Fat free

Question
Ms. Beebe I was always told if the package says fat free it may just not be good for you because they replace the fat with something else. My question is Skim milk, that they seem to now call fat free milk. Is there something they add to this to replace the fat being skimmed out, should I stay away from this skim/fat free milk? Is it missing any nutrients that you should be getting from milk? I am interested in all you have to say about skim/fat free milk.
Thank you

Answer
Dear Bill,

Great question! Usually when they take the fat out of salad dressing, butter, peanut butter, and other products that contain a great deal of fat, they are replacing it with something else that may increase the sugar content or otherwise keep the calories almost as high as the original item.

Milk is different though. They do just skim all the fat off the top and it's a great product without the fat. Nothing replaces it. In fact, since there isn't any fat in it it's slightly more concentrated in many of the valuable nutrients milk provides!

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