Product Review: Hood Carb Countdown Fat-Free Milk
April 9, 2006
I'm not usually one to hype up the already over-sensationalized bevy of low carb products that are already out there BUT…this one might not be so bad. At just 45 calories per cup, 3g of sugar and 0g of fat this milk makes protein shakes palatable again. It also works as a substitute for non-fat milk in cooking recipes and unlike skim milk it doesn't taste like watered down penicillin.
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Susan | April 10, 2006 at 12:03 am
I’ve always been weary of milk-wannabe’s. Is it milk, but chemically altered? Another product entirely?
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cliff | April 10, 2006 at 2:29 am
For me this is one of those cases where ya have to bite the bullet. I actually believe that cow’s milk is inappropiate for human consumption. Considering the purpose of cow’s milk is to turn a baby calf into a 1500lb cow in less than a year it doesn’t make good diet food. The hood milk removes the fat thru the same process that skim milk does. It also uses a proprietary method for removing the sugar from the milk and replacing it with splenda. Yea its not natural but I don’t belive humans should drink cow’s milk anyway.
Soy milk is a suitable non-dairy replacement but for ppl like me who don’t like the taste of soy milk, it’s not a very reasonable substitue. So much cooking is dependant on milk as a base so it helps to have something that you can easily put into a recipe that calls for milk.
On a sidenote, it is interesting how the USDA hypes up the importance of drinking milk in this country. Humans were never designed to consume cow’s milk in the first place, it just goes to show how strong a lobby the Dairy Farmer’s have in this country. You’d be surprised how many ppl stare in shock if you suggest that humans don’t in fact need milk to obtain calcium. Even more ridiculous is the people who claim you need milk to get vitamin D, not realizing that vitamin D is actually ADDED to milk. It is true however that getting the recommended DV% of vitamin D from food sources alone is difficult and this is why I think everyone should take a high-quality broad spectrum multi-vitamin daily.
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Susan | April 10, 2006 at 4:59 pm
I’m with you. I don’t drink much cow’s milk at all. If you don’t like the taste of soy, there are other nondairy substitutes such as rice milk and nut-based milk.