Banning chocolate milk If you have the choice between chocolate and plain milk, what would you choose? Most people would pick chocolate milk, just because it has more flavor. In schools it was seen that “milk consumption drops 35% when flavored milks are removed” (Hoag, USA Today).Christina Hoag in her article ¨Schools may ban chocolate milk over added sugar¨ Research shows that children who drink flavored milk do not consume more added sugar, fat and calories, and they meet more of their nutrient needs and are not heavier than non-milk drinkers. Therefore, chocolate milk is better than other beverages such as sport drinks. She argues between the two facts whether chocolate milk is healthy. Also, answers the questions that every parent …show more content…
Chocolate milk is another flavor for plain milk which has about the same nutrition as plain milk. Plain milk is very healthy, but chocolate milk tasty and healthy at the same time. Plain milk has a lot of nutrients while chocolate milk has only half the nutrients that plain milk has. Chocolate milk can be bad and good for kids. There is a lot of sugar added in chocolate milk, which is bad for kids. However it can help kids wake up in the morning and have a lot of energy for the day. Therefore, chocolate milk is really not that effective to kids in a bad way, it actually helps kids get their vitamins and proteins they need. For instance the chocolate milk that is served in schools is low fat anyways. So why ban it from schools when it's not even harming …show more content…
We have to provide kids with what they like and what is good for them. Therefore kids love chocolate milk and if schools ban that then i don't think kids will drink any milk. The only thing that chocolate milk contains is a lot of sugar but one box of milk won’t be harmful. Once the school stops providing chocolate milk kids won’t drink the plain milk which can lead to them getting less nutrition than usual. I think chocolate milk has a great impact on kids during school. It’s better to have some vitamins than nothing, i think chocolate milk provides that. Second, chocolate milk has less sugar added in it than soda , and some energy drinks. If kids drink chocolate milk then they won't think about soda or any energy drinks, which is a good thing for them. The last thing is that chocolate milk has a lot of vitamins and proteins in it. For example, it has been said that chocolate milk has a good amount of calcium, vitamin D, protein, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin B12, and niacin. So after all chocolate milk has more of a good effect on kids than a bad
People are not prone to agree with one another. If you gather a dozen people together for a dinner party and the subject turns to politics or religion, then there is inevitably going to be an argument. There is one thing, however, that there is a near universal consensus on: chocolate is a wonderful and delicious thing.
According to clinical research at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), chocolate milk has little or no benefit for bones. This teaches us that chocolate milk is not needed in the cafeteria. Chocolate milk also doesn’t have the same 9 essential nutrients as white milk. And, Ann Cooper, the head of the nutrition services for Boulder Valley School district says, “ It works as a treat for home, but it doesn't belong in schools.” All of this shows that chocolate milk has little or no benefit for children's
One reason we should not serve chocolate milk is there is too much sugar. For example, Chloe Baker, from the Australian Investigative Reporter, says, “That one carton of milk has 30 grams of added sugar, white milk to start has 12 grams of sugar already, that is more than soda!” Many people think that chocolate milk is healthy but, it really is not healthy at all. Also, “When kids drink just
Starting with the dark chocolate; this type of chocolate has a natural source of antioxidants. Then in 2008, Hershey began making chocolate with vegetable oil instead of cocoa butter (Hershey, n.d.). No milk chocolate is not a healthy snack but popping one in your mouth is only 25 calories (Sun-Sentinel, 2007). These improvements modified the chocolate recipe to attract more clientele (Hershey, n.d.).
His first point to support his claim is that chocolate is fattening. He uses prior knowledge to support this fact by saying that candy bars can be upwards of 200 calories, they contain fat and sugar, and skinny people are vegetarians or athletes. Diego’s second point is that newspapers are not always trustworthy. He uses examples from his experience, the news going back and forth over the health benefits of red wine and the push for gluten-free food unnecessarily. His final point is that the study from the newspaper article was not valid. He uses the proof that testing only healthy people leads to skewed results and the study should have included chocolate eaters who were unhealthy.
An everyday person, when asked to describe chocolate, would probably start by calling it "magic." The presence of chocolate in the everyday American life is an experience sought after, craved for, and bought for under two dollars at the corner convenience store. Indeed, chocolate is edible ecstasy that is put in everything: coffee, icecream, cereal, even the spicy sauce for Mexican mole. Chocolate has a cultural presence like no other food commodity; it is brought back to loved ones from the faraway places of Switzerland and Germany, it is given as a symbol of love, and moreover, it is the first thing everyone instinctually goes too when that loves does not work out. A teary-eyed young woman eating chocolate and watching romantic comedies has become so common it has become a cliche in American cinema. There is something about chocolate that makes the muddy, smooth, brown
Chocolate milk should be banned from schools because from school because kids consume too much sugar. It’s a proven fact that kids consume about 20% more sugar than they are supposed to in just 1 week. This is a bad thing because having extra sugar isn’t good for you. Another fact about chocolate milk is that after a year kids would have drank 2 gallons of sugar. You don’t want
Another reason is because it is bad for you too. In the passage it said that children who drink chocolate milk get more nutrients in their system. If they get more nutrition in their body they will grow healthy. These reasons and facts help me alot, but I still don't know if it is good or harmful.
