soy milk-related stories
Daily Fit Tip: Learn to be Sugar Savvy
AOL Body recently revealed some surprising sources of sugar, including:
- Deli Meats
- Ketchup
- Vanilla Soy Milk
- Bagels
- Spaghetti sauce
- Canned peas
- Salad dressings
Are these part of your 'healthy diet'? If so, make sure you're checking the labels -- if the sugar content is too high, skip it for the sake of your shrinking waistline.
Vegan protein? No problem
Vegetarian, Alternative & Green Health, Nutrition & Supplements
- Tempeh: (like tofu but different -- read more here). There's 22 g of protein in 4 oz of tempeh.
- Tofu: It has 19.9 g of protein per 1/2 cup.
- Seitan: (a form of wheat gluten.) There's 19.9 g of protein for each 3oz.
- Soy Milk: (the plain variety). It has 11 g of protein for each cup.
- Edamame: Eat half a cup and you'll get 10 g of protein.
Soy: Not as healthy as we think?
Vegetarian, Alternative & Green Health, Nutrition & Supplements
Dr. Mercola wants everyone who thinks soy is healthy to check out The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food by Dr. Kaayla Daniel. In it, she reveals some startling things about soy. Like? It apparently impedes sexual maturation in boys and speeds it up in girls. It also supposedly can cause thyroid problems and endocrine disruption in adults. And if it's given to infants, it's hormonal effects can be irreversible.
Hm. These are some pretty strong allegations. What do you think?
Soy and skim milk equally effective for weight loss
Diet & Weight Loss, Reviews & Products, Nutrition & Supplements
Soy milk is not for everyone, just ask my kids. Prior to a long car trip last month, I bought shelf stable, mini soy milks, complete with straws. They look like juice boxes, but much healthier. I figured they'd love cold soy milk on the road. After taking their first sip, they got this ugly look on their faces. My six year old said "Ugh!" and my three year old said, "Gross, this tastes like coffee milk!" Talk about ruined expectations.
I happen to love all lactose-free soy milk and so does my digestive system. Shape recently clued readers in that soy milk is just as good an accompaniment to a low-cal diet as skim milk. Northern Illinois University researchers compared women following an eight-week, low-cal diet that incorporated either three cups of light soy milk or skim milk. Both soy and skim delivered similar weight loss of approximately eight and a half pounds per participant.
Researchers surmise it may be the calcium that helped participants lose the weight. Both skim and soy contain about 300 milligrams of calcium per cup.
Eight healthy summertime drinks
Diet & Weight Loss, Reviews & Products, Alternative & Green Health, Nutrition & Supplements
- green tea
- mint tea
- low-fat milk
- soy milk
- hot chocolate
- low sodium tomato juice
- cranberry juice
- orange juice
Minus the cow: dairy-free milk alternatives
Alternative & Green Health, Nutrition & Supplements
Whatever your reason for avoiding cow's milk, there are substitutes out there. Soy, rice, and nut milks come immediately to mind. As this article points out, however, milk alternatives are not, in fact, milk. You need to choose carefully to make sure you're getting a full serving of good nutrition in every glass.
The reason milk is so popular is because it's an excellent source of calcium, B12, riboflavin, and vitamin D. Milk alternatives won't automatically contain those ingredients, so be sure to look for a brand that comes fortified. As the article points out, the most efficient way to be sure you're getting a comparable glass of milk is to put the food labels side by side and compare.
























