<p>The most obvious reason for not drinking smaller amounts of whole milk is that then you don’t get the same amount of the other nutrients–protein, calcium, etc. All choices are a balancing act and I like to have three servings of nonfat milk a day as a calcium and protein source. If I changed that to whole milk, I would get another 300 calories of fat daily.</p>
<p>500 IU of vitamin A are added to each serving. That’s equivalent to 500*.3 micrograms of vitamin A–or about 170 micrograms or .17 milligrams of vitamin A–which is a lot less than the amount of saturated fat I’d get from whole milk.</p>