2008 Woodie Awards
Absence of whole milk mooves students to complain
Issue date: 2/29/08 Section: Commentary
To the Editor:
Friday's article titled 'Got whole milk?' got me thinking. Being a science major, and after taking numerous nutrition classes, some of the points in the article startled me. I will preface these comments with a personal addendum: I don't drink milk, and certainly not whole milk, due to my dislike of the taste and the uncomfortable feeling left in my stomach after drinking a tall, cold, glass. I enjoy the dining halls; the many choices I am presented with on a daily basis leaves me feeling full and happy. With the elimination of whole milk, an economic and dietary benefit as Holloway Commons states, there are students left feeling empty.
UNH Dining Services says they made the switch due to the lack of interest in the nutritious drink. However, after reading the article I am left with the feeling that I am not the only one thinking this was a bad decision.
To the point. The people who are drinking whole milk are probably the students walking around with salads, sandwiches and cereal on their trays, not the ones with heaping piles of pizza, fries and fried chicken with the additional glass of Coke or Powerade. If one of the reasons to stop providing whole milk in the dining halls is to help students reduce calories and fat consumption, maybe someone with a little bit of nutritional education should be asked before jumping to the conclusion that whole milk is, gasp, bad for the students.
Yes, whole milk has a higher fat content than a skim or 1% milk, however has anyone looked at the sugar content in Coke or Sprite? Ironically, UNH has a contract with the Coke Company. It shows. There are four soda machines in Holloway Commons alone, each with eight different choices of beverage. That is almost thirty-five different sugar-laden options. Talk about calories! And the few students who would like a glass or two of whole milk with their meals are not asking for thirty different whole milk dispensers. One. They would like ONE gallon of whole milk, maybe placed in the small refrigerators containing the soymilk and Lactaid.
Friday's article titled 'Got whole milk?' got me thinking. Being a science major, and after taking numerous nutrition classes, some of the points in the article startled me. I will preface these comments with a personal addendum: I don't drink milk, and certainly not whole milk, due to my dislike of the taste and the uncomfortable feeling left in my stomach after drinking a tall, cold, glass. I enjoy the dining halls; the many choices I am presented with on a daily basis leaves me feeling full and happy. With the elimination of whole milk, an economic and dietary benefit as Holloway Commons states, there are students left feeling empty.
UNH Dining Services says they made the switch due to the lack of interest in the nutritious drink. However, after reading the article I am left with the feeling that I am not the only one thinking this was a bad decision.
To the point. The people who are drinking whole milk are probably the students walking around with salads, sandwiches and cereal on their trays, not the ones with heaping piles of pizza, fries and fried chicken with the additional glass of Coke or Powerade. If one of the reasons to stop providing whole milk in the dining halls is to help students reduce calories and fat consumption, maybe someone with a little bit of nutritional education should be asked before jumping to the conclusion that whole milk is, gasp, bad for the students.
Yes, whole milk has a higher fat content than a skim or 1% milk, however has anyone looked at the sugar content in Coke or Sprite? Ironically, UNH has a contract with the Coke Company. It shows. There are four soda machines in Holloway Commons alone, each with eight different choices of beverage. That is almost thirty-five different sugar-laden options. Talk about calories! And the few students who would like a glass or two of whole milk with their meals are not asking for thirty different whole milk dispensers. One. They would like ONE gallon of whole milk, maybe placed in the small refrigerators containing the soymilk and Lactaid.
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Robert Cohen
posted 2/29/08 @ 5:11 AM EST
Perhaps the Notmilk drinkers are paying attention
to the baseball drug hearings. The most powerful
human growth hormone is insulin-like growth factor-1
(IGF-I). (Continued…)
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