Is a glass of whole milk worse or better for you than a glass of pop?!
Answers: I LOVE whole milk. It makes me sick...but if I'm going to drink it I want it to be the good stuff. I'd prefer a glass of whole milk any day over pop. My friends tell me it's so bad for me but I see them drinking tons of soda and even alcohol. I feel like what I drink it still a whole lot better for me than what they are drinking. What is the comparisons between pop and whole milk when it comes to calories, fat, etc.
Well, first off- you don't say if you know how or why it makes you sick, but if you're lactose intolerant there are pills (lactaid) that can help, or you can try soy- or almond 'milk' type products.
Milk has calcium and added vitamin D, so right there it's better for you than pop. Whole milk has fat, which pop never has, but pop has phosphorus and all sorts of additives that milk doesn't. And that actually leaches calcium from your bones (remember the tooth in the can of coke legend? There is more than a bit of reality to that).
If you can work yourself down to skim or 1% milk, you'll get the same benefits without all the fat (whole is 3 to 7% fat- depending on brand).
Calorie wise, 8 ounces of whole milk has about 150 cals, skim about 90, and 8 ounces of cola has 120- (160-180 per 12 ounce can) so calorie wise your about even- the real benefit is that milk gives your body more nutrients (and is much more filling- leading you to consume less calories in your overall diet) than colas or other sodas, so your much better off. Diet colas have of course very few (0-15) calories per 12 ounce serving, but have caffeine and/or chemical sweeteners that can give some folks problems.
Over all, milk is a much healthier product to put in your body- check at any diet/health/nutrition site on the web- and only the soda pop manufacturers will tell you anything different!
Its better because milk has calcium, soda sucks calcium from your bones
Pop is empty calories and milk has vitamins and minerals that your body needs. Its pretty much a no-brainer if you ask me. MILK over pop any day!
Milk has calcium that you need helping your bones and teeth and it also gives you good fat content and good calories. Pop is just a bunch of chemicals and carbonic acid which melts limestone and eventually it hurts your teeth very much and makes them very soft it has no fat but it does have a lot of calories and bad chemicals in it. Diet has no calories but more chemicals.
MILK, WHOLE, 3.3% FAT" 1 CUP 8oz 150cal
Shasta Creme Soda, 12 oz 190cal
Milk makes me ill also so I drink Lactaid Milk and have no side affects, try it you just might like it and it might be the answer for you. BTW: Lactaid 2% 8oz 140 calories.
You can't get calcium from pop. You have all that sugar in pop. Yes, whole milk does have fat that pop does not.
Sorry, my fridge has skim milk for me and diet soda for my husband, so can't do a comparrison with whole and reg. soda.
Diet Coke has 40 mg. of sodium, but no nutritional value and 45 mg of caffene.
Skim milk has no fat, 5 mg cholest., 125mg. sodium, 380 mg. potassium, 13 g. carbs, 12 g sugar, 8 g protein. For nutrition it has 10% Vit. A, Vit. C 2 %, 30% Calcium, 25% Vit. D.
My drinks of choice are skim milk, juice and water which are all better for you.
milk has calcium but soda has tons and tons of sugar.
...off course better!
I would think that milk is better for you. They say that whole milk has a lot of fat so you may try going to at least 2% but I would choose milk over soda anyday!
whole milk is so much better for you than pop. Pop sucks nutrients such as calcium out of your bones. Milk adds calcium to your bones. Fat free milk is even better for you though.
milk is the winner
i figure that its a natural product, therefore must be better for us