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[The Dogmother]

I have sometimes used Soya milk instead of dairy, but have decided to convert completely now. I love my dairy though... porridge and milk puddings all the way, but my gut seems to be increasingly less tolerant of it, and it also seems to exacerbate my dust/pollen allergy.

 

I'm not a fan of rice milk - too sweet and it goes all addled in tea, but like Soya milk... what do you use and why?

[Mrs Webmuppet]

I have Tescos longlife soy milk in my cereal ( 60p a litre) it's unsweetened. I don't have milk in drinks. That way I can tolerate the occasional cows milk product.

 

I agree rice milk is vile. It took quite a bit of trial and error to find a milk substitute that was ok. I have tried some of the other dairy substitutes, Sainsburys did a 'cream cheese' years ago that was fine. The Alpro 'yoghurts' are ok too if a little pricey.

[Geoid]

Oat milk is even worse, tastes like someone has left oats in a bowl of water, and then taken the oats out.

[sari]

Oat milk is even worse, tastes like someone has left oats in a bowl of water, and then taken the oats out.

Which is basically how it's made...................!! I can't tolerate soya, makes my IBS bad. Nephew has it as he's dairy/soya intolerant. he doesn't mind so much..but he's only 3!

[Chickvic]

I'm trying Lactose free milk. They've just changed the lactose sugars in it and I've found I can tolerate that. Looks and tastes like normal milk. I find soya too 'thick' sometimes.

[Janty]

I love alpro. I started using it when it became clear that I'd developed an intolerance to dairy. However, had some allergy testing done and discovered that I was as intolerant to soya as I am to dairy.

 

 

I try to do without now as much as possible.

[P&P]

Hubby is dairy intolerant, but is fine with goat's milk , so we use that in drinks and for cooking, and now we're used to it we don't notice the difference.

 

Pauline

[ali-s]

After months of extreme tiredness and an upset stomach I was advised by my GP to cut down on dairy products.

 

I use Lacto Free. The milk just tastes the same as ordinary milk and the cheese is very good. I think they do yoghurts as well but haven't tried those.

 

If I am having cream I find I can eat Elmlea. Normal single and double cream gives me awful stomach cramps and the tiredness comes back.

[LuckyChickenLover-]

I've heard of Almond Milk . Never tried it though.

[Valkyrie]

I like the Alpro chocolate milk, but not keen on the plain - a bit too sweet for me. I like another one for the plain So Good - their flavours are not so good though! Haven't tried any others. At the moment I don't have any dairy or soya substitute - sort of thriving on black coffee.

[The Dogmother]

I'm trying Lactose free milk. They've just changed the lactose sugars in it and I've found I can tolerate that. Looks and tastes like normal milk. I find soya too 'thick' sometimes.

 

Which one is that Chickvic?

 

I have only self-diagnosed form the fact that milk/dairy seems to make me bloated and feeling 'liverish'. I have taken some Alpro into work for my 3 cuppas a day and will see how it goes.

[Chickvic]

It's called Lactofree - I think it's the same one ali-s is referring to, they do cheese as well. It's edam textured but cheddar flavoured. This is after self diagnosis as well I found it in Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons.

[Charlottechicken]

I bought some Alpro before my op Clare, as I was told soya milk helps with night sweats (Japanese ladies with their high soya diet do not have menopausal symptoms, apparantly). As it happens I didn't have any problems but drank the Alpro anyway. I found it perfectly acceptable, and I love milk, but I thought it was really creamy. Pity there isn't a semi skimmed version!

 

Hope you find something suitable

[The Dogmother]

Thanks guys, I have some Alpro and quite like it, and will try out the Lactofree too.

 

ETA; I have just seen that they have an extensive range of Lactofree at Ocado, will order some and see how it goes. Thanks for the review.

 

There was a customer review on the site, which said that it tastes exactly the same as regular milk - that's what I am missing; the taste of milk, I really love it. We usually drink organic semi-skimmed by choice and when I can get it, we have milk from a local organic herd - comes in old-fashioned glass milk bottles It tastes so much better and contains more long-chain fatty acids. Rosie will still have that.

[little cluckers]

My 8yr old son became 'sensitive' to milk (I assume the lactose) after a nasty bout of cryptosporidium and we tried all the soya, oat etc milks....he wasn't impressed. But then he discovered Lactofree and he loves it!

Good luck, but I'm sure you'll love it

[The Dogmother]

Thanks, on my second day now. Not sure how much better i feel though as I have a thick cold... the second in 3 weeks I do't normally get them but everyone at work has a streamer, so I suppose it was inevitable.

[chickencam]

Hope you feel better soon, and that changing your milk helps too. Dairy products tend to make you worse when you have a cold because they promote mucus production.

 

There are a lot of colds going around at the moment, we have had two through different members of the family since the start of term.

[The Dogmother]

That was one of my reasons for changing from 'real milk'. I shall give it a while to get the milk out of my system and see how I feel once the cold has gone.

[Charlottechicken]

I am a real dairy fiend and always cut down on dairy products when I get a cold. I'm actually more prone to flu nowadays, and usually switch to hot vitamin c rich cordial drinks and simple foods, like soups, when affected.

 

Clare, I've just had that cold, and cut it short with elderberry cordial, it really does seem to work. I always end up with a hacking cough which lasts for 4 to 6 weeks after a cold and always have trouble sleeping because of breathing problems, but this time there was no cough and no such problems, I'm genuinely amazed!

[Woodcat]

Another vote for the lacto free mild here aswell. I can't taste the difference between it and normal milk other than perhaps it is a tiny tiny amount sweeter but not enough i notice it unless i do a direct compareson. My mother keeps nicking it when she has run out of the regular stuff and she doesn't notice a difference either.

[Valkyrie]

It's rather strange but since I cut out my bread intake I feel so much better.

 

I looked for So Good when I went shopping yesterday - it used to be in the chilled cabinet with the Alpro, but it's not there any more, although I did see a flavoured version in the long life milk section.

 

With colds I have hot lemon (real or lemon barley squash) with honey and, if I have it available, I add fresh grated ginger root - if that doesn't scare away the lurgy I don't know what will. The lemon cleanses, the honey soothes and the ginger is a general all round immune booster. If it isn't - my mind sure thinks it is and I feel better much quicker!

[The Dogmother]

I'm not a big eater of bread anyway, just one or two slices a week. I may try without them at sometime in the future, but wheat doesn't seem to bother me.

[bronze]

I've had to cut all dairy out of ds3s diet as we're all had a sickness bug and it seems that the reason he hasn't kept anything down for the last ten days that since his gut has decided it doesn't like dairy, probably temporary thing (I hope). ALso have to avoid bread etc. He had the have milkless cocoa pops yesterday and he was incredibly unimpressed. Thank goodness for potato waffles and beans

 

So this thread is an interesting read as I'm dairy obsessed and I'm having to look for alternatives for him for now

[Mollie333]

In Design Tech at school, we did different milk tasting, and have loved Soya ever since!

[handsofblue]

I have no problems with dairy but was raised with soya drinks so I love soya milk. For those of you that think the normal alpro is too thick and sweet, try the unsweetened version - comes in a reddish carton. Nice and refreshing when icy cold I love mixing it with the chocolate Alpro for a light milkshake cos I find it a bit too thick and gloopy on its own.

 

If you have a specialist aisle in your supermarket, or a chinese one, keep an eye out for chocolate Vitasoy - drink of my childhood!