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What alternative milks work for you?

Digestive Health | Last Active: May 18 5:45pm | Replies (35)

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@sungaltoo

I use unsweetened vanilla almond milk but I only use 2 oz mixed with 2 oz of decaf coffee and 4-6 oz filtered water. My stomach/gut problems have cleared up mostly— turns out I was allergic to dairy. I have about an ounce or two of organic greek yogurt a few times a week. Sometimes I’ll have goat cheese or once in a blue moon a very thin pat of white cheddar. I can’t tolerate soy at all. I do use plant based butter sometimes or even Kerry butter but it’s an extremely small amount just for taste. I mostly use collagen and protein powder in my decaf drink 3x a day and multivitamin and Viactive calcium chew for calcium and Vitamin D. It’s all worked great for my calcium at 1200mg plus protein in between meals. I found out cashew milk is in the poison ivy family and oatmeal milk turns to sugar fast. So I limit my almond milk daily to 6-8 oz to get 450mg calcium along with the powder and chew for 1200 mg, the RDA at my age. Hope this helps

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No, cashews are not in the poison ivy family.
Cashews belong to the Anacardiaceae family, which also includes mango, pistachio, and poison ivy. However, cashews do not contain the same urushiol oil that causes allergic reactions in poison ivy.
Therefore, while cashews are related to poison ivy in a botanical sense, they do not pose the same allergic risk