There is a huge debate going on among healthy folks over whether chocolate milk -- milk flavored with sugar, lots of sugar -- is evil or a saint.
One of my favorite tv chefs, Jamie Oliver, weighed in on the evil side on his new show Food Revolution. Watch this video:
Jamie points to the evil effects of sugar on our bodies, especially for children who are the biggest consumer of sugar-flavored milk, to the point that chocolate milk has almost as much sugar as a sugary soda. Rumor has it that Jamie gets chocolate milk banned from Los Angeles schools (tweets Michael Pollan, a pretty good source).
On the other side of the debate, Men's Health Magazine touts chocolate milk as a saintly superfood in their article about the Chocolate Milk Diet: "It’s essentially three eight-ounce servings of chocolate milk consumed at key points throughout your day: one when you wake up, a second before you exercise, and a third directly after your workout. Or, if it's your day off, just pattern them for morning, afternoon, and night. Sounds good, right?"
To conclude the debate, one of my favorite blogs Civil Eats declares chocolate milk as Soda In Drag.
Do you declare choco-milk as a super food and drink it after you exercise? Or do you ban your kids from touching the stuff?
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