{"id":6635,"date":"2018-10-31T07:45:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T07:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging.womenshealthandfitness.com.au\/?p=6635"},"modified":"2018-10-31T07:46:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T07:46:19","slug":"1343-milk-permeate-is-it-a-health-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womenshealthandfitness.com.au\/health-beauty\/health-advice\/1343-milk-permeate-is-it-a-health-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Milk permeate: is it a health risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"
A huge public outcry about the \u2018hidden\u2019 permeate in milk has recently led many companies to declare their product \u2018permeate-free\u2019.<\/p>\n
But according to many nutritionists, this really has been much ado about nothing. Permeate is simply a watery by-product of milk processing,\u00a0 which some manufacturers add back to milk to enhance consistency.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the composition of milk can change in hot and cold months and due to where cows are in their lactation cycle, milk companies aim to keep their products consistent in the level of fat and protein by separating the streams and recombine them,\u201d Catherine Saxelby explains.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut there are no actual proven health problems due to permeate in milk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Catherine Saxelby is a nutritionist and author of <\/em>Complete Food and Nutrition Companion (Random House, $45) and founder of the website Foodwatch.<\/em><\/p>\n NEXT: Lactose intolerant? Take a crash course in milk alternatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A huge public outcry about the \u2018hidden\u2019 permeate in milk has recently led many companies to declare their product \u2018permeate-free\u2019. But according to many nutritionists, this really has been much ado about nothing. Permeate is simply a watery by-product of milk processing,\u00a0 which some manufacturers add back to milk to enhance consistency. \u201cAs the composition […]\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n