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> I would still say that is a substantial amount of empty calories. Its really no different than having a 12 oz coke every morning from an empty calorie point

> I would still say that is a substantial amount of empty calories. Its really no different than having a 12 oz coke every morning from an empty calorie point of view. So, in your opinion a glass of milk is empty calories, no different from a Coke?

will_brown 10y ago
Unlike sugary starbucks drinks, I never said milk was no different than coke. Its not opinion, but by definition milk is not empty calories like sugary coffees and coke, because it contains nutritional value above food energy. But my opinion would be to avoid milk. Here is my quick analysis: 16 oz of milk is ~250 cal and ~25g of sugar, that is a lot of calories and sugar for the comparative nutritional value (minimal protein and vitamins). To put it in perspective that is 100% of the daily sugar intake suggested by the AHA yet only 1/3 the daily protein intake (for women). Again one would be much better off replacing that 250 calories in a glass of milk for a breakfast of say 3 egg omelette with spinach (~250) on a daily basis because they would get much better nutritional value and avoid an inevitable sugar surplus. Really this circles around to my original point, if people are consuming even 100 calories from coffee in the morning, they are not really skipping a meal, because a healthy breakfast could come in 100 calories...that is an egg and slice of bacon or one egg omelette with a green vegetable. So let me ask you if someone has a 120 calorie sugary coffee or 250 calorie glass of milk (100% daily sugar, 1/3 daily protein) in the morning, is that really the same as skipping a meal?