On the same subject of my other post, my love for dairy products! 
(my body doesn't like it so much, but that's a different topic!)
I'm trying to really figure out which is best for you the full fat dairy products, or the reduced fat. I know that obviously calorie wise, reduced fat is the way to go, but I've also read that your body absorbs the calcium better in the full fat versions.
What do you eat, and why? I'm interested to see everyones opinions! If you have resources please link them!
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coconut / 8854 posts
For the record I currently buy fat free milk, but I'm trying to buy all full fat other dairy products for our house hold. (sour cream, cream cheese, yogurt)
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
I go back and forth between full-fat and reduced fat.
I was on a huge fat-free kick for a while and if you REALLY want to shred your digestive system, consume a ton of fat free dairy products in a short amount of time. Boy, howdy.
GOLD / pear / 1845 posts
I switched to full fat dairy and to butter instead of margarine and dropped five lbs. For realz!
Fat free products use a bunch of fillers so that they still taste good, they're worse for you than the fat is.
coconut / 8854 posts
@Mrs. Superhero: That's exactly what I've been reading/thinking! Glad to hear you lost 5 lbs! So do you drink whole milk? I don't think I could ever get myself to, I can't do the texture!
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
I'm doing a version of the Paleo diet right now, so I am not shying away from fat. I buy full fat because it is "whole food" rather than processed to remove fat (and nutrients). However, I try to limit my dairy for that reason. For example, I use half as much cheese in recipes as I used to, so I am getting the same amount of fat from dairy as when I used low fat.
kiwi / 662 posts
The dairy I do eat is always full fat for the same reasons as @Mrs. Superhero. I drink Almond milk instead of cows milk though.
My husband on the other hand eats low or fat free, so we have different cottage cheese and yogurt in the fridge all the time, super convenient! 
grapefruit / 4669 posts
I'm always torn about what I should buy. We usually get 1% milk (which I drink a TON of).
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I've been moving towards the full fat versions, not least because I've read that women should have 1 serving of full fat dairy a day while TTC. Plus, it tastes better usually. And, in terms of cheese, like I said on the other post, the full fat is better for your lactose intolerance. Yogurt I go back and forth on- it's hard to find full fat! I usually end up with low fat. I never have nonfat dairy (other than yogurt) because it's gross tasting and not worth it.
pomelo / 5331 posts
I compromise on milk with DH and get 1% but I eat full fat everything else. Same as @mrs. superhero, I don't like products where good stuff is taken out and replaced by bad stuff. Especially skim, that is just disgusting if you read about what they put in there to make it look and taste like "real" milk. I'm not drinking a gallon of milk a day and drowning everything I consume in butter, so in moderation, full-fat dairy isn't my biggest issue.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
Full fat. It's more filling. Less calories do you no good if you end up eating more to compensate. And i'm ALWAYS hungrier when I do low fat dairy
kiwi / 662 posts
@Foodnerd81: Have you tried the Liberte Mediterranee yogurt? So delicious! My favs are the lemon and blackberry.
cantaloupe / 6206 posts
As a child of the 80s raised on non-fat cheese, the results of this poll make me happy Full-fat dairy all the way - it's real food. Everything else is not.
coconut / 8854 posts
@lolabee: I haven't heard of this yogurt before. I'm going to have to watch for it now!
GOLD / pear / 1845 posts
@MrsBrewer: I do drink whole milk (raw), but to be fair I drink very little straight milk. I usually have milk in my morning smoothie or in hot drinks (I'm addicted to Matcha Lattes).
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
full fat, raw if I can get it!
I generally think that food is best for you as unaltered as possible. Food should be consumed as close to its natural state as possible!! so I don't eat anything that's been changed - whether it be lower fat, enriched, GMO etc
pomegranate / 3160 posts
Switched from margarine to butter, and skim to 2%. I need to remember to work on my yogurt and cottage cheese!
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
We do a mix, I guess- whole or 2% yogurt, 2% milk, and full fat cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese, butter, etc. oh- and 1/2 & 1/2!
I grew up on 2% milk, so it just tastes best to me. I sort of mix it up with the yogurt, usually 2% Greek plain, or whole milk regular plain.
apricot / 423 posts
full fat because it tastes good. and when it tastes good, it's more satisfying so you don't need tons of it. this goes for other foods too, not just dairy.
persimmon / 1453 posts
We buy as full fat as possible. Dairy products contain fat-soluble vitamins, so if you reduce the fat, you miss out on a lot of the nutrition!
cherry / 116 posts
I'm with Softcream. I think that the more we process or alter our foods with nutritional goals in mind, we attempt to fool our body's natural regulatory system, which actually works counter to our health goals.
Just as an example, Brian Wansink of Cornell University published a study concluding that fat-free labels actually caused people to eat 16%-23% more total calories.
Mr. Bee has a recent blog post that begins to address this, but focusing on actually enjoying food vs eating as "fuel" can do wonders to our health, not to mention being lots more fun.
So, to go back to the original question...even from a calorie-wise perspective, reduced/low/non fat might not be the way to go.
pomegranate / 3809 posts
Full fat everything except milk,which we get 1%. I don't like the taste of reduced fat anything, but don't mind milk since I only have it with cereal.
eggplant / 11287 posts
Wow I had no idea that fat free wasn't better for you. Seriously!! I can't believe I have been suffering all these years with fat free sour cream....
honeydew / 7589 posts
Full fat everything, almond-coconut milk though. I don't buy things that have been messed with - I want it as natural as possible. No fillers, no chemicals, no GMO, no weird stuff. Just food.
pomegranate / 3604 posts
what are they adding to the low-fat and no-fat milk to make it taste better/like full-fat? (hint: nothing good). Which one is more like the natural state it came out of the cow? (hint: it starts with F).
That goes for anything low-fat/no-fat, by the way. Ie: Butter over margarine, sour cream, etc.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
Wow, I always go the fat free/reduced fat route...I had no idea that the full fat was that much better for you!
pomegranate / 3225 posts
I started buying full fat... it really is hard to find greek yogurt that is NOT fat free!
coconut / 8854 posts
@Rainbow Sprinkles: Tell me about it! I'm just starting to buy all full fat things now!
pomegranate / 3895 posts
Full-fat all the way! I also prefer non-homogenized milk, but DH hates it, so I had to stop buying it 
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