This was on the fat loss forum, but seems more appropriate here:

Does milk hinder a cutting diet? If so, how much? I'm on a cutting diet and have been pretty good about drinking only skim milk in oatmeal, but I love cottage cheese. Which dairy products are wise to stay awar from on a cutting diet?

This was on the fat loss forum, but seems more appropriate here:

Does milk hinder a cutting diet? If so, how much? I'm on a cutting diet and have been pretty good about drinking only skim milk in oatmeal, but I love cottage cheese. Which dairy products are wise to stay awar from on a cutting diet?
From my experience :p I´d suggest the obvious, to stay away from diary products that contain a higher level of fat, or consume them very moderately e.g cheese and so on. Cottage cheese isn´t all that bad though if consumed in moderately proportions.

I use skim milk as one of my major protein sources. I think if you keep count of the macronutritients, drink milk and make up for the extra carbonhydrates by eating clean protein from animal sources such as chicken, you´ll end up at a good balance. But as I said this is only from what I know... and I´m not an expert...
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Calcium is good for fat loss, but that doesn't mean that milk's good for fat loss. You need a whole array of trace minerals to go with Calcium for your body to absorb and utilize it.

What's more Milk is a calorie dense food and it's liquid. Both factors are bad for satiety--how full you feel. And it's very easy to overdrink calories, do you really know how many ounces your favorite cup really holds? Bet it's closer to 12 than 8, but 8 is what the serving size of the drink is likely to be. Culturally American's are used to 12 oz as a serving of liquid, not 8, so you're body is likely acclimated to that and is not going to be happy at cutting back by 1/3.

Ideally a cutting diet would have a good proportion of low calorie, high bulk foods (read vegetables), more bulk in your diet = less impulse to graze.

That said, of course you can cut while drinking milk, because the bottom line is calories in, calories out, but there are good reasons that milk will make that bottom line tougher to reach on a day by day basis.

Calcium is good for fat loss, but that doesn't mean that milk's good for fat loss. You need a whole array of trace minerals to go with Calcium for your body to absorb and utilize it.

What's more Milk is a calorie dense food and it's liquid. Both factors are bad for satiety--how full you feel. And it's very easy to overdrink calories, do you really know how many ounces your favorite cup really holds? Bet it's closer to 12 than 8, but 8 is what the serving size of the drink is likely to be. Culturally American's are used to 12 oz as a serving of liquid, not 8, so you're body is likely acclimated to that and is not going to be happy at cutting back by 1/3.

Ideally a cutting diet would have a good proportion of low calorie, high bulk foods (read vegetables), more bulk in your diet = less impulse to graze.

That said, of course you can cut while drinking milk, because the bottom line is calories in, calories out, but there are good reasons that milk will make that bottom line tougher to reach on a day by day basis.

Wow, thanks for the good advice. Of course, I suppose it goes the same for cheeses and such? and is cottage cheese any different?

I just have a cup of 1% Milk to go with my Go Lean Crunch since I still need milk in my cereal.

And it might help prevent cancer.

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i keep seing everyone saying skim milk whats wrong with fat free it even contains more protien than hole milk i think the stuff is great