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Show Soft drinks and arthritis? Food facts explode common nutrition myths result is usually gas, stomach pains andor diarrhea. s An allergy to milk, however, occurs oc-curs when the body has an allergic ' reaction to the protein in milk. The reaction usually includes swelling and inflammation. Myth: Putting chocolate in milk completely neutralizes the benefits of the milk. Reality: Although it is true the chocolate does bind up some of the available calcium in the milk, it is only a very small percentage of the total calcium available. So, if you can afford the extra calories and sugar, there is nothing too terrible about drinking chocolate milk even if you are a grown-up. , Myth: Raw milk should be consumed con-sumed because it is more nutritious, than pasteurized milk. ' '. Reality: Pasteurizing milk does require heating the milk and this does cause the loss of some vitamins. About 10 percent of the available thiamin, B12 and vitamin K are lost, but this is an insignificant trade-off compared to the greater safety pasteurization provides. Significant amounts of vitamin C are also lost, but milk is not considered n major source of this vitamin anyway. Myth: Homogenizing milk has increased in-creased the risk of atherosclerosis. Anti-homogenizers claim that this ', process has disturbed the natural composition of milk. At the extreme end of this argument is the belief that homogenizing allows an enzyme found in milk to make its way into the bloodstream, where it can possibly contribute to the development develop-ment of atherosclerosis. Reality: No cause and effect relationship rela-tionship has been found showing adverse health effects due to homogenizing milk. Myth: A milk "intolerance" is synonymous with a milk "allergy." Reality: They are not one and the same. A milk intolerance is more accurately ac-curately called a lactose intolerance. in-tolerance. It is a condition in which the body is unable to adequately digest milk sugar lactose. The by DENNIS HINKAMP consumer information writer Utah State University Needless to say, there is a lot of information in-formation and misinformation about nutrition. I have heard some whoppers whop-pers lately. For example, "All those soft drinks are washing the natural oils out of children's bodies so when they get older they are more likely to get arthritis." I'll let you judge the ac-curacvy ac-curacvy of that one yourself. At the risk of adding more fuel to the nutrition controversy fire, here are a few commonly held myths about dairy products provided by Dr. Bob Olsen, USU Extension food science specialist: |