dairy product and loss weight??

[keliska]

Hi
I have read now in new OXYGEN that dairy can help lose weight??what do you thinking about it?? why in clean diet a lot of bodybuilders say "keep of dairy in your diet"??

 

[MS]

Hi
I have read now in new OXYGEN that dairy can help lose weight??what do you thinking about it?? why in clean diet a lot of bodybuilders say "keep of dairy in your diet"??

Eating fewer calories than you burn will help you lose weight. Doesn't matter if the calories are from dairy or not. What does matter to some bodybuilders is the sodium and/or fluid retention that comes along with some dairy foods. Lactose allergies can also be a problem. I can see good reasons to eliminate full fat dairy products for the calories, and eliminating them the week before a competition/hot date/beach vacation etc... to drop some fluid weight. Otherwise there is no good reason to avoid them. After all, whey and cottage cheese are both dairy products that any bodybuilder would do well to include in their diet. Fermented dairy foods such as (real) yogurt may also have mild insulin sensitizing or blood glucose reducing properties and yogurt is also low in lactose.

 

[anthrax]

When there isn't enough calcium in the diet, the body responds by releasing hormones to help conserve as much calcium as possible for critical bodily functions (heartbeat, for one). One of these hormones, calcitriol, tells arterial muscle to contract, which increases blood pressure. But calcitriol also acts on fat cells.

"Calcitriol sends the fat cells a message to start making more fat and sends another message to slow down the process of fat breakdown and oxidation," says Zemel, co-author of "The Calcium Key" (Wiley, 2004). Since high calcium levels have been the norm through evolution, the body assumes that food is scarce and conserves when calcium is low in the diet.

 

[Daisy_Girl]

What does matter to some bodybuilders is the sodium and/or fluid retention that comes along with some dairy foods.

Isn't it also the excess sugar from the lactose? Same reason why fruit it usually not included in BBs diet (excess sugar from fructose).

There is also a BIG difference between eating for a competition and eating to be healthy. A healthy diet includes EVERYTHING in moderation. A competion diet is much more restrictive.

 

[brunette]

i hear rave reviews about FULL FAT milk but i'm not sold that easily ......

 

[MS]

Isn't it also the excess sugar from the lactose? Same reason why fruit it usually not included in BBs diet (excess sugar from fructose).

There is also a BIG difference between eating for a competition and eating to be healthy. A healthy diet includes EVERYTHING in moderation. A competion diet is much more restrictive.

The main food where lactose would be a concern is plain old milk. Cottage cheese, whey protein, fermented foods such as yogurt, and hard cheeses all have very little lactose. So if lactose/extra sugars are a concern then avoid whole or skim milk (or milk powder).

And as Anthrax points out, you should ensure one way or another you get LOTS of calcium while dieting.