Soy milk is compared to dairy milk and other plant-based milks.
Milk doesn’t seem to prevent fractures? See Is Milk Good for Our Bones? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-milk-good-for-our-bones/).
Is soy good for everyone? See my videos Who Shouldn’t Eat Soy? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/who-shouldnt-eat-soy/) and Is Soy Healthy for Breast Cancer Survivors? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-soy-healthy-for-breast-cancer-survivors/).
Speaking of “anti-nutrients,” I did a video series on phytates and cancer:
Phytates for the Prevention of Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-the-prevention-of-cancer)<
Phytates for the Treatment of Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/phytates-for-the-treatment-of-cancer)
I’m glad I was finally able to offer better coverage of the lactose problem. Prior to this, I think I only had a few videos, including Could Lactose Explain the Milk and Parkinson’s Disease Link? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/could-lactose-explain-the-milk-and-parkinsons-disease-link/).
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I keep going back to try soy milk but I react badly. I thought maybe it's the additives but, no, tofu is even worse – stomach pain for days. Of course my reaction to dairy is even worse. Despite my reaction to soy, my reaction to other legumes is fine, except split peas seem to mess with my blood sugar. Why don't they make garbanzo milk or black bean milk? (Why do all milks have to be white?) But I don't do well with any milk. Maybe it's the processed nature…
I've decided to go raw plus cooked beans. Curried legumes are the best!
Very hard to find high quality soy milk without natural flavors.
I absolutely hate how society somehow decided that cow's milk is 100% necessary for human health.
It makes no sense at all. Drinking for the udder of cattle is frankly weird, it took us thousands of years just to evolve to digest it.
thx!
Should lactose and LDL be considered anti-nutrients?
The concerns over estrogen should alone give men pause before consuming soy on a daily basis. If you must, keep it to once a week. The science is all over the place, so it’s hard to say for sure, but the possible dangers are great enough that we should avoid it for now.
Oat milk is better anyway. Learn how to use amylase and make your own as good as the commercial brands, it’s fun.
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GMO 's
milk is for human and animal babies!
plant milk is mostly empty nutrition for healthy …profit margins 🙂
Great to see that Canada has moved in the right direction and has removed industry funded studies when creating their dietary guidelines. The fact that so many people are lactose intolerance is very informative. Milk (breast milk) certainly is for babies.
I first got into plant-centric nutrition with Dr. Fuhrman 15 years ago. The chapter on cow’s milk was frightening. The first major shift I made was from cow’s milk to soy milk. I don’t drink it much and primarily use it with my oatmeal. I keep an eye on the latest research and I’m still convinced that soy milk is the best option…especially regarding protein which I need as a senior. I do still occasionally use cow’s milk yogurt, but the newer products of nut milk kiefer and yogurt are probably better options. Haven’t given up real cheese yet. The fake cheeses can’t come close.
It is true that plant milk is not a good sub for dairies. See, you cannot get sick from plant milk at all.
Glad to hear this. Soy milk is my favorite.
The bit on milk recommendation and racial bias is interesting. Highly recommend reading up on dairy colonialism.
As for the "least processed" argument: I make my own raw almond milk, in less than 4 minutes. Water, almonds, end of list.
(sweeteners can be added, I usually use it for fruit smoothies, or porridge with bananas, so no extra sugar needed)
There is no such thing as Soy "milk". Milk is only from breast. Your soy is just soy water. But as you crave milk, you lie to yourself and call it "soy milk".
Just Google "Vegan Gains Soy Rant" and see the "benefits" of soy.
Can you address the issue of calcium carbonate (an antacid) used as the calcium supplement in many non dairy milks?
5:17 And what about fibers ? Can you digest them ? What about raw soy ? Raw beans ?
At 12 months, my daughter switched from soy formula to silk brand soy milk (owned by a dairy company) and is amazingly healthy and energetic. My family has a history of obesity, overweight, diabetes, and high blood pressure largely due to dietary choices. My children are not going down that path (at least until they're 18 and I kick them out of the house and they can make their own life choices). Also she lost her bottle at 12 months and doesn't use a pacifier. But I digress.
I’ve really tried to consume soy milk over the years, tried consuming small amounts to get accustomed to soy. I just can’t drink it, it makes me sick, way worse than cow’s milk.
Why did you change so much from the good articles you used to produce? Soyboys and soy is the worst.
Powerful stuff. If only those who aren't listening would listen . . .
There is no such thing as "soy milk". There is no such thing as "non-dairy milk". The garbage you're drinking is plant toxins with seed oils and sugar. It's outrageous how these greedy capitalist are allowed to get away with calling their garbage "milk".
