Silk (soy milk) VS Skim Milk

I personally like coconut milk and almond milk.

I'm lactose intolerant,so I don't care much for milk. I'll drink soy milk at Starbucks but that's about it. Too much soy has health concerns linked to it as far as phytoestrogens and poor protein absorption (before anyone attacks this statement -- pay attention to the word "concerns").

I drink both. I keep unsweetened soy at home for me - no-one else in the house likes it. But if I'm out I'll happily have semi-skimmed dairy instead.

And I love the mini cartons of chocolate soy milk for post-strength-workout recovery.

i dont really drink milk too much but when i have cereal i use unsweetended almond milk bc it has good nutrients and its not as thin as skim.
If I want something sweet ill have a glass of lite chocolate soy milk, but thats more of a dessert then a drink for me.

If i was actually thirsty Id rather have skim milk though.
Im assuming soy has more fat...but if it fits into your food plans then i guess whatever youd rather drink is fine(:

Never tried soy milk and have no interest in trying it. We are also huge milk drinkers at our house. Go through probably 5 or so gallons a week. We drink skim and my 3 year old drinks whole.

We keep soy, almond, and dairy milk in the house at different times for different reasons. My Husband is all about dairy milk. Won't touch the other stuff. And my son prefers soy, but I prefer him to have almond because, whether or not its true, all the "concerns" about males and soy concern me. And, I like almond.

So we rotate soy and almond and generally have 2% dairy for my husband and for my son's cereal. but we rotate the soy and almond for drinking.

We also keep low fat chocolate dairy milk from time to time.

There is usually a good variety of "milk" at my house

You're a champ cause I've tried soy milk and nearly threw up in my mouth. I CAN do vanilla coconut milk or just simply skim fat free milk. Anything else, including any other type of cow milk with a higher percentage, I cannot do.

One of the benefits is that you body can more readily absorb calcium that is plant based rather than from an animal base. Amimal milk is more acidic and therefore you body cannot absorb it as well. So not only does it have more calcium, but you can absorb more of it.

Also, there are less calories than milk, at least in the Vanilla unsweetened flavor by Silk Almond milk and Diamond Almond Breeze, it is only 35 or 40 calories per cup where as skim milk is 86 calories per cup. I use it in my smoothies and enjoy it that way. I also have the Silk creamer for my coffee, but that is 20 calories per tablespoon, so I will probably go back to my sugar-free coffeemate creamer which is less calories.

There are some concerns about soymilk. http://www.livestrong.com/article/466919-the-effects-of-soy-milk-on-estrogen-levels/ I've switched to almond milk...they have one with only 35 calories...great for smoothies.

Ever since reading Skinny B***tch I couldn't imagine why I, as an adult, was drinking the milk of another animal, ment for their babies. Since thinking about it that way I am too grossed out by cows milk. I like Rice Dream, almond milk and flavored soy milk is delicious.

same! you wouldn't feel a calf human breast milk so why do i drink cow milk? yuck.

http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/soys-negative-effects

For any guys drinking or use soy for a protein. Just an FYI

Personally, I prefer the taste and texture of soy and almond milk. I recently tried hazelnut which was very nice too. I don't really think soy is that dangerous unless you're having it in very large quantities.

I stick with soy, almond or coconut milk. I like unflavored soy for cooking, unsweetend almond for cereal and coconut for making hot cocoa.

My dad recently started drinking SILK instead of his normal Skim Milk... after trying one of his flavored Silks (almond dark chocolate) I must say that it is pretty good! And we are a HUGE milk drinking family... but I wondered... what is the real benefits to switching to Soy Milk? And how many of you are Pro Silk and how many are pro Skim Milk (flavored or not)? THANKS!!

I never drink any milk straight, but I have a homemade chai latte every morning. I like the taste of silk better and it's fewer calories. I switched initially, though, because I am developing lactose intolerance, one dairy product at a time. :-(

A lot of people will tell you almond milk is better than soy, but soy has far more protein and even more potassium than almond, so I stick with soy.

Ever since reading Skinny B***tch I couldn't imagine why I, as an adult, was drinking the milk of another animal, ment for their babies. Since thinking about it that way I am too grossed out by cows milk. I like Rice Dream, almond milk and flavored soy milk is delicious.

same! you wouldn't feel a calf human breast milk so why do i drink cow milk? yuck.

You wouldn't feed a calf ground beef, either. Or chicken or bacon. Or even an egg.

It's not a competition between the two where you need to pick one or the other. They are different products with different macros. Either one can fit into most anybody's day, depending on how you plan your day out.