Monday, October 17, 2011

Some experts call milk industry's claims ‘deceptive,' ‘discredited'


A major Wisconsin dairy group continues to promote dairy products for weight loss, four years after two national groups, under pressure from the Federal Trade Commission, agreed to stop.
The state-supervised, nonprofit Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, whose annual budget exceeds $30 million, claims at least three times on its consumer website that dairy products can help people lose weight, and at least twice that the foods can aid weight management.
"Emerging research indicates consuming three servings of low-fat
dairy products as part of a healthy diet and exercise plan will help with weight loss and weight maintenance," states a board Web page on dairy's health benefits.
Leading nutrition experts from Harvard University and the Mayo Clinic contradict such claims. So do the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2010 dietary guidelines, which state that "strong evidence in adults and moderate evidence in children and adolescents demonstrates that consumption of milk and milk products does not play a special role in weight management."


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