I like skim because I can drink it like water in the summer when it's 100 degrees outside. It does a better job of rehydrating after spending a day outside. It makes me feel good.
Actually, chris_, you may be on to something.
I go through three gallons of real whole milk every two days; in the summer I add chopped-up ice to it.
<<has faulty body thermostat; sweats like a pig when it's over 70 degrees.
But milk of course is a diuretic; it passes through one quickly, and doesn't hold like plain water.
Skim milk is milk, but it's watery too.
I wonder if it might help with alleviating this constant dehydration.
I'm going to try this next year, when we start getting Sahara-like temperatures here again.
<<the dairy farmer's best friend.