For those of you who drink soy milk
I got to thinking today because I know Miya drinks soy milk and I think I heard Yancy and Leah either drank it or were considering it. I tried joining the "so good for you" soy milk train...and was doing fine on it until I noticed the amounts of sugar added. Apparently, soy milk without sweeteners isn't the best tasting stuff on the planet.
I know there are all sorts of benefits to drinking soy milk, but if you are pre-diabetic you may want to read the labels on your favorite brands and see if you can find one a little less sugar-filled.
Even the "make it yourself" recipes have sugar added, but if you are interested, here is a link to get you started: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/423560
I know there are all sorts of benefits to drinking soy milk, but if you are pre-diabetic you may want to read the labels on your favorite brands and see if you can find one a little less sugar-filled.
Even the "make it yourself" recipes have sugar added, but if you are interested, here is a link to get you started: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/423560
I just love the Lite Chocolate Silk. Other than that, other kinds of soymilk are okay on cereal, but not good enough tasting to drink straight. And you can't bake with soymilk, which stinks.
ReplyDeleteJust checking a few numbers, the Light Chocolate Silk that I go ga-ga over has 19 grams of sugar compared with light chocolate milk at 26 grams of sugar per serving.
ReplyDeleteFor milk, I usually use light or skim, which has about 12 grams of sugar per serving. Most light soy drinks (unflavored, which makes it comparible to milk) have about 6 grams of sugar. So, if you plan on just using it for putting on cereal, I recommend soy. If you plan on drinking it straight from the glass and don't want chocolate, I'd just stick with milk. My fridge stays stocked with both.
Or you can always drink water :) But that tastes nasty on cereal :D
I have a container of light vanilla soy right now I bought for adding into smoothies (also not that good for you). The container was raving about 6.5 grams of protein per serving, and I wondered to myself, "How much does milk have?"
ReplyDeleteMy skim milk had 8 grams of protein in the same serving size.
If there's more protein in milk, what's the benefit of soy unless your lactose intolerant?