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vickie2
POSTED: Wed, 02/09/2011 - 5:42pm
Cow's Milk Products vs. Soy or Other Alternatives
Hi Everyone, Do any of you exclusively use soy products (soy milk, soy cheese, soy yogurt) or other products as opposed to cow's milk products? If you switched to soy or something similar, what motivated you to do so, and how do you feel? I am considering trying some soy or other products because one of my daughters may be mildly lactose intolerant. I have been doing some reading about milk products and I find it interesting that a significant percentage of our world’s population cannot tolerate cow's milk products. Also, do you have any brand recommendations? Thanks.MIREILLE'S CALENDAR
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Bree
POSTED: Wed, 10/12/2011 - 7:24pm
Hi Vickie2, Yes i have tried
Hi Vickie2, Yes i have tried soy, rice and almond milk, but that was purely out of interest (not because of allergies).Soy milk was nicer then rice milk i found (rice milk was sickly sweet) and almond milk was quite expensive. Here in Australia you can get lactose free cows milk, i would imagine that it would be sold worldwide. I have also found (as a nutritionist) that it is not necessarily the milk sugar (lactose), but the proteins in milk (whey and casein) that people can also react with. I know goats milk proteins differ to cows milk, therefore some people find it tolerable and a more gentle alternative. Things like yogurts (which have been fermented) can be more tolerable as the bacteria will digest the lactose and break it down to more simple, easier digested sugars, only some people can tolerate this though. See how you go with the goats or sheeps milk even (which should be available from supermarkets), they are great sources of calcium, vit D and many other minerals. Goodluck! Kind regards Breemeneia
POSTED: Sat, 02/19/2011 - 6:48pm
Soy Milk and Icecream
I've had soy milk and ice cream. No real reason, I just felt like trying them. Soy milk is an aquired taste, because you expect it to taste like cow's milk and it just doesn't. In ice cream, I didn't really notice a difference. I remember reading somewhere that lactose intolerance is high in populations where historically dairy products have not been consumed. So, someone of asian descent is far more likely to be lactose intolerant than someone of european descent.