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Calories and Fat
Are milk
products high in fat or calories?
In fact, it is surprising
how few calories lower fat milk products contribute to
the diet. Skim milk has virtually no fat but contains all
the nutrients found in other milks.
Ideas for Action:
- Select lower fat milk products more often. These
include 2%,1% or skim milks and low fat yogurts
and cheeses made from partly skimmed milk.
- Substitute cream with milk in recipes.
- Substitute regular sour cream with light sour
cream or plain low fat yogurt
- Find out how much fat you are getting in your diet. Order (PDF 120 KB) FoodTrack Check on Fat from BC Dairy Foundation.
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Did You Know?
| It is easy to get the recommended number of servings of milk products without adding much fat or calories to your diet. Most adults need a minimum of two servings of milk products every day. Two servings of lower fat milk products provide nearly all the calcium you need in a day and only 10 - 17% of the calories and fat in an 1800* Calorie diet. |
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Calories
(kcal) |
Fat (g) |
Calcium
(mg) |
Daily amount
recommended for
adult women
(age 19 - 50) |
1800* |
50 |
1000 |
| 250 mL skim milk |
90 |
trace |
320 |
| 250 mL 2% milk |
128 |
5 |
314 |
| 175 mL 1.5% yogourt |
110 |
3 |
319 |
| 50g
part skim mozzarella |
131 |
7.8 |
339 |
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