Skim milk is a scam, make your own - iin?

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Due to my work hours being cut and a big tax bill from last year I'm on a fairly tight budget at the moment so I've been looking at ways to save some money.

I came up with a way of saving at least 50% of the money I spend on milk.

Here it is.

Instead of buying skim milk (which is a scam as it's really just full cream milk with most of the cream removed). I will buy a full cream milk and add about 500ml of water to it.

The more water you add the more money you save!

This is like skim milk but with 50% for free!

Or in other words 1.5 litre for the price of one litre.

Or a bit like earning 50% interest on your money.

I estimate I will save about $200 per year doing this.

Kerching!

And the milk still tastes great too!

IIN?

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dirtybirdy

8 years ago

I don't drink dairy milk but you could always get powdered milk and save even more!

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  8 years ago
  
  I wouldn't touch powdered milk with a 10 foot barge pole, as it contains high levels of highly oxidised cholesterol - one of the worst things you can drink to clog your arteries.
  
  My mom used to drink a lot of powdered milk and she died from a heart attack from clogged arteries.
  
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  - dirtybirdy
    
    8 years ago
    
    Ohhh. I was unawares. I'm sorry.
    
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      8 years ago
      
      no worries, thanks
      
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kingofcarrotflowers

8 years ago

Haha, made me think of my milk brainwashing days

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  8 years ago
  
  'milk brainwashing'? Does that mean you did the same as me?
  
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  - kingofcarrotflowers
    
    8 years ago
    
    Subliminally tried to make people buy my milk
    
    Trust me its less disgusting and sexual than it sounds
    
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      8 years ago
      
      Is that where you insert one or 2 frames n a 24 fps film that says, "You want to buy some of our delicious milk now" (subliminally perceived) at the theatre?
      
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handsignals

8 years ago

With all the money you save on milk you can buy more meth, Murica!

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Riddler

8 years ago

While I believe the water will dilute it I dont think you added less cream. You just made very watery milk.

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green_boogers

8 years ago

Why not mix ketchup with water and call it tomato juice?

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  8 years ago
  
  You're giving me ideas GB
  
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  - green_boogers
    
    8 years ago
    
    Hehehe. I'm starting to feel mischievous.
    
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howaminotmyself

8 years ago

Did you really just figure this out? But why do you need milk at all?

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- anti-hero
  
  8 years ago
  
  Cuz cookies.
  
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  - howaminotmyself
    
    8 years ago
    
    I dont like soggy cookies
    
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    - anti-hero
      
      8 years ago
      
      Commie!!!
      
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        8 years ago
        
        Puppet
        
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        anti-hero
        
        8 years ago
        
        Now you've crossed the line liberal sheep :p
        
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    8 years ago
    
    What he said.
    
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jethro

8 years ago

Have you ever heard of Carnation instant powdered milk? Just buy a box of the milk powder and make your own. Just add water. Or you can buy a can of condensed evaporated milk and just add water to make a large quantity of milk. All they have done is to remove the water from the milk and condensed the liquid to fit into a small container and to be preserved for a long time.

But if your budget is tight, why buy milk at all? Just drink water.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  8 years ago
  
  No I wouldn't drink powdered milk and I don't like the carnation milk.
  
  I'm not on such a tight budget that I can't afford to buy milk, I like milk with tea and coffee.
  
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[Old Memory]

8 years ago

I love skim milk and no one will ever stop me from drinking it! Ever! You hear me OP!

Unless it gets real expensive, that would probably stop me.

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- Anonymous Post Author
  
  8 years ago
  
  DJ, Im not suggesting you stop drinking skim milk.
  
  What I am saying is: if you are on a budget and need to find some cost savings at home, you can make your own version of skim milk (at much less cost), by simply buying full cream milk and adding some water to it = pretty much like skim milk.
  
  It's almost like 2 skim milks for the price of 1.
  
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  - [Old Memory]
    
    8 years ago
    
    Are you trying to use logic to tell me what to do?
    
    You can't do that here, it's part of the bylaws.
    
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    - Anonymous Post Author
      
      8 years ago
      
      haha ok, I'll keep that in mind!
      
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      - [Old Memory]
        
        8 years ago
        
        Alright OP, just to give some real world advice. Skim milk has the nutrients of milk without the fat of whole milk. Whole milk has a marketplace because people like the taste, (think ice cream)
        
        Adding water to full cream milk doesn't really extend the life of it. It just dilutes the milk. I could add water to orange juice and the taste is altered of course, but it's still orange juice with water added.
        
