is skim milk a good source of protein?

[Punt]

milk has 13 grams of sugar per cup!

Whats a good replacement for milk in protein shakes? Is there any kind of milk without the high sugar content? How about soy milk?

 

[ANVIL276]

Try adding skim-milk powder to your protein shakes to make them go farther.
Skim-milk powder is cheap and can cut down on the amt. of high priced protein powders you buy.

 

[Scythian_Blade]

Lactose is low GI, depending on your diet plan and how you digest milk, its a great source of food when eating clean.

Low GI, but far too high on the Insulin Index for cutting purposes imo.

Originally posted by MS
Lactose=carbs, but they are very low impact carbs. As long as you don't have probs with lactose, milk is a good food. So is unsweetened or artificially sweetened yogurt.

A good food, yes definitely. But I see milk sugar as anything but a 'low-impact carb'. To me a low impact carb would be of the more thermogenic variety. Broccoli or cauliflower for instance. Something that has a high fiber/water content and requires nearly as much energy to digest as it provides.


As a general note, fat free cottage cheese would be a far superior choice for cutting purposes. You typically get about 5 grams milk sugar and 13 grams protein per serving as opposed to 12 or 13 grams sugar per cup milk.

 

[HANSEL]

Lactose is a mere 32 on the GI scale meaning its low GI.
The Protein content is made up of primarily Micellar Casein with the rest coming from whey.

 

[B0ARDIN087]

i drink 2 cups per day..... and at two different meals, i only drink it when in my shakes and at lunch, becuz at both times i dont get enough carbs or protein and it boosts both of them, if ur on a ckd i would say no way, if not it seems to not be hindering my progress

 

[bigp3]

The lactose bloats my ass up,,, I avoid milk at all costs when cutting

 

[anthrax]

milk has 13 grams of sugar per cup!

yogurts, and any other fermented dairies, have far less lactose/carbs and as much protein

 

[bdog527]

Lactose is a mere 32 on the GI scale meaning its low GI.
The Protein content is made up of primarily Micellar Casein with the rest coming from whey.

Just to reiterate what scythian_blade said earlier. Milk sugar may be low gi but it rates very high on the Insulin Index. The whole point of the GI was to determine the insulin response to a given food. However we are now finding that for many foods the GI is not a relliable indicator of how the body will react to certain carbohydrates.

I would also agree that broccoli/cauliflower and other high fiber vegetables would be low impact carbs. Certainly not milk sugar.

 

[bdog527]

Sorry, I should also make clear that my above statements are in reference to dieting. When bulking I make sure to consume ample amounts of milk.

 

[HANSEL]

well I guess I need to keep up on my john berardi articles
http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/qa/gof_apr2001.htm