Oat milk for me
What if you don't use any milk, but adhere to a Whole Plant diet. I just can't find a place for milk in my eating plan.
It's sad that here in the eastern US, Soy milk is disappearing. Where there may be 1 or 2 options for soy milk, there will be about 20 or 30 for Almond/Oat.
Hey, for anyone reading this, Dr. Greger was in a documentary titled "eating our way to extinction" if you have not seen it yet I would HIGHLY recommend it.
The only milk I drink:)
Over the years I've tried them all…, Most recently flax milk. But, with one pkg left in storage, I basically have dropped it all. Mostly garbage, not needed with hot, whole grain cereals made with water…and dry cereals are good with a bit of water and fruit or a dollop of applesauce or as crumbled toppings on fruit or in salads!
Also, dairy is the cruelest.
I love this channel!
I buy soy and cow milk: soy milk for drinking and cereal, cows milk for cooking and baking
There's no substitute for cows milk when baking.
The commercial plant based milk in the UK is full of cheap oils
Correction: Wood milk is the most nutritious non-dairy milk.
Soymilk is the OG and the best. I hate that it's getting harder to find. Oat milk and almond milk barely have any nutritional value.
"Milk is for babies", yes, and now watch the babies cry about not getting their dairy milk now in 3… 2… 1…
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Try rolled oats, microwaved with water, add a diced up Fuji apple, banana, cinnamon, and ground flax seed, and you'll wonder why you even bothered with milk in the first place.
Yes it gives you the nutritious estrogen which all men need
Well, there you go all the information you need to go tell your physicians that you don’t need dairy and in fact, dairy is contraindicated.
Sadly, a huge part of the population is convinced that soy milk causes men to be feminized. It is widely believed that soy milk increases estrogen in men, causing lower testosterone, and lower sperm counts, and even gynecomastia (man boobs).
If anti-nutrients where a problem, homo sapiens sapiens would have been extinct a long time ago
Greetings to all.
Iam a 60 year male from London who stopped drinking milk many, many moons ago, and started drinking (Oatly Milk) instead.
But my question is, what about they affect (Soya Milk) has on (Male Testosterone), now Oats when eaten can increase (Male Testosterone) according to (Google Search), so oat milk should do the same right🤔
And what about (Coconut Milk), and is coconut milk better than all they alternatives out there.
Peace ✌🏿
How healthy is vegan human milk?
Cow's milk rots human joints.
Is B12 the fountain of youth? 😢
I buy Good Karma.l, its flaxmilk with pea protein. If not that then I drink walnut milk, which has no protein, but is still very rich in Omega-3's. As milk is not actually necessary in a persons diet – I've taken advantage of this to add omega 3s via a milk form!
A study in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that men who consumed 120 mg of soy a day had a decrease in testosterone.
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Milk is for babies…. soybeans are the most genetically modified bean there is on the planet and has glyphosate the weed killer Round up in it which causes cancer !
Raw organic cow or goat's milk is best.
I love my soy milk
So…..Quick takeaway from this……DRiNK SOY MILK…..DON'T DRINK COW MILK……GOT IT?
Dairys going out of business?? So it ain't so Joe……..that would be like Coca Cola going out of business…..
Can we call it what it really is: Soy Juice ?
I sprung for a ninja creami. And discovered that instead of soy milk, I can make delicious ice cream recipes with whole cooked soybeans and water substituted for the plant milk. Rich and delicious!
LOL, I keep drinking my grassfed raw milk and cream at 72. I lived once at 65 yr old on 100% raw milk for 4 months, no other food, no problem, normal blood pressure, no congestion.
This is the thing I hate: that the majority of people around the world are lactose intolerant, and yet we’re treated like if we’re deficient in some way when we’re the rule, not the exception. I saw a video from ZOE which actually had Dr Will B (the gut doctor) talking about dairy for gut health and how you can improve your tolerance to dairy which was surprising as I thought he was a plant based doctor. Anyway, the promotion of dairy for one’s health definitely screams racial bias to me. Either way, I’m now happily plant-based and love my organic unsweetened soy milk 😋
The #NorthKoreans lived on #ChineseProducedSoyaMilk during a time of #FoodCrisis and as we can all see NK are amongst the sleekest people on earth with a powerful military!!!
I cannot tolerate soy milk for some reason, but can eat natto every day. Very frustrating since I love the taste of soy milk.
Edensoy Unsweetened has 12 grams of protein and is unfortified. Just soybeans and water! As an over 50 person, I use it every day as just one way to up my protein.
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Drinking water – what a concept!!!
don't forget peanut milk
3:07 "lowing CRP" but bro it was in a specific context with caloric restriction, not especially "the soy" …
As someone of Northern European origin who is lactose intolerant, lol. I reckon it's well underreported.
