A food that is good for you.. and tastes good?!?!?

http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/54828/the-chocolate-milk-diet/

This article is titled "The Chocolate Milk Diet", and it talks about the nutritional power of chocolate milk along side a well balanced diet. Downing three glasses of low fat chocolate milk every day (morning, pre-exercise, and post-exercise) helps people shed fat and build muscle, and this is accredited to four characteristics of chocolate milk. 1) Calcium has been shown to impede the body's ability to absorb fat. 1000 mg of calcium is the recommended daily dose, and you can reach that dose with three glasses of CM. 2) The calcium you get from food is transported to your body by Vitamin D. Most diets are low on vitamin D, and people spend too much time indoors to benefit from vitamin D from sun exposure. Chocolate milk is full of vitamin D. 3) Everyone drinks electrolyte-replenishing sports drinks, thinking this will give them the extra boost in performance that they're looking for. However, studies have shown that the naturally occurring electrolytes and natural sweetness of chocolate milk can give you endurance a boost. 4) The more muscle you have, the more energy you use and the more fat you'll burn, so building muscle is key. The one thing everyone who exercises knows about building muscle is that is requires protein. That's why powdered whey protein has become so popular over the past years. The ideal amount of protein for packing on muscle is around 10-20 grams, split between before and after you work out. With around 8 grams per cup, a glass before and after you work out will give you the right dose of effective whey protein, without having to shovel out tons of money for supplements.

I would consider myself both an avid [weight] lifter and chocolate milk drinker. I have heard from multiple sources that chocolate milk is one of the best things you can drink after a work out. Low fat chocolate milk is obviously the best, as mentioned in the article, but unfortunately, the Cornell Diary isn't a 'low-fat' kind of place. The only chocolate milk available on campus is the Cornell Diary's full fat chocolate milk. I used to down a carton of this day, until I realized that each quart had 800 calories in it. I don't care how good chocolate milk is for you, nobody should be getting 40% of their daily calorie intake from a single food. Variety is the key.