Almond Milk vs. Skim Milk
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Not going there...0
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I am not a vegetarian nor vegan. I EAT MEAT. Still the thought of humans being the only animal that drinks milk from another animal sounds yuckky. Yes, I still eat cheese, on occasion, it just sounds yuccky. Would you suck the milk out of a cows "Teat"?
When I think about it, I find the idea of taking a living animal, killing it, tearing it open, pulling out it's guts, slicing its bleeding flesh from its bones and then cooking that flesh far more unappealing than a product that neither kills the animal and is meant to be consumed as is.
I still love meat and milk. Heck, I even enjoy almond milk from time to time but I'm always surprised that the act of drinking milk can be considered more grotesque than eating animal flesh.1 -
I am not a vegetarian nor vegan. I EAT MEAT. Still the thought of humans being the only animal that drinks milk from another animal sounds yuckky. Yes, I still eat cheese, on occasion, it just sounds yuccky. Would you suck the milk out of a cows "Teat"?
out of curiosity, do you make all of your decisions on the basis of what other animals do? do you wear clothes to work or do you choose to wear the same thing a horse would when it's plowing the fields? do you catch your meat with your bare hands, rip it's flesh open with your exposed teeth, then proceed to eat it's entrails raw? did you name your children or do you just identify them by smell?0 -
I am not a vegetarian nor vegan. I EAT MEAT. Still the thought of humans being the only animal that drinks milk from another animal sounds yuckky. Yes, I still eat cheese, on occasion, it just sounds yuccky. Would you suck the milk out of a cows "Teat"?
Why does one have to drink milk out of a cows teat in order to like it?
I love my raw milk. Heck, if I hit the farm just right the gallon I get is the new batch straight from the cow! Nothing better (or more fresh) than that.
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I just licked my phone. One of the perks of a good immune system.
That being said, full-fat milk tastes like grease-flavoured water and skim milk tastes like water-flavoured water...
I got sauce from Buffalo Wild Wings on the screen of my phone the other day. I totally licked it off. I'm still alive. I've also eaten a shameful amount of ricotta today. Also fairly sure I will still be alive tomorrow and not on my death bed.0 -
lvillani81 wrote: »I honestly don't understand how milk doesn't gross human beings out. The stuff is packed with bacteria, puss, fecal matter, pesticides and IGF-1 which causes cancer. Plus, cow's milk is naturally intended to turn a small calf into a 1,000 lb cow!
agreed
"The hype for store-bought almond milk from people who are otherwise all about "natural and unprocessed" is always the weirdest."
agreed, that is why I make my own. Taste better, less junk it it, and not processed.
How do you get the "milk" out of almonds without processing it?
Processed food in these contexts, to most educated people, = commercially manufactured, processed and packaged. Not put in a blender.
so it's the packaging that makes it so unhealthy?
It's all the machines it goes through, additives that are added, the packaging (BPA is still legal in US), and its in every can US produces) and hands that touch it.
Do you grow your own almonds so that only your hands touch it and so that they never touch any packaging?
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I read an article in Dr. Oz mag that cashew milk has the least calories, sugar and fat and most protein of all those types of milks...but I'm having a hard time finding it.0
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rach021979 wrote: »I read an article in Dr. Oz mag that cashew milk has the least calories, sugar and fat and most protein of all those types of milks...but I'm having a hard time finding it.
prolly cuz it's terrible and nobody wants to buy it0 -
rach021979 wrote: »I read an article in Dr. Oz mag that cashew milk has the least calories, sugar and fat and most protein of all those types of milks...but I'm having a hard time finding it.
Save yourself the hassle. Dr. Oz ranks lower than cow crap here.
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I have never tried that, sounds interesting. I have made it into something, I can't remember, I think yogurt.rach021979 wrote: »I read an article in Dr. Oz mag that cashew milk has the least calories, sugar and fat and most protein of all those types of milks...but I'm having a hard time finding it.
