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Milo
Postby Missy24 » Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:36 pm
Is a glass of milk with 3 teaspoons of Milo the end of the world? I don't consume a lot of calcium and it's about 250ml of milk...
Thoughts?
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Re: Milo
Postby TheSkyMovesSideways » Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:57 pm
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Re: Milo
Postby toolonglegs » Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:04 pm
Really depends on what total amount of Kcals you are aiming for per day.Orphic said she was trying to do 1200 Kcals per day...but wasn't finding that very easy.
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Re: Milo
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Re: Milo
Postby drubie » Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:11 pm
It's called Quik. And it's dreadful sugary stuff meant for children.Redbull wrote:+1 hmmm......caffeinated
What about Milo that actually dissolves properly. I know some people like the scum but not me
Have you tried Green Tea Missy? It's an OK alternative to the normal tea and coffee but most workplaces won't supply it for free. I suspect yours will cut off the free Milo once they realise how much it's costing them in milk
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: Milo
Postby ValleyForge » Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:28 pm
Keep up the calcium!
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Re: Milo
Postby Bruce » Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:52 pm
mmm easy, put to taste amount of coffee in with the milo real nice when milk is extra coldbrauluver wrote:A little OT, but I've always fantasised about Milo with Caffeine in it.
That would be awesome.
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Re: Milo
Postby Missy24 » Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:26 pm
My work place is pretty nice.. Got to leave early today!! We also have endless supply of tea from T2... I've tried green tea, taste nothing like Milodrubie wrote:It's called Quik. And it's dreadful sugary stuff meant for children.Redbull wrote:+1 hmmm......caffeinated
What about Milo that actually dissolves properly. I know some people like the scum but not me
Have you tried Green Tea Missy? It's an OK alternative to the normal tea and coffee but most workplaces won't supply it for free. I suspect yours will cut off the free Milo once they realise how much it's costing them in milk
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Re: Milo
Postby toolonglegs » Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:33 pm
...but if loosing weight is wanted then read this about the positive sides of drinking GT.
http://www.newscentre.bham.ac.uk/press/ ... ntea.shtml
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Re: Milo
Postby TheSkyMovesSideways » Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:00 pm
Try drinking better quality green tea, and brewing it properly. Hint: If you're using boiling water or tea bought from a supermarket, you're doing it wrong.toolonglegs wrote:Green Tea = Yucky....
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Re: Milo
Postby toolonglegs » Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:05 pm
I can't stomach any tea...but I would try the extract in a pill.TheSkyMovesSideways wrote:Try drinking better quality green tea, and brewing it properly. Hint: If you're using boiling water or tea bought from a supermarket, you're doing it wrong.toolonglegs wrote:Green Tea = Yucky....
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Re: Milo
Postby master6 » Fri Apr 02, 2010 2:34 pm
I changed to Diet coke and a cap full of rum. One can per day. I deleted the rum 3 years ago. Now it is tea, diet coke, or water/gatorade home mixed. And coffee when we ride to the coffee shop.
Before you get into me about the coke, I must tell you that my cardiologist, an avid cyclist, thinks that if one has to drink coke, better to drink the traditional sugared stuff rather than the diet variety.
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Re: Milo
Postby wombatK » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:16 pm
Milo is possibly useful if you've got a sickly child or elderly person who needs to put on weight and it encourages them to drink milk.master6 wrote:I think my mother reared me on milo. I drank it every time I had a hot drink at home ,untill I was told by a Cardiologist that I had a coronary artery 90% blocked. And High cholesterol.
But from a nutritional point of view, it's not good stuff. It's 70% carbohydrate, 50% of milo is sugar (the least good carbohydrate) - so it's going to give you one helluva a blood glucose spike. It's also high in saturated fats - just the stuff that clogs up arteries and gives high cholesterol readings.
If you want to lose weight, giving up the milo for something healthier would be a good move. Something less refined, and less processed, like water !
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Re: Milo
Postby toolonglegs » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:56 pm
Ok please explain....wombatK wrote:Milo is possibly useful if you've got a sickly child or elderly person who needs to put on weight and it encourages them to drink milk.master6 wrote:I think my mother reared me on milo. I drank it every time I had a hot drink at home ,untill I was told by a Cardiologist that I had a coronary artery 90% blocked. And High cholesterol.
But from a nutritional point of view, it's not good stuff. It's 70% carbohydrate, 50% of milo is sugar (the least good carbohydrate) - so it's going to give you one helluva a blood glucose spike. It's also high in saturated fats - just the stuff that clogs up arteries and gives high cholesterol readings.
If you want to lose weight, giving up the milo for something healthier would be a good move. Something less refined, and less processed, like water !
Cheers
Milo has a GI of 55 (low) and a GL of 8.8 (low).
When mixed in full fat milk it has a GI of 36 (low) and a GL of 9.36 (low).
So where is the "helluva a blood glucose spike" going to come from?.
But I do agree that if you want to lose weight then skip it...just drink the milk.
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