MILK v. RICE, SOY, ALMOND MILK

GreyEyes21

I like fat free organic milk. Heritage!! not Horizon brand. Soy milk adds weight to thighs and hips, it is good for women who want to or are pregnant. Almond milk is ok for you. and Rice milk is bad for you because white rice is just sugar.

LindseySprake

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I Love Blue Diamond original unsweetened. Only 40 calories a serving.
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I too use this to blend my protein shakes - the only time I have milk now. Or the occasional bowl of cereal if im running late for work.
Cows milk is for ... well ... baby cows!

annie7hudds

Milk (esp cow's milk) was never intended for human consumption and is really harsh on your digestive system. Incredibly fatty and full of hormones/steroids. The milk industry tries to stay relevant by convincing the public that milk is the only good source of calcium (there are tons of veggies with as much or more calcium per serving without the fat or high amounts of calories).

Check out the book Whitewashed at your local library.

My view too.

I hate cows milk anyway - it was the free milk in school - always warm and claggy - yukk. I like cheese but try and limit it to goats or sheeps milk cheese. Same for yoghurt. Butter ? Don't really need it IMO. If I am cooking I use oil, either olive oil or rapeseed oil.

I have taken my coffee and tea black since the age of 14 -so no issue there.

It's the hormones and stuff which freak me out. I know that all foods contain unwanted ****, but this is the one item that we can do without, or use an alternative.

MzBug

Every person is different, so it will end up being trial and error to find what you prefer and are willing to live with.

Personally I prefer to go with the most unprocessed foods available. I read (and saw on You Tube) how they make the rice/soy/almond milk and other replacement foods.... uhh no thanks. I'll stick with the natural stuff.

In spite of being overweight I have never had issues with cholesterol, blood pressure or blood sugar. All of my older brothers (5 of them) and their wives are either normal weight or slightly underweight and ALL have cholesterol and blood pressure issues. They eat the "typical American diet" that includes a lot of highly processed foods and replacement foods... margarine, soy/almond/rice milk, low fat/no fat this that and the other and packaged/boxed foods. When I met my guy he was eatting a typical bachelor diet modified to include non dairy/low fat because he had very bad cholesterol issues and was on 3 different medications for it. Over the last 5 years we have lived together I have gotten him to change his diet. In the process of doing this he has gotten his cholesterol numbers cut in half (now normal) and has been reduced to 1 cholesterol medication. If he keeps his numbers down he may get off that medication too. We eat real butter, full fat dairy products, whole eggs, beef, pork and all the other things that are on the "bad for your cholesterol" list. We just eat it in moderation and as much unprocessed as possible.

kerrylou45

I was brought up on soy milk from a baby drinking formula to drinking soy milk for milk replacement until about the age of about 10. I have just recently had a health scare which involes hormones and it was through this that my mum told me about the issues around soy and estrogen. So I did some reading and discovered that all the issues i have had over the years where all the possible out comes from drinking soy as a baby. I mean just about the whole list and i was amazed. At the age of about 8 i started getting extreme emotional issues and by 9 I had well formed breast (by the age of 10 i was in a C cup and by 13 in HH) and my period, which are very heavy. By the age of 11 I was depressed and was seeing a doctor to try and figure out why I was having so many issues, which also involed weight and growth. The only outcome they could find was an exessive amonut of estrogen. At the time there was no connection made between the two and so was told I would "grow out" of it and just had to roll with it for now. When I was 20 there was research being done here in NZ into the two and I was asked to be part of it. I turn it down because I thought I was fine and those days had gone and I was fine now. Looking back and going through what I am now I know I wasnt fine and reget not taking it up. I still have some real issues around estrogen and my cycle and how much it effects me mentally and really look forward to getting my period because during that time and if I am lucky for a few days after I feel normal happy and full of energy and life is good. But for the other three weeks its hell. I dont feel like me and get very withdrawn and emotional. My thinking is very slow and negitive, like living in a 'fog' If soy is the real reason behind this i really dont know and the research I have done on the internet doesnt confirm or say its not possible but the fact that I personally have these issues and they are all estrogen related and I was was broguht up on soy cant be denied. So for me I wont recommend soy for anyone of any age