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Lactose in enough quantities gets my tummy rumbling in a bad way so I'm trying out alternatives.

Oat milk in hipster coffee drinks is pretty good.

Soy milk as a protein and calcium beverage is fine. Tastes OK.

There is lactose-free milk too but that is still suspect. Either it's not all the way lactose free or too much of any kind of dairy quakes my intestines.

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[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm not a vegan or vegetarian, so that's my disclaimer.

I've tried numerous "milk alternatives" over the years, and many different brands of each. That's particularly true for soy milk since there are so many brands in the USA and it's been commonly, and easily available in my region for 3+ decades.

Based on that, I have to say that soy milk is, for me, consistently my least favorite option in terms of taste.

Of the easily available stuff, almond milk is my favorite, but I see so much hate for it online in terms of environmental harm that I finally just said fuck it, I'm going back to real milk, at least it's cheaper.

My favorite that I've tried so far was hemp milk. I don't recall the brand but years ago I found a brand that did chocolate hemp seed milk that was so good I swear they must've put a dab of fentanyl or nicotine in it to keep people coming back.

[–] Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Don't buy into the anti-almond milk bullshit, it's propaganda. It still takes about 3x less water to produce per gallon than dairy milk, and that's not accounting for the numerous other ecological issues with cattle farming. It may have a higher environmental cost than other plant milks, but it's still leagues better than going back to cow juice.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It still takes about 3x less water to produce per gallon than dairy milk,

I haven't found compelling evidence to support this claim

[–] Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

What compelling evidence leads you to believe otherwise? Dairy industry propaganda based on a single study during the height of a massive drought in California that you half read 5 years ago?

https://www.agroinvestspain.com/debunking-a-myth-almond-water-footprint/

Here's a decent overview. If you haven't found 'compelling evidence' it's because you haven't bothered to look.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

If you haven’t found ‘compelling evidence’ it’s because you haven’t bothered to look.

I have looked. everything I found has been myopic.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

What compelling evidence leads you to believe otherwise?

I simply suspend judgement until I have good reason to believe one way or the other

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

this paper doesn't show the methodology for determining the water footprint of dairy milk.