Cows Milk vs. Soy Milk?

[brian]

i prefer soy.

 

[lunabella]

cow's milk is not meant for people. it's meant for calves. about 1/6 of people are lactose intolerant. in addition, dairy products cause acne for many people. www.mayoclinic.com

yes, soy milk is more expensive than cow's milk, but it's so much healthier. you get all the nutrients of cow's milk without any of the saturated fat or cholesterol.

 

[tinuvielberen]

oh wow tinu... you are really an advocate for cow's milk!
just out of curiousity.. while you were researching this topic, did you come accross any facts that argue cows milk has more or equal benefits to soy? I've always wondered..

I'm not an advocate for anything. I am a skeptic.

I am especially skeptical of something that tastes inferior and costs more than its competitor.

The research I do can be done by ANYBODY. Pubmed is FREE.

 

[Shess0m0ney]

If you guys want a really good soy milk, try West Soy. Its all organic and i prefer the non fat, plain type, its not so thick and doesn't have that nutty taste that some of the as other types of soy milk has, tastes really good on cereal

 

[lunabella]

^ silk brand soy milk is very good too. both the plain and plain lite are yummy. i haven't tried the vanilla yet.

 

[tinuvielberen]

Well, I've done a bit of digging, and finally figured out what is behind the anti-cow's milk propaganda machine:

PeTA

What a surprise. As everybody knows, PeTA is an excellent source of unbiased nutritional information.

I'm not going to comment further, beyond reposting this excellent picture (Firstview) of a Dior model pushing a PeTA activist off the runway:

 

[sakina]

I have to disagree there. Soymilk tastes better than Cows milk!

I've always used to use cows milk in my cereal and than slowly switched to soymilk and now the only thing I drink is soy. Last week, we ran out of soymilk so I made my cereal with regular milk and it tasted so bad I couldn't eat any of it.

 

[lunabella]

^ i know. when i was little, i lived in russia, so we only had cow's milk. it made me sick all the time even though it was organic, so i couldn't drink it. now i drink soy milk and it's wonderful.
^^what does peta have to do with promoting soy milk? they protest people wearing fur, which is understandable. how would you like to be skinned for what's on your back? just because you like cow's milk, doesn't mean that people who don't like cow's milk and drink soy milk are propagandizing. and peta is an excellent source of information even if they are extreme in getting their information through. sometimes the only way to change the opinions of people is through a revolution.

 

[smartarse]

i guess now that i am matured .... i much prefer soymilk... but you have to be careful because i think some people are allergic to soy so before thinking of consuming find out if youre allergic or not.

 

[smartarse]

maybe because you were lactose intolerant... but agreed i much prefer soymilk with coffee and cereal.

I have to disagree there. Soymilk tastes better than Cows milk!

I've always used to use cows milk in my cereal and than slowly switched to soymilk and now the only thing I drink is soy. Last week, we ran out of soymilk so I made my cereal with regular milk and it tasted so bad I couldn't eat any of it.

 

[sssanguine]

Soy milk is so delicious and great in every way. I love Silk and Vitasoy. Vanilla Rice Dream is good too, my most favorite breakfast is Cascadian Farms Honey Nut-O's and Vanilla Rice Dream. Seriously try some and you'll be HOOKED! The Cascadian Honey Nut-O's tastes so delicious and it's organic, whenever I eat cheerios now it tastes like manufactured cardboard. I thought this was really interesting.


North America has one of the highest consumptions of dairy products, and also the highest incidence of osteoporosis – a disease of brittle bones formed through the loss of calcium. The dairy lobby has many campaigns and advertisements encouraging people to consume large quantities of dairy products to ward off this dreaded disease later in life. But that's not the whole story.
Regardless of how much calcium you take in, the amount your body can actually absorb and retain matters more. The high animal protein intake typical of North American diets can make it difficult to retain calcium. Digesting animal protein creates an acidic environment in the body. To neutralize the acid, the body may rob calcium from the bones. Years of this pattern can contribute in osteoporosis later in life.6

http://www.veg.ca/issues/dairy.html

 

[Ella]

I only drink milk with coffee so I don't really mind either way. I do prefer soy milk to cow milk though, it's not as creamy...

