Borden, 2% Milk, Gallon, 128 oz

Ads tell us milk, does a body good. But are we talking whole milk or 2%? It’s not what you think. Hi guys, Lissette here for DNews. If you were a child of the eighties or nineties your parents likely poured you some low fat milk - it was all the rave. In fact in 1985, the United States Department of Agriculture officially recommended a switch to skim milk - three glasses of it a day. But, more recently, we’ve begun collecting evidence that says the USDA might be missing an important piece of the story. In a recent study published in the journal Circulation, researchers looked at data that spanned about 15 years. They were specifically interested in how dairy fat biomarkers in the blood are related to diabetes. What they found might surprise the USDA. Higher concentrations of dairy fat biomarkers were associated with lowered risk of diabetes. And whole milk has been tied to more than jus