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Is Almond Milk that much better than regular milk?

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Almond milk is amazing from a caloric and sugar intake perspective if you can find one you find tolerable (that's the hard part). I was lucky enough to do so, after much trial and error.
 
I vastly prefer almond milk to regular milk at this point. Especially for cocoa. But I don't eat Müsli or cornflakes for breakfast.
 
Developed major intolerance to cow milk over the past year.

Here's where I'm at

Soy milk: Still makes me feel bloated, taste OK with cereal, but not tea / coffee.

Oat milk: Amazing taste, but almost as "heavy" on my stomach as Cow milk.

Almond milk: Doesn't taste great, but kinda works with tea / coffee and cereal. Very light on my stomach.

Hazlenut milk: Better flavor than Almond / Soy, great with coffee / tea.
 
No. There aren't even tits on an almond. It don't even make sense. It just confuses everyone. It should be called almond juice or almond water or w/e. Drink whole milk instead.
 
I prefer rice milk to almond milk. It's cheaper too which I'm not complaining about. Both are better than real milk for the environment and for the animals though.
 
It doesn't come from a cow's tits, so that kind of elevates it for me.

I would eat an almond. I wouldn't suck a cow's tit.

Therefore almonds are superior to cow's.
 
immortal-joe said:
Developed major intolerance to cow milk over the past year.

Here's where I'm at

Soy milk: Still makes me feel bloated, taste OK with cereal, but not tea / coffee.

Oat milk: Amazing taste, but almost as "heavy" on my stomach as Cow milk.

Almond milk: Doesn't taste great, but kinda works with tea / coffee and cereal. Very light on my stomach.

Hazlenut milk: Better flavor than Almond / Soy, great with coffee / tea.
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Have you tried Coconut milk?
 
If it fits your macros...

I like the taste of almond milk, but regular milk is fine too. Whole fat milk only has 64 calories per 100ml in it. That's about the same as fruit juice or Coke but it's got protein, calcium, vit D, and some healthy saturated fats in it instead of copious amounts of sugar.
 
MWS Natural said:
Switched years ago and never looked back. Pretty ridiculous that people drink the lactation of another animal.
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Also pretty ridiculous that people fry and eat the underdeveloped embryo of select avians for breakfast each morning, or make gloves and jackets and car seats out of the tanned and heated outside layer skin of dead cows, but here we are.

Why is drinking milk ridiculous? No different than other dairy, cheese, even things like whey protein.
 
Madness said:
Also pretty ridiculous that people fry and eat the underdeveloped embryo of select avians for breakfast each morning, or make gloves and jackets and car seats out of the tanned and heated outside layer skin of dead cows, but here we are.

Why is drinking milk ridiculous? No different than other dairy, cheese, even things like whey protein.
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Cow tit juice is cow tit juice.

Drinking juice from cows tits is ridiculous in the way that if you put some ladies in a factory, attached pumps to their breasts, treated and sold it, the vast majority of people would rather drink the cow's tit juice instead.

Please don't deny this reality.

Most men wouldn't drink the tit juice of their wives after giving birth, but they go right down to the store and buy some cow tit juice to put in their coffee, cereal, cooking etc.

That's pretty damn ridiculous if you ask me
 
Make your own almond milk. The store bought almond milk is loaded with preservatives and emulsifiers. Making your own is super easy by just soaking whole raw almonds overnight and throw them in a blender with a pinch of sea salt and vanilla extract. Pulverize it and strain out the solids with cheese cloth or through a nut milk bag. Don't make a ton, though, as it only keeps a few days in the fridge, but is great.
 
I once switched to almond milk for my breakfast oats. I managed for a couple days but in the end I figured the taste was just not something I could take on a daily basis. Went back to regular milk and never looked back.
 
I recently become lactose intolerant and ended up drinking a lot of vegetable milks, and the almond milk is not one of my favorites, also is quite expensive and if buy the roasted one it tastes bitter. So I like oat milk and rice milk more(for cereals this is the shit).
 
Almond milk is always watery, it's good for Americanos and cereal but that's about it. It doesn't have the same tendency as soya milk to separate in warm liquids, too.

Oat Milk is where it's at though.
 
Just have water, OP. Lots of it. It'll do the job.

I have this with my gluten free/v low sugar cereal:

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Granted the almond content is very low, but it has a neutral/nice taste, and looks like milk whilst not being anywhere near as a calorific. Tastes a hell of a lot better than semi-skimmed milk, too.
 
I use almond or soy milk for my cereal and to cook. I cannot drink regular milk, I am lactose intolerant, it upsets my stomach and gives me headaches.
 
