. I've spent 7 years as a floor nurse and another 8 as s nurse anesthetist, so I've got some perspective.

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Aero01

April 6th, 2016 at 9:29 AM ^

Calder dairy has a farm in Carleton and a store in Lincoln Park. I don't know whether their cows are grass fed, but I've been getting their non-homogenized whole milk for a while now. They service many area grocery stores and have delivery service available to some areas.

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Jonesy

April 6th, 2016 at 4:08 PM ^

A hundred years ago all nutritionists knew that carbs made you fat, not fat...and they were mostly german...and then hitler happenned...and everyone else decided that discredited them.  Then the US got its food chart built by a 'scientist' from general mills, it's no surprise he said 'hey everybody, eat a ton of grains.'


Also doctors have two weeks of study on nutrition in med school, they dont know shit about it, and what they do know is probably straight from general mills.

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Carolina Maize

April 6th, 2016 at 4:13 AM ^

Can't believe this is the subject of my first post...milk is not good for us, period.  Strangely, whole milk isn't as bad as skim, but it still isn't something we should ingest on a regular basis.

The advertising for the milk industry is federally subsidised and one of the regulations placed on them is that aren't allowed to claim that milk is "good" for you. They have some clever ways of trying to get around that problem, but you won't be able to find one instance where they claim it is.  

Harbaugh is a great coach but I hope he never encourages anyone to ever drink milk, the soup of cancer causing suspects, again.

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