Chocolate Milk: Can It Do a Body Bad?

Eliminate flavored milk in your kids’ diet for a prettier, healthier future.

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These guidelines are not just for home, though. A growing number of schools have started to implement healthier choices for their students: Los Angeles, Berkeley, Calif., and Washington D.C., for example, have all banned flavored, sugared milk from their lunchrooms.   

So if you’re packing your child[ren] lunch this year, or they are getting lunch at school, be mindful of what they’re drinking! 

COLUMN: Sneaky Sources of Sugar, from Kristin Kirkpatrick, R.D.

Water and plain milk are great options. And when it’s your turn to sign up for snack duty, bring fruit kebabs and skip the cupcakes (They’re so easy to make: load up wooden skewers with the fruit of your choice! My kids and I like to make them with grapes, watermelon, strawberries, pineapple and melon.)

 

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