Korey said:
Almond milk is better because it has zero sugar, which is what makes you fat.

Saturated fat doesn't make you fat, sugar does.
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Eating above your needed caloric intake is what makes you fat. Eat 5000 calories of steak a day while burning just 2000 and you'll still get fat. Once upon a time the belief was that "fat makes you fat", which is why everything in the grocery store was plastered with a "low fat" label.

Restricting pure sugar in a diet is not bad advice but eating sugar is not the sole cause of body fat.
 
i made the transition a few years ago to unflavored sweetened Almond Milk and I feel a lot less bloated and gassy than when i used to use regular skim milk.
 
Saint of Killers said:
Just have water, OP. Lots of it. It'll do the job.

I have this with my gluten free/v low sugar cereal:

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Granted the almond content is very low, but it has a neutral/nice taste, and looks like milk whilst not being anywhere near as a calorific. Tastes a hell of a lot better than semi-skimmed milk, too.
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Roasted? I don't know i'll finish the one I bought a couple of days, I made huge mistake
 
Almond milk is healthier, and you get used to the taste. Any alternative will probably taste bad the first time, it by the third carton you won't even want to think about real milk as you'll have lost the tolerance you've had all your life.

If you really dislike the taste, add a little honey. That's what I did for a while.
 
Madness said:
Also pretty ridiculous that people fry and eat the underdeveloped embryo of select avians for breakfast each morning, or make gloves and jackets and car seats out of the tanned and heated outside layer skin of dead cows, but here we are.

Why is drinking milk ridiculous? No different than other dairy, cheese, even things like whey protein.
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Eggs typically aren't fertilized, so no, you aren't eating an underdeveloped embryo. You're eating an egg.

On topic, I tolerate cow's milk but I hate the flavor. I put almond milk in my cereal because with certain cereals it greatly enhances the flavor.
 
I prefer almond milk to real milk now, and cashew milk to almond milk. Cashew milk probably comes closer to the real thing in terms of taste and consistency, and it's also only 25 calories a glass. I just wish you could use almond or cashew milk milk for cooking.
 
Tastes like wood to me. Plus it's terrible in coffee, just little bits everywhere, I hate it. Almond milk is the second worst fake milk. Only beaten by Coconut milk which ruins the flavour of anything you put it in.
 
It doesn't have any protein in it, unless that isn't a concern. Seems to be mostly water with shitty additives.

I've cycled through all the ''milk'' drinks and I'm currently drinking raw milk from a farm, it's the best tasting and seems to be one of the best/healthiest options according to research.
 
There aren't many things that I would say taste awful but almon milk is definitely one of them.
 
jres80 said:
Eating above your needed caloric intake is what makes you fat. Eat 5000 calories of steak a day while burning just 2000 and you'll still get fat. Once upon a time the belief was that "fat makes you fat", which is why everything in the grocery store was plastered with a "low fat" label.

Restricting pure sugar in a diet is not bad advice but eating sugar is not the sole cause of body fat.
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Wrong.

Eating more calories than you burn can make you WEIGH MORE, which is different from getting fatter. You'll gain lean body mass if you don't eat any carbs (sugar).

Carbohydrates (sugar) is the only macronutrient that gets converted to body fat. Its interaction with insulin is literally the process of how fat gets stored in your body.

Protein doesn't get stored as fat, at all. Dietary fat doesn't get stored as fat either.
 
Good if you're vegetarian. Most brands of almond milk is fortified with vitamin b12, a vitamin not found in the vegetarian diet. It's the byproduct of a bacteria iirc. Less calories than normal milk, and easier to digest I would assume since there's no lactose proteins to break down.
 
Korey said:
Wrong.

Eating more calories than you burn can make you WEIGH MORE, which is different from getting fatter. You'll gain lean body mass if you don't eat any carbs (sugar).

Carbohydrates (sugar) is the only macronutrient that gets converted to body fat. Its interaction with insulin is literally the process of how fat gets stored in your body.

Protein doesn't get stored as fat, at all. Dietary fat doesn't get stored as fat either.
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But... people who don't eat carbs at all still have body fat.
 
1. There's nothing wrong with saturated fat, It does not make you fat and it doesn't clog your arteries. 2. Almond Milk doesn't really taste or feel like dairy milk. 3. I like coconut milk. It's not a prefect replicate of dairy milk either but it tastes good and it's healthy. My advice would be buying a few different kinds of milk and see which you like the best. Or try and stick with water from now on if you feel like you can give up the milk
 
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