Reminder: The Chocolate Milk Diet

Just a reminder, something smooth and chocolaty is actually good for your bod.

The Chocolate Milk Diet | Eat This, Not That

The jist:

* A series of studies have shown that calcium can actually impede your body’s ability to absorb fat.

* Key amount is 1000mg = 3 servings of chocolate milk

* Vitamin D is responsible for moving calcium from your food to your body, which means if you’re running low on D, you’re probably also missing the calcium you need to stay slim.

* 1/2 the US population is estimated to be vit. D deficient. Solution? Drink up. Chocolate milk, like most milk, is fortified with vitamin D.

*Caveat: Drink 1% chocolate milk. Vitamin D won't work without a little fat to help break it down. You want to skip the whole milk, too, as it has too many calories to make it a regular habit. The best 

option is 1%, or low-fat chocolate milk.

* Milk has naturally occurring electrolytes that keep you hydrated—more hydrated then water, in fact—and its natural sweetness helps push more energy into your muscles.
* Muscle burns more calories than fat, so for every new muscle fiber you create, your resting metabolism receives another surge of fat-torching energy. And chocolate milk can help you do that. 


Info from: Men's Health Magazine