What Kind of Milk do you buy?
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What Kind of Milk do you buy?
| Fri, 02-06-2009 - 2:24pm |
I am a SKIM milk fan - no doubt about it.
But, almost all skim milk has 11-13g sugar!
I WAS using that HOOD brand of "Calorie Countdown" - a milk "beverage" with only 3g sugar. It's in a greenishblue carton --- along with the specialtytype milks in the cases. I'm wondering now if they've discontinued it! I can't find it in the stores!!!?
I will email Hood to ask - but in the meantime:
Is there a special kind for diabetics? or do you just limit your intake?

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You can limit your intake.
I don't drink animal milk. We use almond milk and I use the plain unsweetened mostly. It has 20 calories, 1 gram of carb, 95 mg potassium, 75 mg sodium, and 100 mg calcium per 4 ounces. I use 4 oz (roughly) on my cereal in the morning. That's about it - I don't drink liquid milk of any kind in a glass. DH and DS like the sweetened vanilla almond milk to dunk cookies and the like. For cold beverages, I drink water and very occasionally home made unsweetened iced tea or seltzer water (just bubbles, no carbs, no sodium). Warm beverages are usually herbal teas (Bengal Spice has a nice kick in the morning) and low carb (Splenda) cocoa - unless I'm feeling a bit "rebellious" and go for the rich organic fair trade cocoa they have here at work - that's for "those days" when I really just want to strangle somebody lol
--Deb
Hi Deb!
You should be able to get unsweetened soy milk at your local grocery store but any groceries I've seen that even carry almond milk only have the sweetened variety - the vanilla sweetened version has 4 grams of carbs (basically just the sugar they add) and 60 calories. Still has calcium, sodium and potassium. In many stores in lives in the juice aisle by the juice boxes because it's in those shelf stable "boxes" rather than with the milk. Soy, on the other hand, can be found in both locations - shelf boxes and dairy section.
--Deb
I'm still here - I generally don't post a lot unless there's something that I can specifically add something to. Since I'm posting from work, I don't do a bunch with chit chat games and all - time constraints.
--Deb
Have you ever cooked anything using the almond flour? I have some and it really more the consistency of a fine meal. Supposedly you can subsitute some for flour and lower the carbs in whatever you are cooking. I like to dredge fish in it and lightly fry it. Tastes wonderful but you do have to watch the temperature carefully as it seems to brown quickly.
I use skim milk almost exclusively. Dear Hubby uses unsweetened soymilk.
Edited 2/7/2009 11:43 pm ET by cl-maryfrances40
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