Excellent content as always but I'd like to mention style. Dr Greger's articulate, witty, and genial delivery makes learning a pleasure!
Why are we still talking about protein?
Yes, soy milk has lower protein than cow milk. Know what other kind of milk has MUCH lower protein than cow milk?
HUMAN MILK
We don't need nearly as much protein as we keep being told we do.
Go Canada! 🩷🤍🩷
If you're going to eat plant based beverages, make sure 6hey're certified organic and non GMO.
Amazing work!
I was so worried what you were going to say about soy milk as that is my favorite of all plant based milks.
Now if we could get doctors and hospitals in Canada to follow the Canadian food guide that would be a great accomplishment.
How does oat milk compare. I've found one that is ONLY oats and water.
Estrogeeen
I realised a long time ago that I’m not a baby cow and that I’m actually a human being. Once you understand that it’s pretty easy to never touch diary ever again.
Highly processed simulated food products. It's not real food.
Better off cutting out cereal with any type of milk. I use soy to replace cow's milk, but fermented dairy has positive health effects particularly homemade kefir. For example, regarding bone mineral density (BMD) , "In this pilot study, we concluded that kefir-fermented milk therapy was associated with short-term changes in turnover and greater 6-month increases in hip BMD among osteoporotic patients." And this wasn't a BS population study but a double-blind randomized control trial and was used as a therapy for osteoporosis patients and tested with sophisticated dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)
I use coconut milk in my coffee it is the best creamer period.
Soy milk is the only plant-based milk that I could find that doesn't have way too much sugar and or salt. Even most soy milks have a lot of added sugar and salt. But if you look hard enough, you can find soy milk with no added sugar and 85 mg of salt per serving.
Great research!
I find it increasingly hard to get just soy milk with not fortification. I take vitamin D and B12 supplements and don‘t need any extra. Because of videos such as this I don‘t want added calcium. I really don‘t understand the European craze for oat milk as most of it has oil added and is made sweet by amylase enzymes added.
Well done Canada!!!
No one who has adopted this whole foods dietary regimen need strain soy. Just shake rather than strain and you get the entirety of the soy fibre. 1 C soaked beans + 1/4t baking soda {makes 1.5 L} to aid in eliminating the oligosaccharride, overnight, strain water and save for houseplants. Steam for 11 min. in Instant Pot; strain and save houseplant water {they thrive on it!} blend @ high speed with extracts {almond and vanilla} and honey if you wish. Same thing, although a little more elaborate for making soy yoghurt. I've been doing this for 12 years now, ever since the good Dr.G saved my wretched soul from prostate cancer in 2011. hahaha
btw, I live in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. There's unfortunately, only a wee group of us alt plant-based community here. Traditions die hard, as it will, since our species is "sleep-walking towards extinction", the best 4 words ole Deepak ever uttered, despite his over 80 books. hahaha
Traduction en français S.V.P.?
Stopped drinking milk around 20 years ago and now only use organic soy milk in my daily, high calcium, chia seed pudding with almond powder (flour) and other goodies. I like it so much, I have to remind myself to slow down so I can fully chew and digest all of those creamy chia seeds.
Potato milk?
Didn't know it was a thing!
I wonder how it foams (in a cappucino)?
I prefer shelf stable Westbrae Natural Soy Milk. It only contains soybeans and water. None of that other added junk. I was amazed that the shelf stable plant milks have fewer added crap to them.
Soy milk is gut destroying crap.
I’m a big soymilk fan. I’ve learned not all soy milk is created equally. I believe Edensoy Unsweetened Organic to have the highest protein level and the best taste. All this without anything added: just organic soybeans and water. It’s a very rich soymilk and is an excellent base to all sorts of sauces.
I make my own soy milk with a soy milk maker. Saves a ton of money!
Besides whey, soy is one of the most toxic substances to ingest.
Now I feel like a glass of soymilk
YES go Canada! We can only hope we have some brain cells turning on around here as well. US subsidies are paying for cow's milk and it is forced on kids in school even if it makes them sick
The only bad side about soy is that it is pricier than cow's milk. But as someone said, pay the farmers now or pay the doctor later.
Read all the comments on here and you will learn a lot. Best wishes! 😊😊 ❤️❤️
So does that mean everything about soy was from tampered studies? I avoided soy milk and soy products after I found out it can influence hormones. Is this not true? I'd like to try soy milk/yogurt but I'm concerned about that if anyone can answer.
Thank you so much for this <3
I only consume yogurt and kefir, sugar free. Am I doing the right thing?
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