Question About Milk/Chocolate Milk?!
Answers: I babysit two kids, one is 10 and one is 7. Their mom allows them to drink chocolate milk all the time for lunch where my mom told me to drink regular white milk everyday for srong bones, good teeth, etc. Thier mom says that chocolate milk gives them the same strong bones, good teeth, etc that regular milk does. True?
Hello,
This is the problem the kids of today have. Parents and there ignorant ways.
Sure chocolate milk has some good points, however the sugar, and other crap added to the milk outweighs the good points I think.
Giving kids sugary drinks is not doing the kid any good. Not only do the kid get a sugar high, but concentration, sleep, all around good health of a growing child is effected by this ignorance.
Poor kids.....
I'm not a doctor but, chocolate milk does have all the same vitamins and minerals as regular milk. However, it does have more calories and is sweeter.
yeah it does but it also add on more calories and has a lot of preservatives
It is true, but chocolate contains caffeine. Kids are known to get restless from consuming too much caffeine and sugar.
Chocolate milk may give them strong bones, however it also has more sugar and other additives they don't need. I'm not thoroughly convinced that people should be overdosing on cow's milk like we've been taught...Also Sugar is not good for concentration. And the kind of sugar in chocolate milk is actually an industrially processed drug. It's not a food.
Cow's milk may not be the best idea. How about soy milk? Just don't over do it with soy milk. There are also other things that have calcium in it, like broccoli. Get creative with the blender and make drinks and foods that your child will eat that have calcium in it. Cow's Milk has too much fat and other nasty stuff in it, that you may not want your child to be ingesting, like unknown hormones, antibiotics...
I live near dairy farms, and if you could see how they treat cows and how they are raised, you'd be shocked..You wouldn't eat another hamburger and you certainly wouldn't advise that anyone drink cow's milk in heavy doses.
Get educated and learn how to make sound choices for your children and yourself. Your children will do much better in school and won't have behavioral problems
i would think that regular milk is better coz it hasnt any sugar or additives in,like maybe the chocolate milk does ,but if they dont like regular milk or she has a problem getting them to drink it maybe its the next best thing in her opinion,in mine i wouldnt have give them the option in the first place
Yes, they are getting the same milk nutrition, but they are also getting a lot more sugar.
As far as calcium is concerned that is true but, I question the sugar content in chocolate milk. It would seem to me that chocolate milk should be a treat, not something served at every meal. The extra sugar could be harmful to dental health. And what with the obesity problems with children today , the calories could be better spent on healthy foods.
Yes, it's true. Everyone who has answered so far is also right about extra calories, sugar, caffeine. I think "everything in moderation". A glass of chocolate milk at lunch in otherwise healthy children should not be harmful. Chocolate all the time is a bit extreme in anyone. The mom should find a happy medium. Everyone should brush their teeth after meals.