Since the beginning of time, people have been drinking milk. Even today you will find a gallon of milk in almost every refrigerator in America. Milk is, and has always been, a staple of our diet. Because it contains essential proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins, milk is considered one of nature's perfect foods. Unfortunately, throughout the last century milk has been subjected to many forms of modern processing practices, which deprive milk from many of its natural qualities and benefits. Therefore many essential vitamins and enzymes are lost. Processing milk has altered one of nature’s perfect foods and changed it into something nature did not intend. Because of the abundant health benefits in raw milk, this report will explain why it should be made legal for consumers to buy throughout the United States.
The idea of pasteurizing milk bagan in the 1920s, and later became an aspect of everyday life in the 1950s. Milk that has undergone this process is normally prefered since it is sterilized, therefore lowering the chance of human illness. However, it’s not the 1950s anymore, and the idea of pasteurizing milk has lost its luster for the people that now prefer raw milk. Unlike the milk that most Americans consume, raw milk has not been pasteurized, or quickly heated to a high temperature to kill harmful bacteria. In raw milk, these bacterias haven’t been removed, leaving people at risk. E. Coli, salmonella, and listeria are only some of the bacteria that raw milk carries, all of which can cause sickness, or even death. Common affects of consuming raw milk are diarrhea, stomach cramping, and vomiting, but it's the rare ones: kidney failure,paralysis, and death that causes raw milk to be illegal in half of the states and illegal to carry over state lines in its final form. Nevertheless, people still actively seek out and consume raw milk because they believe its nutritional values to be greater. Controversies surround this topic on whether organic food
First of all, chocolate milk gives kids a nutritional drink. One reason is, chocolate milk has the same nutrients as white milk, according to Melissa Dobbins a nutritionist. In other words kids do not benefit more
Before looking into the chemical and psychological effects of chocolate, it is important to go back in time and see where chocolate originated. Even from the very beginning chocolate was viewed as a powerful food. The idea of chocolate first began in 1500 BC when the Pre-Olmecs and Mokaya peoples found that the beans that grew on the cacao trees could be used as food (Semenak, "Chocolate in History"). Moving forward to 600, the Mayan and Aztec civilizations used the chocolate beans in a more meaningful way. The Mayans created a drink from the beans and drank it during weddings and other important ceremonies. Only those of the highest class could indulge in what the Mayans referred to as the “God Food” ("Food: The History of Chocolate"). Similarly, the Aztecs created a drink out of the cacao beans, and according to Susan Semenak’s 2012 newspaper article, “Chocolate in History,” the Aztecs used it as a “love potion.” Pretty soon, the beans became so c...
There is nothing any better than a good piece of chocolate. Its rich, its creamy, its smooth, and it makes us feel so-o-o-o good for a few moments of course, that is; until the guilt of the calories kick in. Chocolate happens to be one of my favorite sweets. The wonderful creamy milk chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, white chocolate, or even my personal favorite a silky dark chocolate, the choices are hard. I sat down this weekend to really think about, and compare the differences. I compared my two favorite types of chocolate, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate. Milk chocolate is usually paired with nuggets, nuts, creams or caramels, but the dark chocolate is best with a wine such as a Muscat Canelli. Either makes a great desert, treat, or snack for anyone.
The Theobroma cacao tree is where it all started. Olmecs, Aztecs, and Mayans were the original consumers of cocoa: they would form it into a drink and ingest it for medicinal reasons (Allen Par. 7). The Spanish then brought it back to Europe and continued to treat a variety of ailments with it (Allen Par. 7). In the last 40 years people have started to question the health benefits of chocolate, but new research is starting to prove that the Olmecs, Aztecs, Mayans and Spaniards were not too far off. Now, the pods from the tree containing cocoa beans are collected, and the cocoa beans are taken out of the pod (Healing Foods Pyramid Par. 15). The beans are then fermented, dried, roasted, then ground to make cocoa liquor (Healing Foods Pyramid Par. 15). The cocoa liquor is then combined with sugar, vanilla, and cocoa butter to make what is now known as chocolate (Healing Foods Pyramid Par. 15). Controversy over the health benefits and detriments of chocolate is slowly subsiding, but there are many things that a lot of people still do not know about how chocolate can affect ones health. Chocolate is misunderstood.
Growth of the chocolate industry over the last decade has been driven in large part by an increasing awareness of the health benefits of certain types of chocolate. Chocolate consumers are considerably price insensitive. Except in rare circumstances consumers are willing to purchase what they consider an “affordable luxury.” Chocolate is one of the most popular and widely consumed products in the world, with North American countries devouring the lion's share, followed by Europe