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lvillani81 wrote: »I honestly don't understand how milk doesn't gross human beings out. The stuff is packed with bacteria, puss, fecal matter, pesticides and IGF-1 which causes cancer. Plus, cow's milk is naturally intended to turn a small calf into a 1,000 lb cow!
agreed
"The hype for store-bought almond milk from people who are otherwise all about "natural and unprocessed" is always the weirdest."
agreed, that is why I make my own. Taste better, less junk it it, and not processed.
How do you get the "milk" out of almonds without processing it?
Processed food in these contexts, to most educated people, = commercially manufactured, processed and packaged. Not put in a blender.
so it's the packaging that makes it so unhealthy?
It's all the machines it goes through, additives that are added, the packaging (BPA is still legal in US), and its in every can US produces) and hands that touch it.
Do you grow your own almonds so that only your hands touch it and so that they never touch any packaging?
i don't understand this "touching of hands". do you not realize that humans are the only species that handles it's food with it's hands? how does that not disgust you? right now, bring your hand to your face and i dare you to lick it. I DARE YOU! What, you did it? You licked your hand? with your own tongue?
you're already dead0 -
rach021979 wrote: »I read an article in Dr. Oz mag that cashew milk has the least calories, sugar and fat and most protein of all those types of milks...but I'm having a hard time finding it.
Clearly the MFP gods have smiled upon us this day because now its time for 'Cashew Milk'0 -
rach021979 wrote: »I read an article in Dr. Oz mag that cashew milk has the least calories, sugar and fat and most protein of all those types of milks...but I'm having a hard time finding it.
The forums here are great, you just have to cut through the lard, don't get discouraged my the hostile angry Sideliners.0 -
lvillani81 wrote: »I honestly don't understand how milk doesn't gross human beings out. The stuff is packed with bacteria, puss, fecal matter, pesticides and IGF-1 which causes cancer. Plus, cow's milk is naturally intended to turn a small calf into a 1,000 lb cow!
agreed
"The hype for store-bought almond milk from people who are otherwise all about "natural and unprocessed" is always the weirdest."
agreed, that is why I make my own. Taste better, less junk it it, and not processed.
How do you get the "milk" out of almonds without processing it?
Processed food in these contexts, to most educated people, = commercially manufactured, processed and packaged. Not put in a blender.
so it's the packaging that makes it so unhealthy?
It's all the machines it goes through, additives that are added, the packaging (BPA is still legal in US), and its in every can US produces) and hands that touch it.
Do you grow your own almonds so that only your hands touch it and so that they never touch any packaging?
i don't understand this "touching of hands". do you not realize that humans are the only species that handles it's food with it's hands? how does that not disgust you? right now, bring your hand to your face and i dare you to lick it. I DARE YOU! What, you did it? You licked your hand? with your own tongue?
you're already dead
Considering some of the places some humans gleefully put their tongues you'd think worry about people's hands (in a facility where I'd hope handwashing and proper protective gear are stressed) or cow pus would be fairly low.0 -
lvillani81 wrote: »lvillani81 wrote: »I honestly don't understand how milk doesn't gross human beings out. The stuff is packed with bacteria, puss, fecal matter, pesticides and IGF-1 which causes cancer. Plus, cow's milk is naturally intended to turn a small calf into a 1,000 lb cow!
I can't even.
Do you eat yogurt?
Chalk full of bacteria?
Touch railings anywhere out side your home? Chalk full of all sorts of bodily fluids-
You're phone- that you put up close and personal to your face? dirtier than a toilet seat!
Milk is fine- it's almost a complete food coupled with cereal. Delicious.lvillani81 wrote: »I honestly don't understand how milk doesn't gross human beings out. The stuff is packed with bacteria, puss, fecal matter, pesticides and IGF-1 which causes cancer. Plus, cow's milk is naturally intended to turn a small calf into a 1,000 lb cow!
I can't even.
Do you eat yogurt?
Chalk full of bacteria?
Touch railings anywhere out side your home? Chalk full of all sorts of bodily fluids-
You're phone- that you put up close and personal to your face? dirtier than a toilet seat!
