Since discovering that Safeway sells frozen organic raspberries and blueberries for way less than what it'd cost to buy them fresh, I've been making smoothies every morning for breakfast. Berries, frozen sliced bananas, soy milk, and wheat germ... press the button and you've got instant healthy yumminess 
. Caleb and I have been enjoying them for a while now, but stubborn Joshua insisted that everything in my cup must be orange juice and decided a while ago that he didn't like orange juice. I tried offering him some in a little sippy cup but he didn't fall for it. Well I finally convinced Joshua to taste some today, and he loved it!It took me a while to get used to the taste of soy milk, but after reading this article I've decided to reserve cow's milk for special occasions and small amounts, like in coffee, baking recipes, cheese, or an occasional ice cream. And Caleb actually seems to like soy milk smoothies better than the ones I used to make with organic whole milk!
I applaud your effort to give the boys the best foods for their growing bodies! And the berry smoothies sounds delicious! I do however, think we all need to cautious as to what we believe on the internet… not all the information in that article is true! For example, Appendix N of the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (which governs the production of all Grade “A” milk in this country) sets up strict regulations to ensure that there are no antibiotics in fluid milk. Also, there is no nonfat dried milk in most 1% and 2% (I can’t speak for all, but all the milk I found in the local Safeway did not have any) and if there is, it would be listed on the ingredient statement thus easily avoided. Also, all certified organic milk is free of rBST (recombinant bovine somatotropin – the bovine growth hormone) and the trend in the market is for all milk to be rBST free – it will say it on the label if it is! I have yet to find any research to prove all of the other anti-milk claims in the article.
ReplyDeleteI’m not saying milk is for everyone, in fact there are a lot of people that are lactose intolerant, but it is a good source of nutrients that our bodies need!
And not that I trust Dr. Mercola’s advise (based on the cow milk article) but he also warns against soy - http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm
Suzanne (who works in a milk bottling plant and therefore knows these things first-hand!) has made some good points, and as a result I've decided not to give the boys any more soy milk. I'm going to finish drinking the carton of Silk we have in the fridge, just 'cause I hate to waste food, even if it allegedly causes cancer (but what doesn't, there days?). And for the boys' smoothies I'm going back to the old standard- organic whole milk, but would like to try some rice and almond milk at some point, too.
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