Word: skimming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Public Interest (you know, the "fat police" who've been demonizing everything that tastes good) say we're drinking too much fatty milk and cheese. So we stop, and we hear that's making our bones brittle. What's a health-conscious eater to do? Try plenty of skim milk and low-fat cheese, says the institute, to build strong bones without compromising a strong heart...
...driving, say, or how women need to talk to feel closer. Says Tannen: "I suppose if I had wanted to build an empire I would be resentful, but I didn't." Gray acknowledges the similarities between his work and Tannen's--up to a point. "I do tend to skim all the best sellers," he admits. "I've heard criticism that I'm just a watered-down version of Deborah Tannen. [But] I was teaching those ideas before I'd heard...
According to Hung, a glass of unfprocessed soy milk can contain nine times as much fat as a glass of skim, less protein and just one-thirtieth the amount of calcium...
...reach the recommended daily allowance of calcium, students would need to drink 120 glasses of soy milk a day--compared with four glasses of skim milk...
...There's no magic in soy milk," Hung says. "I wouldn't promote it as a replacement for skim milk. If you're looking for something nutritious that doesn't have a lot of calories, this is good...