Milk is fine- it's almost a complete food coupled with cereal. Delicious.
Um, no. I don't eat yogurt, or cheese or anything else from milk. Yeah I put my dirty phone on my face, but I don't ingest my phone. I dare you to just lick you phone. You won't do, and neither would I. Milk is not fine.
I just licked my phone.0 -
lvillani81 wrote: »I honestly don't understand how milk doesn't gross human beings out. The stuff is packed with bacteria, puss, fecal matter, pesticides and IGF-1 which causes cancer. Plus, cow's milk is naturally intended to turn a small calf into a 1,000 lb cow!
agreed
"The hype for store-bought almond milk from people who are otherwise all about "natural and unprocessed" is always the weirdest."
agreed, that is why I make my own. Taste better, less junk it it, and not processed.
How do you get the "milk" out of almonds without processing it?
Processed food in these contexts, to most educated people, = commercially manufactured, processed and packaged. Not put in a blender.
so it's the packaging that makes it so unhealthy?
It's all the machines it goes through, additives that are added, the packaging (BPA is still legal in US), and its in every can US produces) and hands that touch it.
Do you grow your own almonds so that only your hands touch it and so that they never touch any packaging?
i don't understand this "touching of hands". do you not realize that humans are the only species that handles it's food with it's hands? how does that not disgust you? right now, bring your hand to your face and i dare you to lick it. I DARE YOU! What, you did it? You licked your hand? with your own tongue?
you're already dead
I'm not dead yet but I'm pretty sure I'm dying.0 -
myfelinepal wrote: »lvillani81 wrote: »lvillani81 wrote: »I honestly don't understand how milk doesn't gross human beings out. The stuff is packed with bacteria, puss, fecal matter, pesticides and IGF-1 which causes cancer. Plus, cow's milk is naturally intended to turn a small calf into a 1,000 lb cow!
I can't even.
Do you eat yogurt?
Chalk full of bacteria?
Touch railings anywhere out side your home? Chalk full of all sorts of bodily fluids-
You're phone- that you put up close and personal to your face? dirtier than a toilet seat!
Milk is fine- it's almost a complete food coupled with cereal. Delicious.lvillani81 wrote: »I honestly don't understand how milk doesn't gross human beings out. The stuff is packed with bacteria, puss, fecal matter, pesticides and IGF-1 which causes cancer. Plus, cow's milk is naturally intended to turn a small calf into a 1,000 lb cow!
I can't even.
Do you eat yogurt?
Chalk full of bacteria?
Touch railings anywhere out side your home? Chalk full of all sorts of bodily fluids-
You're phone- that you put up close and personal to your face? dirtier than a toilet seat!
Milk is fine- it's almost a complete food coupled with cereal. Delicious.
Um, no. I don't eat yogurt, or cheese or anything else from milk. Yeah I put my dirty phone on my face, but I don't ingest my phone. I dare you to just lick you phone. You won't do, and neither would I. Milk is not fine.
I just licked my phone.
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lvillani81 wrote: »I honestly don't understand how milk doesn't gross human beings out. The stuff is packed with bacteria, puss, fecal matter, pesticides and IGF-1 which causes cancer. Plus, cow's milk is naturally intended to turn a small calf into a 1,000 lb cow!
agreed
"The hype for store-bought almond milk from people who are otherwise all about "natural and unprocessed" is always the weirdest."
agreed, that is why I make my own. Taste better, less junk it it, and not processed.
How do you get the "milk" out of almonds without processing it?
Do almonds not have nipples?0 -
Trader Joe's almond milk blows all the others away. I doubted this when I first read all the rave reviews, but then I tried it myself, and I will now never go back to Blue Diamond or Silk.0
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rach021979 wrote: »I read an article in Dr. Oz mag that cashew milk has the least calories, sugar and fat and most protein of all those types of milks...but I'm having a hard time finding it.
The forums here are great, you just have to cut through the lard, don't get discouraged by the well intentioned but often incorrect Sideliners.
