What are the benefits of low-fat dairy products?

Low-fat dairy products are a healthy addition to the diet, especially for weight loss, because they contain calcium and fat, which actually helps burn fat. Watch nutrition expert Rovenia Brock, PhD, share some healthy, low-fat dairy food options.

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And you need a little fat to burn fat. A lot of people don't recognize that. But the calcium-- the more calcium that you store,

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that is stored in fat cells, the more fat you actually burn. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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OK, so low-fat dairy products are really useful because-- and especially when it comes to losing weight.

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And this is why. The more-- they contain calcium, right? And you need a little fat to burn fat.

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A lot of people don't recognize that. But the calcium-- the more calcium that you store, that is stored in fat cells, the more fat you actually burn.

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So examples of low-fat dairy products, or any dairy products-- for example, cheese. So low-fat cottage cheese, or low-fat cheese of any kind,

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you want it made with 2% milk. You see a lot of times, you'll see mozzarella made with part skim milk and also 2% milk.

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So as long as your dairy product, whether it's milk, whether it's cheese, whether it's yogurt, Greek yogurt made with 2% milk, these

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are all great examples of how to get more low-fat dairy in the diet.