How should I choose healthy milk products?
Many non-dairy alternatives to cow's milk are now available, which allows you to enjoy milk without the side effects of having dairy. Watch Ask the Experts' Mark Hyman, MD, describe some alternate sources of milk products.
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And then there's non-dairy alternatives, things like soy milk, or almond milk, or coconut milk, hemp milk. These are all alternative sources of non-dairy dairy
products that you can use and find in most grocery stores. [MUSIC PLAYING]
I really believe that milk is nature's perfect food if you're a calf.
Most of us as adults probably don't do very well with drinking milk from cows milk. But some of us can.
For those of us who can, there are good sources-- for example, organic cows milk.
Raw milk is a whole nother category, and there's a lot of controversy about that. But some people say that that's better for you.
And then there's non-dairy alternatives, things like soy milk, or almond milk, or coconut milk, hemp milk. These are all alternative sources of non-dairy dairy
products that you can use and find in most grocery stores.
The key thing to remember when you're looking for dairy alternatives is to look at the sugar content. You don't want to buy the sweetened
versions of the almond, or the soy, or the hemp milk, or whatever milk you're buying, or rice milk, because it's drinking a lot of sugar if you have the ones with added sugar.
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