Milk: Cow vs Soy vs Almond

I am experimenting with various changes to my diet, with milk currently under the spotlight, and this isn’t to make any kind of environmental statement but more to do with my own personal health. During the past 18 months I have been dealing with respiratory and digestive issues to varying degrees and these manifests themselves in symptoms like a recurring cough and bloating. I don’t know if I have issues such as allergies or lactose intolerance, therefore I want to make changes without being too impacted by taste, convenience or nutritional value. People who know me know that I don’t have a vegan or vegetarian agenda (quite the opposite actually) but my health choices over the next 20+ years will determine how many of those + years there are!  

As a child I grew up on a diet that included full cream cow milk and I recall a shift to green top and/or ‘lite’ blue top milk as being touted as being better for us. Over time I slowly returned to full cream milk and on reflection this may have occurred at a similar time to when there was a negative shift in my health…hmm food (or milk) for thought.

I only consume milk at breakfast time and this is to accompany my muesli therefore approximately 200ml per day. I never skip having breakfast and I think breakfast (plus a bucket of black coffee) sets me up for the day ahead.

This trial of milk varieties is very unscientific and the outcome will be purely judged by taste, cost and data on the nutritional information panel, and so far I have to say that soy milk has come out on top in the short time that I have been considering options.

I did some minor research as I’m writing this post today and this site came up: https://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20180201/cow-soy-or-almond-which-milk-is-best-for-you#1

I know this source of information is unreliable and can be distorted by the vested interest groups that fund such ‘research’ as the dairy industry therefore should be digested with a grain of salt added…