Milk and its substitutes
Discussion
I have just been diagnosed with a blood complication, but it has been a lengthy process to get the diagnosis. In this time, I have been looking at diet, focussing on dairy and bread.
I don't eat a great deal of bread so am looking at milk. Anyone given up milk and now use a substitute?
I was reading a comparison the other day and soya came out top, but it was still suggested it wasn't very nice.
All opinions gladly received.
I don't eat a great deal of bread so am looking at milk. Anyone given up milk and now use a substitute?
I was reading a comparison the other day and soya came out top, but it was still suggested it wasn't very nice.
All opinions gladly received.
I became lactose intolerant to the point of having to give up all dairy about 15 months ago.
Milk is easy, I just swap for the Alpro Soya/almond/hazelnut milk (but had to stop drinking white tea as it tastes wrong), Rice Milk I find nice to. the Lactofree stuff (which is actually not 100% lactose free) still makes me a little unstable so I avoid it.
If you want to give up all milk derived products it's a little harder, you need to avoid Batter products (fish, chicken etc), yorkshire puds, and pancakes unless you make the batter yourself with soya milk (the soya milk based pancakes I thought actually tasted nicer). The soya milk has really long shelf life (even the non-uht style ones) so I tend to stock up when it's on offer as it is bloody expensive
the only safe spread is Pure (soya or sunflower) or vitalite, all the rest have some degree of buttermilk in.
Biscuits are a bit of a nightmare, as, for instance, bourbons vary from brand to brand so you have to watch them like a hawk, but generally you have to question everything.
Generally though if you stay away from pre-prepared foods unless you are 100% sure of the ingredients it's not too bad. I still get caught out, and I am sure that some stuff isn't labelled correct, but I only start getting symptoms about 3-6 hours after I have eaten so it's difficult to track down.
I learned to appreciate black coffee and Roibos tea, but costa/starbucks do have soya milk so you can still do Latte's etc.
Good Luck!
Milk is easy, I just swap for the Alpro Soya/almond/hazelnut milk (but had to stop drinking white tea as it tastes wrong), Rice Milk I find nice to. the Lactofree stuff (which is actually not 100% lactose free) still makes me a little unstable so I avoid it.
If you want to give up all milk derived products it's a little harder, you need to avoid Batter products (fish, chicken etc), yorkshire puds, and pancakes unless you make the batter yourself with soya milk (the soya milk based pancakes I thought actually tasted nicer). The soya milk has really long shelf life (even the non-uht style ones) so I tend to stock up when it's on offer as it is bloody expensive
the only safe spread is Pure (soya or sunflower) or vitalite, all the rest have some degree of buttermilk in.
Biscuits are a bit of a nightmare, as, for instance, bourbons vary from brand to brand so you have to watch them like a hawk, but generally you have to question everything.
Generally though if you stay away from pre-prepared foods unless you are 100% sure of the ingredients it's not too bad. I still get caught out, and I am sure that some stuff isn't labelled correct, but I only start getting symptoms about 3-6 hours after I have eaten so it's difficult to track down.
I learned to appreciate black coffee and Roibos tea, but costa/starbucks do have soya milk so you can still do Latte's etc.
Good Luck!
lepetitoeuf said:
I use oat milk for porridge, it works well. If I'm just havin normal cereal, I've settled on unsweetened almond milk, I find the flavour fits in with granola/muesli etc very nicely.
My girlfriend was on a strict diet for a while which involved not drinking cows milk, so we swapped to almond milk and for a lot of things I actually prefer it.It may also be worth looking at vegan recipes/products, even if you're still going to eat meat etc.
Craikeybaby said:
It may also be worth looking at vegan recipes/products, even if you're still going to eat meat etc.
Exactly, I often say that I should be treated as vegan who eats meat.Plane food is a nightmare though, I ended up with a crew meal (a very nice garden salad) on my last flight as the ovo/lacto meal was cheesy pasta!
Before you give up milk completely why don't you try goats milk. It is available in all supermarkets and you can get semi skimmed or full fat like normal milk. It also tastes far closer to cows milk than the non dairy alternatives and is far easier to digest than cows milk which might be just enough to help.
RizzoTheRat said:
Depending on what it is you can't manage in milk, I'll second the recommendation for goats milk. It can have a slightly goaty flavour though unless it's very fresh. Depending where you live you might find a local supplier, we used to buy it frozen from a local farm.
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