I've heard that dairy can help you lose weight and I've heard it can make you gain weight. I'm just curious what other think/notice/heard b/c since I can't drink soda now that I'm banded I seem to have replaced that soda with chocolate skim milk made with the sugar free choco syrup.

I've also heard that dairy products can help you lose weight. But, I try to stay away from dairy as much as possible. The most I have per day is 16 oz. of skim milk with my protein powder.

I think everything in moderation is the key. So many people believe dairy is mucous causing, then there's high Protein low carb diets, high carb low fat diets, the Mediterranean diet, the Japanese diet, this diet that diet, you shouldnt eat fish because its full of mercury, fish prevents heart disease blah blah blah.

And anyway, with a band you cant eat enough to go to way out on anything. I think the only real consensus is that fresh fruit and vegetables are vital for health and if you concentrate on getting those in and your source of lean protein, who has the space for dairy 3x a day as well as fish twice a week etc etc.

You need some dairy for your Calcium so its a good healthy food if it's low fat and you dont happen to be allergic to it.

Well, one time I went for a check up at my surgeons office. He asked me how things were going and I told him I almost died on a cup of milk....Fat Free of course. It was cold and I drank it waaaay too quick and well, it hurt like hell. My surgeon looked at me and said as firmly as a father on prom night...."Who said you could drink milk?" I said, It was fat free.....He said It doesn't matter...It still has (one of them "ouses", like fructouse or glucouse) and it will stop you from loosing weight, no matter what the dairy industry wants you to believe. This is why my surgeons office wants us on calcium suppliments. It is all up to what your doctors office recommends.

I agree with the "everything in moderation" motto.

We drink 2% milk or light soy milk here, and also low fat dairy products.

We get regular cheese, but make sure that it's eaten in limited amounts as well.

The thought is that the calcium in dairy makes you lose weight, not just the dairy. So if you get a good intake of calcium it should help.