I agree with the above statement.0 -
rach021979 wrote: »I read an article in Dr. Oz mag that cashew milk has the least calories, sugar and fat and most protein of all those types of milks...but I'm having a hard time finding it.
The forums here are great, you just have to cut through the lard, don't get discouraged by the well intentioned but often incorrect Sideliners.
I agree with the above statement.
the uneducated people around here are the WORST0 -
rach021979 wrote: »I read an article in Dr. Oz mag that cashew milk has the least calories, sugar and fat and most protein of all those types of milks...but I'm having a hard time finding it.
The forums here are great, you just have to cut through the lard, don't get discouraged by the well intentioned but often incorrect Sideliners.
I agree with the above statement.
the uneducated people around here are the WORST
I agree with this statement as well. See how agreeable I am?0 -
I am not a vegetarian nor vegan. I EAT MEAT. Still the thought of humans being the only animal that drinks milk from another animal sounds yuckky. Yes, I still eat cheese, on occasion, it just sounds yuccky. Would you suck the milk out of a cows "Teat"?
Do you slaughter your own animals?
If you want to talk repulsive I think you've got bigger worries than a cow's teat...0 -
Full fat milk for me please. one of the products in my diet I havent changed as well as butter. I'd drink more of it if I could but the lactose is a bit of a pain.
Its also very cheap in the UK.
Good to see MFP providing its usual level of wisdom.0 -
I have read and heard from many trustworthy sources that it is best to cut out dairy if you can. My husband and i switched to almond milk for six months. I loved it and felt healthier so no longer drink milk. He hated it, so switched back after the trial period.
I am a big believer in being open minded and focusing on your own individual body's needs and responses.0 -
cathy120861 wrote: »I have read and heard from many trustworthy sources that it is best to cut out dairy if you can. My husband and i switched to almond milk for six months. I loved it and felt healthier so no longer drink milk. He hated it, so switched back after the trial period.
I am a big believer in being open minded and focusing on your own individual body's needs and responses.
Could you provide us with any links to your trustworthy sources? I love to increase my knowledge base.0 -
I like skim milk better than unsweetened almond milk or 2% milk. I've been using almond milk for cereal in order to achieve my calorie goals. I recently added in 250 calories a day in an effort to get to 2 lb./week weight loss (from 2.6 lbs/ wk) and one of the things I'm going to do to get those calories back is to go to skim milk. I'm 6-2, less than 230 pounds and my maintenance calorie level is like 2200+ calories at my next milestone (195 lbs). I was mostly comfortable at 1420 calories but I can tell it's time to get more - but I'm having a hard time getting to 1670 a day. My point here is almond milk, skim milk, 2% milk, whole milk or even chocolate milk can all good choices depending on the diet goals and the dieters preferences.0
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why skim? there are other options...lactose free milk may be an option, I like horizon's 2% lactose free milk. If you are trying to avoid animal byproducts then you can also look into rice milk, hemp milk along side almond milk, just continue to check the labels for nutritional content as you already been doing.0
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All kinds of animals (even some birds) will drink milk if given the opportunity. Man is the only animal that is able to procure milk on a regular basis.I am not a vegetarian nor vegan. I EAT MEAT. Still the thought of humans being the only animal that drinks milk from another animal sounds yuckky. Yes, I still eat cheese, on occasion, it just sounds yuccky. Would you suck the milk out of a cows "Teat"?
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If I could tolerate it, 3.25% milk is where I'd go (and I have in the past, but can no longer
). Skim milk is like white water. No taste, no texture... Soy milk tastes awful. I love almond and coconut milk. Cashew milk is also pretty nice and creamy. I've gotten to the point where I can just drink it unsweetened on its own and enjoy it. And I eat enough meat + protein shakes and whatnot to make up for the difference.
I do miss chocolate milk. And can only have so much yogurt or cottage cheese (and never both in the same day). Heck, skyr is awesome and I can't even have it because it's basically really thick skim milk
I'm sure my coworkers and family are much happier (as well as I am) that I stick to almond milk most of the time despite it all.0
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