        Above all, if it tastes good, and it works for you, well you go ahead and do it.
        
        What are you spending the extra money on?
        
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        8 years ago
        
        internet time on IIN
        
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RoseIsabella

8 years ago

I mostly drink 2% milk myself.

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  8 years ago
  
  2% milk and 98% water
  
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    8 years ago
    
    That's a made up "fact".
    
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VinnyB

8 years ago

Skim milk does not contain cream, which is milk fat. Back in the day, before milk was homogenized, the cream would float to the top and you could skim it off which is where the name comes from. In whole milk, the cream, or fat, is intact. It doesn't matter what you add to the milk, or how much of it you add, unless you physically remove the fat, it will always be there. There will be less of it per serving for sure, but it is impossible to create skim milk in the way you are describing.

I also don't understand how skim milk is a "scam". It is exactly what it is advertised to be, milk with the fat removed. People understand that is what it is when they purchase it, and are purchasing it that way because they wany it that way. So how are they being scammed?

But as far as saving money, obviously if you dilute your milk it wilast longer and you will save money. If you are happy drinking it that way, I see no problem with it.

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  8 years ago
  
  Part of the reason I say it's a scam is that skim milk is often promoted as a more healthful alternative to full cream, but there have many studies that show skim milk is just the opposite.
  
  There are numerous studies that support my contention, here's just two of them:
  
  New Scientist, 21 February 2014:
  
  <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25102-is-fullfat-milk-best-<br>the-skinny-on-the-dairy-paradox.html#.VWjumSiprF8" rel="nofollow">http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25102-is-...</a>
  
  'Harvard scientist urges people to stop drinking “low-fat” milk'
  
  http://themindunleashed.org/2014/06/harvard-scientist-urges-people-stop-drinking-low-fat-milk.html
  
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  - VinnyB
    
    8 years ago
    
    I didn't feel like fixing the first link but I clicked the second link and it actually has nothing to do with has nothing to do with skim milk being less healthy. It is actually an article about the health effects of artificial sweeteners. Though that topic itself is unestablished and debatable, it is irrelevant to this topic because artificial sweeteners are not found in all skim milk, nor are they required for milk to be skim.
    
    If you don't trust artificial sweeteners, not consume them or products that contain them. But that really has nothing to do with milk.
    
    This is also completely different from what you said in your post which is that it is a scam because it is just milk with the cream (fat) removed. That is the statement I was responding to and that statement stands. People are aware that is fat free milk when they buy it, so they are not being scammed.
    
    For something to be a scam, there has to be intentional dishonesty on the part of the seller to trick the victim into the purchase. You did not present evidence of this.
    
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      8 years ago
      
      The article is titled, "Harvard scientist urges people to stop drinking “low-fat” milk"
      
      The article says nothing at all about artificial sweeteners.
      
      Sugar is often added to skim milk to make it more palatable, I think that was part of the point of the article.
      
      here is the other link
      
      http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25102-is-fullfat-milk-best-<br>the-skinny-on-the-dairy-paradox.html#.VWj4diiprF8
      
      The reason I say it's a scam is that skim milk is promoted as a healthful product that helps people reduce weight, and improve their health, when many studies are showing that, counter-intuitively just the opposite occurs.
      
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      - VinnyB
        
        8 years ago
        
        I know what the article is titled, and titles often try to make something sound more serious to get to to read the article. But I read they article not just the title. It is talking about added (not artifical, I misspoke) sweeteners, how they are unhealthy, and how they can be found in skim milk. It has nothing to do with the milk itself. If you add sweeteners to any milk, skim or whole, it would be the same thing. Sweeteners being added wasn't part of the point, it was the entire point of the article.
        
        This link is also talking about added sweeteners. It also says that people sometimes unconsciously consume more calories somewhere else when they swich to something with less calories like skim milk. Again, that has nothing to do with the milk. If someone decides they can now have a piece of cake with their milk because the milk is fat free, you can not blame that on the milk.
        
        The articles you are presenting are basically presenting and wording facts in a way to make their point, while presenting little or no actual evidence. To say that there are "many" studies showing the opposite is true is simply not true.
        
        If you want to post some more such articles, be my guest, but you will be wasting you time. But until you post a link showing proof that milk companies have knowingly and intentionally lied about skim milk, I see no proof of a scam.
        
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