STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

i always buy the kind in the box (though i'm going to try mizzle's rec) i like eden soy and pacific soy.  eden soy sells organic soy and if i don't go with eden soy i usually get pacific soy. it tastes pretty good too. as far as calories, read the nutrition label. the calorie content varies from brand to brand and depending on what kind of soy milk you buy (light versus original, versus vanilla flavored).

I drink a lot of soymilk as well (I actually don't consume a lot of diary for various reasons).  I use to do the box kind but once I tasted the refridgerated kind I never turned back. 8th continent Vanilla is definitely the best. Silk is also not too bad...good thing about silk is that it has less sugar than 8th continent.

I like Vitasoy but I only drink soymilk as soymilk, I don't use it as a real milk substitute - I actually just like it as it is.

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Originally posted by: jaymiek
"I like Trader Joe's soymilk. It's cheap and it comes in a variety of flavors like chocolate, strawberry, and coffee. There's also this green tea soymilk I love but I forgot what brand it is. I've gotten it at Whole Foods before."

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The coffee one is my favorite. Green tea sounds good, too, I must check it out. Thanks for mentioning it!

this was taken from ivillage.com and I agree with all of it.

• Soymilk is cholesterol free.
  
• It contains cancer-fighting isoflavones.
  
• It is readily available from organic sources (containing no pesticides).
  
• Soybeans grow abundantly and actually replenish the soil they grow in.

Cow's milk (unless you always buy organic) contains pesticides from the feed as well as antibiotics. Those additional substances, not naturally found in milk, are added by the dairy farmers and can be harmful to humans, even in small quantities. The use of cow's milk also has ecological disadvantages. The amount of soy that could be grown on acreage used by grazing cattle could feed more people than the cows do.

 

Soy milk is also a great alternative to those that are lactose intolerant. There are also somethings that are wrong with regular milk (actually dairy in general) making it very unhealthy for humans. If you want more information you can private message me.

mmmm, the silk soy nog was so yummy.  i usually buy silk vanilla and we use in in everthing that calls for milk.

i would say the advantages to one soy milk over another would be:

-organic

-enriched (some have added vitamins and minerals)

-lowest sugar content

told you!

hhehe..

isn't it great..

a bottle full of creamy goodness and to think it's good for you!

if you really want to treat yourself try the 8th continent one...it has more sugar in it granted...but I honestly think it is the better tasting of the two..