 

[Deleted member 36123]

I had to switch to soy once when they thought I was allergic and I hated it! So it's cow juice for me!

 

[stl]

I love soy milk!!!!!! Love love love it !! It's pretty good for your health, too, I believe.

 

[susa31]

I'm allergic to cow milk + the taste disgusts me....I surely appreciate the different taste of soy milk and am drinking at least one glass in the morning....soy milk is my breakfast

 

[misssakura]

I'm surprised at some of the vehement responses in here by pro-dairy campaigners. One would honestly think that you're dairy farmers. I'm sure you aren't.

Soy is like anything, you need to find the brand that suits your taste. I first tried Sanitarium Organic Soy milk after I decided that it wasn't ethical to support the veal trade, nor mass production of milk (even organic milk) for breakfast cereals. I tried one cup and I hated it. It tasted like plasticine. Honestly, just like plasticine. I talked to my friend Alejo who lives in Peru and he was shocked, he said that in Peru, the soy milk was creamy, smooth and delicious.

So I decided to perservere. On one shopping trip I perused the soy milk section for about 15 minutes. I finally decided on trying some 1.5l vitasoy caramel.

So I got home, both me and my boyfriend tried it, and it was DELICIOUS. Not only was it smooth and very very creamy, but my stomach did not feel bloated at all afterwards and there was NO sour aftertaste in my mouth afterwards (as you get with milk).

We were both hooked. We decided to try the original creamy vitasoy, and again, delicious. I'm still a huge fan of the caramel, but both are good. Now we can treat ourselves to home-made creamy gravies and sauces, homemade shakes, horlicks, you name it.

I don't miss milk at all, it tastes sour to me now.

However I do still buy organic cheese sometimes, I think it's all about moderation really. Because i'm only buying one 500g block every 3-4 weeks, its different from buying a pint every 2 days of regular cows milk.

Another thing that I love is that I don't waste any soy milk. It keeps in the fridge for about 11 days for fresh and about 15 for non-fresh. One thing that put me off drinking milk was having to throw away half pints of it because it had gone bad after only 2-3 days. Now I don't have that problem, and I don't have that conscience.

To the people in this thread who believe that peta is directly responsible for the drive behind soy, and who are so determined to be pro-dairy, it seems that you're so adamant in trying to find the negatives of soy that you'll believe any anti-soy propaganda, which makes you just as biased.

A HUGE percentage of people are lactose intolerant, and i'm glad that soy and rice milk is being recognised as a delicious alternative. It works for me, it works for a lot of people, there is no need to be a 'sceptic', and i'm sorry that you feel threatened but i'd suggest trying brands for yourself and seeing why other people like it, rather than just scoffing at it without even having tried it (or at least trying one brand and assuming that everything tastes the same).

Phew, that's all I have to say for now!

 

[Aimeeeee]

I hate milk, never liked it. I really don't like the taste or smell of milk.

However, I love soy milk. My favourite is Alpro Soya Organic Vanilla yummm!

 

[Ksanochka Vanmra]

I switched to soy milk a few months ago and now I only drink soy milk. The taste is different, but I prefer it to cow milk. I drink it with chocolate every morning and it tastes great!

Cow milk was sometimes too heavy for me, even though I drank semi-skimmed milk. And sometimes, even brushing my teeth two or three times after drinking it, I could feel some taste of milk a couple of hours later.

 

[woodenhouse]

cow's milk is not meant for people. it's meant for calves.

I really do not understand how this concept is hard for people to grasp. It's, what I consider, common sense. I sure hope there are not calves drinking humans milk somewhere!

 

[gius]

I used to drink soy milk, since I'm not very good with dairy... but I realised it's kind of a high GMO crop, so I stopped.
I try to find a source of raw milk if I can, but if I can't I always turn it into yogurt...