neina
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Post by neina on May 16, 2012 12:33:52 GMT -5
I came across this article today while doing some researching. It isn't very long, You should definitely at least skim through it if you get a chance. www.easypaleo.com/2011/12/12/coconut-milk-vs-almond-milk/I started adding in almond milk to my smoothies in the morning (quite a bit of it, because it is so delicious! Since then, my pelvic area has been so tender that I can't even cough or laugh without bracing myself. It may be coincidence, but I thought I would share... Anyway...They say that the "n-6 family" is "pro-inflammatory"... and guess what is in nuts?... N-6! They said that your nut intake should be limited to 1 "closed handful" per day. I think I am going to switch back to coconut milk and limit even that for awhile to see if there is any change. Well wishes!
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Post by semicolon on May 16, 2012 20:40:51 GMT -5
That's interesting, I was eating a lot of almonds but thought it was contributing to some pain and flower-wilting gas I was having so I cut them out.
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Post by redwood on May 25, 2012 12:32:43 GMT -5
Has anyone tried this: amandeyogurt.com/I just tried it for the first time last week and it was on sale at Whole Foods for a bigger tub, so I am having it this morning for breakfast. It's only sweetened with fruit juice. It tastes quite good. I'm having the plain almond flavor this morning and last week it was blueberry. I add a bunch of other stuff to it, like granola blueberries, bananas, etc. I also put in some pumpkin seed protein powder as it doesn't have anywhere near the amount of protein that milk-based yogurt does (it does have the cultures though). I do still eat goat yogurt too, although not every day. I alternate it with other things like buckwheat pancakes, almond milk or hemp milk on cereal, etc. I used to eat cow's yogurt every day. I did use an organic one and if I do eat this, it doesn't bother me either. So what I do now is just try to be moderate in my dairy use and use mostly goat products (cheese and yogurt). But when I was in Iceland, I discovered this thing called skyr which is like a yogurt (and used as such), but it's actually defined as a cheese since it has rennet in it. It's made from skim milk and it's strained, so the end result is rather thick and seems creamy, although it is totally fat free. It comes in flavors or plain (like yogurt). It doesn't appear that it's sold in Canada, but I found a place in the USA where I can buy it in Bellingham, WA. It has an amazing amount of protein in it, so it would be good for people who have trouble getting enough protein in their diets (and can eat dairy). This is the company that produces it in the USA: skyr.com/
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Post by Karen on May 25, 2012 15:39:08 GMT -5
Thanks - I'll have to check out the almond milk kind! I used their store locator and they have it at the co-op I go to. Dairy seems to REALLY bother me lately so I've been avoiding it for a while, but I miss yogurt.
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Post by redwood on May 25, 2012 21:37:38 GMT -5
Yeah, it's pretty good. It seems close to non-fat yogurt (the consistency). I really liked it - almost better than regular yogurt, in fact. I like that it uses fruit juice to sweeten it. I saw there was coconut milk yogurt too, but that has sugar in it (or rather "evaporated cane juice"). That sounds better than regular sugar, but is it really?
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Post by Karen on Jun 16, 2012 16:42:10 GMT -5
I checked out non-dairy yogurt at my co-op and I tried 3 kinds - the Amande brand, So Delicious coconut milk, and almond dream. So Delicious was awful and had citric acid in it, which always makes me bloated and brain-foggy. Amande had citric acid, too, though it didn't seem to affect me as much. But, I settled on the Almond Dream brand and it's not bad! It's pricey so I won't be eating it every day, but I'm glad to have found a replacement! Some flavors of that brand still have citric acid in them, but at least I have some other options without it.
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Post by loveshoes on Jun 16, 2012 18:18:51 GMT -5
That So Delicious also has that nasty CARRAGEENAN that causes stomach upset.
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Post by Karen on Jun 16, 2012 18:38:01 GMT -5
I didn't see that in the ingredient list when I looked at that one.
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Post by loveshoes on Jun 17, 2012 21:38:33 GMT -5
I didn't see that in the ingredient list when I looked at that one. Yeah, after I had eaten all of mine, I went on their web site and it's noted in the ingredients list. I called Fage yogurt and their "natural" ingredients are the actual fruit. No bad C stuff, alot of companies can get around actually labeling it and call it a natural flavor so you have to be very careful if it's something you want to avoid completely.
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Post by Karen on Jun 17, 2012 21:40:40 GMT -5
I just looked online - I had the Greek version, which doesn't have carrageen in it, but the regular versions do. It tasted awful, though.
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Post by loveshoes on Jun 18, 2012 9:06:50 GMT -5
I just looked online - I had the Greek version, which doesn't have carrageen in it, but the regular versions do. It tasted awful, though. Did you think it tasted awful because you normally don’t eat greek yogurt? I buy the Fage greek, and I put honey in mine and mix in the UDI’s brand vanilla GF granola, it’s beyond yum IMO.
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Post by redwood on Jun 18, 2012 12:27:29 GMT -5
I tried the So Delicious coconut milk yogurt (blueberry flavor) and actually liked it better than the Amande one. I didn't see the Almond Dream version here. They are all rather sweet to me though, as I'm used to using plain goat yogurt and adding my own fruit and granola to it. They do seem to have several additives in them (as you guys mentioned above) as opposed to the goat (or cow) yogurt that I've eaten which are only milk and the cultures. Apparently you can't grow the cultures unless you have sugar of some sort and milk has its own sugar, while the other products need it added in (as fruit juice or cane sugar). Fruit juice of course is better on its own.
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