Come in here and tell me your experiences with Soy Milk...

I've used Vanilla flavored soy milk in cereal. Kashi, mostly. I liked it. I didn't enjoy a big glass of it by itself, though, at all. I thought that was pretty nasty.

It's soy juice.

I think it tastes okay. I cut way back on drinking it after soy was linked with estrogen. I didn't particularly want to grow a third boob.

If it grew on your back, the husband might take you out dancing more.

Soy milk rocks! It depends highly on the brand, though.

The estrogen debate is complicated, granted (does it bind to receptors and therefore block estrogens... ah, tricky, eh?). But Japanese folks have normal boobage, so I'm good with that

Now, if y'all can tell me where to find some that acts right for a latte, let me know. Odd frothage - I can't have that.

I'm thinking of switching. When I'm brewing a migraine, have one, or am recovering from one, dairy turns my stomach.

So I'm wondering, if soy tastes the same, would it still make me gag?

But in theory it's easier on the stomach, right?

I didn't care for the taste of soy milk, but I like rice milk. It's a bit watery for some people, but I like it.

Soy was just...weird. Can't quite describe it. It almost made my mouth feel dry after I drank it. Blech.

I'd think it'd be easier on the stomach. Milk is odd in breaking down for a lot of people, or at different times. If it's just the taste, you'd have to try the soy milk and see.

I don't mind the chocolate stuff, but I can only drink it when the carton's been just opened. I find it starts... thickening... after just a few days in the fridge. Ick.

WendyNYC said:

I think it tastes okay. I cut way back on drinking it after soy was linked with estrogen. I didn't particularly want to grow a third boob.

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My acupuncturist actually forbade me to consume any more soy because of some hormonal imbalances. He said it's fine for most people, but because my hormones were already out of whack*, it could cause problems.





* SP, I said WHACK, not WACK

I forget the 'local' brands I like, but y'all have to try this:

http://www.foodservicecentral.com/product.mvc/Better-Than-Ice-Crme-0001

Mmmm. Some brands are vile. I order this brand's lite powder drink mix to be the base for protein smoothies for the gym. I promise it rocks

No. Just...no. I'm not a picky eater, but that soy taste really icks me out.

ETA: I'm stunned and amazed that no one has made a breast milk joke yet. Rob-e-i-e-i-o probably will.

James81 said:

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Too late, James. You already had some. Your man breasts should be sprouting any minute now.

Nice moobs, James.

WendyNYC said:

I think it tastes okay. I cut way back on drinking it after soy was linked with estrogen. I didn't particularly want to grow a third boob.

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Same here. Three-cup bras are real hard to find.

I used to add Parmalat soy to my coffee - it had a weaker taste than my regular half n half but I adjusted - I didn't think it was that bad. But I have to admit the soy/estrogen debate has had me skittish.

For the past 3 weeks I've been adjusting to non-fat half n half - oh, give me fat or give me death ...

Okay, here's the thing. Doctors always want people to choose this and that product to be healthier. (regardless of how much it costs)

So what's the main problem with choosing soy milk? It costs MORE than regular milk.

I have a family to feed, so therefore I have to choose whatever is inexpensive.


ETA: Oh, and that Kashi cereal tastes like cardboard to me.

My boyfriend has Chron's disease. (I guess that's how you spell it, I'm too lazy to look it up right now.)

He was a heavy milk drinker and he can't drink it now. He drinks the vanilla Silk. I'm a heavy milk drinker, too, but I tried it one day. That stuff is better than I thought it would be, better than some soy juice I got a while back and tried.

It kind of tasted like rehydrated powdered milk. It's meh to drink, he'll drink a cup now and again. It's best with cereal.

I love Kashi.

Crohn's. Sorry, don't mean to be picky; it's in my family too.

There's a chance I could have it, but I'm too chicken to get the tests and just put up with the occasional pain.

My uncle's been on steroids for years and yet he's stick thin. I guess Crohn's does that to you. I might email him and ask if he drinks soy milk or other alternatives...although I'm not sure his red wine habit does the disease much good...

The taste really depends on the brand. You can buy watery grassy sugary flavor, or richer, creamier types. I only started on it because of my lactose issues, but I REALLY like the way it generates less mucous in my sinuses and throat. You really notice the difference if you have dairy milk after a break. Vanilla soy milk is fantastic for baking cakes, and my family, even most of the non-soy drinkers love chocolate Zensoy milk, and the chocolate puddings are very chocolatey and yummy.

Um, guys. I hate to interrupt, when you refer to milk, you are talking about commercially homogonized milk harvested from BGH injected cattle here, aren't you? In my experience, consuming organic cow milk has very few side effects, even on those folks that are supposedly 'lacotose intolerant', such as my mother. We have our own little milk cow, and nobody has a problem with her milk, even those that have struggled with milk issues, before. Might be the artificial hormones and the harvesting method that large commercial producers use, that is to blame, rather than the milk, itself, guys.

That having been said, and recognizing that organic milk is expensive and that it is impractial for most folks to keep a handy little milk cow in their backyard...

Organic soy milk is what we turn to when the cow is dry. (roughly half the year). It does seem to leave an...odd...taste in the mouth, sort of a dry feeling...but it's not bad when used on cereal and whatnot. I just find that it is a little hard to make it taste COLD like milk is supposed to be. The mouth feel is a bit off.