I am in the middle of finding the perfect dairy milk replacement...my research tells me that hemp milk is likely the best because it has omega 3 fats...geekymonkey wrote:Interesting- I don't do soy, because my definition of "sugar" is very broad. And milk is quite high in lactose, which is a sugar. So I don't do cows milk straight, but do organic plain yogurt and kefir. (I was motivated to change they way I eat because my gut microbiology was totally fucked, so I don't eat anything high in refined carbs including most starches, beans, and even natural sugars.)
Do you incorporate any natural probiotics? (Unpasturized Sour Kraut or pickles, other fermented things?) Those have had huge positive impacts for me.
One of my favorite positive side effects is that I have grown a whole new head of thicker, shinier hair. My hair was always kind of thin and mousy-colored. Now it's got all these red highlights and it really looks like I have twice as much.
So far my love from dairy has only gone as far as soy milk which is good for your cholesterol levels and can help with bone strength. soy also has more protein than other non dairy milk...but many foods we have in our eating plan now contain soy already....so I think we will move on to hemp milk next week and see how that goes.
For probiotics it is a struggle...trying to get pickes into my diet but I've also heard that dark chocolate works too
