I strongly recommend my patients to avoid consuming dairy for many reasons. Then you ask which milk I should buy? Almond milk will be a great choice as well as Hemp, Cashew and Coconuts Milk but be careful to pick the milk NOT contains carrageenan! What is Carrageenan? It is aired seaweed extract used for thicker become controversial due to research suggesting it might cause GI inflammation. People with Crohn’s, IBS, Colitis and any of autoimmune disease like Hashimoto’s thyroid disease, should not be eating the products containing carrageenan which often in yogurt, frozen dinners, chocolate, soup and ice cream.
AVOID Almond Breeze, Almond Dream, Pacific Foods, So Delicious, Trader Joe’s (aseptic) and Engine 2 Plant.
BUY Carrageenan FREE Almond Milk from: —> 365 Whole Foods (by unsweetened version), Natura, Silk Pure Almond, Westsoy, Tree of life and Trader Joe’s (refrigerated). As the date of 3/26/18, Both Silk and Blue Diamond, are lauded as being GMO-free, carrageenan free.
Please check this blog for more details about Carrageenan contained foods, and the article “A dangerous food additive to avoid”
Real Milk vs Almond Milk vs Soy Milk vs Coconut Milk (and others) – very interesting comparison. Please take a look at it.
