Milk

[DaveBrown74]

I'm not a big milk drinker these days, but I do consume it for coffee/tea and sometimes cereal (albeit I am eating cereal less and less these days).

For the past 20 years or so, I have always been a skim milk guy, but recently I have been trying out other types of milk such as oat milk and almond milk. I have not tried soy milk yet, and to be honest I'm not dying to. I am not lactose intolerant as far as I know, but reducing dairy intake does seem like a good idea as I get older, as dairy contributes to inflammation.

I'm curious, does anyone have a strong preference with some of these other milks? So far, from a taste perspective I prefer oat milk to almond milk, but I have read that oat milk has higher sugar content than almond milk (and regular milk), so I am not sure whether the health benefits are a net positive.

I have not done a great deal of work on this subject to be honest, and I do intend to read more, but I was curious if anyone had any strong or well-researched thoughts/recommendations on the subject.

[LennG]

We are big dairy eaters, but we really don't drink much milk. I use regularly, those favored creamers from my coffee and if we use milk it is always 1%, but we have gotten to use those Parmalat milks as they stay a lot longer. I have tried oat milk and it wasn't bad, probably, as you say, it had a sweeter taste. I don't like soy milk but we use it with meat dishes sometimes as we follow Kosher dietary laws and cannot mix milk and meat. Other than that, I don't like it.

[Ed Vette]

The amount of water that goes to Almond Farms in California is disproportionately obscene. As Forest Gump would say..."and that's all I have to say about that".

[babywhales]

The amount of water that goes to Almond Farms in California is disproportionately obscene. As Forest Gump would say..."and that's all I have to say about that".

Not to mention how hard it is to milk an almond, its almost impossible!