# Dairy products aid in weight loss? How?

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**Created:** [February 21, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dairy-products-aid-in-weight-loss-how/291215 "2005-02-21T18:55:23Z")\
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I’m sure you’ve heard of this by now. Supposedly, consuming more dairy products will somehow help you to lose some weight. Is this just a marketing ploy, or is there really something to it?

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Substituting low-fat or non-fat foods for higher fat foods will certainly help you lose weight. This is true for dairy foods, so they can be advertised that way.

Check the [Milk Burns Fat](http://www.milkburnsfat.com/) website, which takes you to this [National Dairy Council](http://www.nationaldairycouncil.org/healthyweight/science.asp) study page. That page cites claims that higher calcium intake may regulate body weight, a somewhat lesser claim than milk burns fat.