Cut out the dairy?

[KnottedYet]

Well, at least you've had a chance to try the Lactaid.

Hey, have you tried soy yogurt? My groovy grocery store has several brands. The little fruit flavored cups are really good. Yesterday I bought a big tub of plain soy yogurt. It's not as tart as cow yogurt, but very nice all the same. The same company that makes my favorite yogurt (Whole Soy & Co.) makes really good frozen soy yogurt. Mmmm, hazelnut and chocolate...

And you get all the benefits of live cultures (and they're not grown on dairy media).

ETA: has anyone tried making their own soy yogurt? Is it as easy as making cow yogurt?

[shootingstar]

Guess for some people, a person's body chemistry changes over time. I grew up on drinking 1-2 glasses of milk daily, and had a slice of cheddar cheese several times weekly often enough as a child.

This was part of a childhood and teenage diet that was 80% Asian in home cooking. Butter was used sparingly at home, it just wasn't part of the cooking style/palate to have lots of butter in our dishes.

However in the past few decades, I've been less lactose tolerant. But still am happy and fine with just milk daily to flavour all my teas and coffees (I have 4-5 cups daily) since I never taken sugar in either beverage. I still eat cheese, goat cheese, regular brie, etc. but that tends to be for special dishes prepared at home or at restaurants. I have some milk in my microwaved oatmeal nearly everyday. I only buy skim milk. I can now really TASTE homogenized milk...now it tastes too rich for me.

No I don't drink soy milk often at all. But do buy fresh tofu often enough for cooking. Slicing pieces of tofu in a soup consomme and letting it cook for 5-10 min. is such an easy thing to do. Mindless.

On a regular basis, we both eat soy cheese often. There is a good Canadian brand that doesn't taste rubbery.

For weight control, my challenge is not dairy, it's more desserts.

I found out last year to have 2 huge milky lattes in a row, is not a good thing for my bowel and me.