Hello dear forum,

Since a few months I am following a quite strict Zone diet. It works very well and I feel very comfy with it.

Now I need some advice regarding milk. I know that milk is not a 'good zone food' per se, since it is liquid. Though, I am drinking it as '1 Block Good Night Snack' quite often. We have there 1.5% fat milk in the supermarket, which is block-wise balanced.

My dilemma is now following: I can buy easily organic, full fat milk from a farm close-by. I can even see the cows from my flat. I'd love to buy it, but I don't see a way to balance the additional fat (ca. 2.3% more fat) within a 1 block snack.
(Actually I have the same 'problem' with joguhrt, that I eat for breakfast...)

Is the advantage of fatter, organic, not homogenized milk bigger than drinking anonymous, low-fat milk?
Can you give me an idea what the impact of this high fat might be?

Thanks!

- oh - in case you wonder: I am living in Switzerland. That's why I can see the cows :)

Reply, normally a little additional fat is OK.
I, myself, would rather purchase whole organic, pastured milk from local farm then processed from stores.

Thanks for the reply, John!
I have the same feeling... real milk sounds better. :)

Regarding the breakfast... usually I eat a 2 block breakfast. The joguhrt is one complete block of it, then I add a block fruit (1C), a block of nuts (1F) and an egg (1P).
Do you think I should eat a full-fat joguhrt and therefore drop the nut-fat (1F)? I am not sure... I think the milk fat isn't as useful as the nut-fat, is it?

Most of the recommendations are for a low-fat yogurt.
However, when I can get raw, organic, unpastuerized yogurt - I do not worry about it.

Nadja,

I loved your post!

I live in Wisconsin, and I can definitely relate to seeing the cows from where you live!

I know that in the Zone, there would be the debate about the fat in the milk being not a good fat to have. However, although this is not a Zone-based philosophy, I believe that dairy seems to work best to deliver its nutrients in its "whole" unaltered form. There is a good reason why milk is made the way it is, the way that God intended it to be.

Sorry, a typo!
I meant to say unpastuerized in my first reply and not pastuerized.

Thanks Cranberrycat!
I will get some milk and joguhrt tomorrow!