Molly Morgan, our registered dietician, is the author of To Your Healthy Life.Style. Here you'll find past month's articles containing helpful advice and information on healthy eating, dairy foods, and Crowley products.

Celebrate the Slim Life

Weight Loss with Lowfat Dairy

Have you heard about the latest research that links lowfat dairy foods with weight loss? Good news for those of us who are watching our weight! More studies are confirming that getting the calcium and protein your body needs everyday from lowfat dairy products may help you meet your weight loss goals.

Here are a few highlights from studies on the dairy and weight loss relationship:

Women burned more fat and calories after a meal when their diets included 3-4 servings of lowfat dairy daily.

Crowley Tip: Have a glass of Crowley Lowfat or Fat Free Milk at every meal; this is a sure way to meet your daily dairy needs!

Researchers found that there may be a correlation between the weight of children and teens and dairy consumption. The study found that teenage girls (ages 9 to 14) who consumed more milk and milk products weighed less than their fellow students who consumed little dairy. Even just one extra serving of dairy a day was associated with lower body fat!

Crowley Tip: Mix up a smoothie for an after-school snack as a quick means of getting extra calcium into your teenager’s day! Click here for our smoothie recipes.

Increased dairy consumption may protect overweight individuals from becoming obese or developing insulin resistance syndrome (also known as metabolic syndrome).

Crowley Tip: Make dairy part of your dinner plate by serving Crowley Nonfat Pineapple Cottage Cheese as a side dish; a great way to sneak in extra calcium!

If you’re looking for ideas about how to make dairy part of your day, read our To Your Healthy Life.Style. article, Kick Up Your Calcium!

Express Lane Lunch Ideas

It’s National Nutrition Month and Crowley would like to bring you quick lunch ideas that add dairy to your diet, even when you’re in a hurry. (The American Dietetic Association reports that over 75 percent of office workers eat lunch at their desk two to three times per week. Are you one of them?)

Protein Packed Lunch

• Shopping List: 16 oz. Crowley Nonfat Pineapple Cottage Cheese and an apple
• Meal Highlights: only 380 calories, provides a serving of dairy, a serving of fruit, and it provides 48 grams of protein!

Light & Filling Lunch

• Shopping List: 6 oz. bag of salad mix (pre-washed), 8 oz. Crowley Nonfat Cottage Cheese, 2 tablespoons lowfat salad dressing, and an 8 oz. fruit cup (fresh or canned)
• Meal Highlights: less than 500 calories, provides a serving of vegetables, a serving of fruit, and about 12 grams of protein
• Tip: limit salad dressing to two tablespoons. To best accomplish this, keep the dressing towards the side of your plate and dip your salad into it.

Rocky Road Lunch

• Shopping List: 6 oz. Crowley Lowfat Vanilla Yogurt, single-serving bag of dry roasted peanuts, dried cranberries, and a 16 oz. Crowley Grabba Milk™ 1% Lowfat Chocolate Milk
• Back at the office: Mix the yogurt, dry roasted peanuts, and the dried cranberries. Simply stir and enjoy with your Grabba Milk™!
• Meal highlights: 28 grams of protein, a serving of fruit, and almost three servings of dairy!

For more information about the relationship between dairy and weight loss, visit Weight Loss with Dairy and Enjoy Crowley. Lose Weight.

RESOURCES:

• Pereira MA, et al. Dairy consumption, obesity, and the insulin resistance syndrome in young adults: The CARDIA Study. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002; 287:2081-2089.
• Carolyn W Gunther, Roseann M Lyle, Pamela A Legowski, Julie M James, Linda D McCabe, George P McCabe, Munro Peacock, and Dorothy Teegarden. Fat oxidation and its relation to serum parathyroid hormone in young women enrolled in a 1-y dairy calcium intervention. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, Dec 2005; 82: 1228 - 1234.
• Novotny R, Daida YG, Acharya S, Grove JS, Vogt TM. Dairy intake is associated with lower body fat and soda intake with greater weight in adolescent girls. Journal of Nutrition. 2004; 134(8):1905-1909.
• American Dietetic Association.

For more information about National Nutrition Month, go to: www.eatright.org.

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