You don’t really need to drink dairy milk for stronger bones, especially if you tend to be lactose intolerant or if you’re allergic to dairy. And there are, of course, other reasons why people may choose to boycott the dairy industry and dairy products. The typical “milk” alternatives are soy milk, coconut milk, nut milk, seed milk and grain milks such as rice milk, quinoa milk, barley milk and more.


If you want to make a healthy alternative milk at home, here’s a simple recipe!

Ingredients

• 1 cup of mixed nuts and seeds (almonds, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, pecans, macadamia nuts, brazil nuts, peanuts etc, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds etc)
• 1 liter of water

There will always be some “residue” when you make your own healthy milk. My recommendation is to just drink it all … it’s all good!

Instructions

1. Soak nuts and seeds in a bowl and cover them with enough water and place it in the fridge over night.




2. Discard the soaking water and rinse the nuts and seeds in a fine sieve.




3. Throw them with 1 liter of water into the blender, and blend until they’re creamy and smooth.




4. If you want extra fine milk, filter the residue with cheese cloth. Otherwise, drink it as it is!

Source: Annie Taylor Chen

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Unfortunately, however, new research shows that WHOLE grains contain a nutrient-blocker so you getting little or no benefit from substituting expensive whole grain ingredients for the processed grain alternatives in your recipes.

But then, when you look at the processed grain alternatives:
 
 

… there are just as many who say that white flour must be eradicated from a healthy diet, that it’s broken down so quickly into sugars in the body that you may as well be drinking Country Time lemonade when you’re eating a piece of white bread.

In spite of the anti-nutrients in whole grains, it still seems a step up from the quick-sugar-high starch of refined grains, because at least you do have that fiber to slow down the body’s metabolism process.

Initial Conclusion: Eat Fewer Grains!

Based on this first conclusion (keep reading for subsequent conclusions …), here are some healthier substitution ideas for grain-rich food:
 
 

Instead of…	Try…
Oatmeal, pancakes, or toast	Eggs, breakfast meats
Cereal	Yogurt with fruit
Crackers and cheese	Just cheese!
Granola Bars	Almond Power Bars
Munchy things like pretzels	Nuts, seeds, dried fruit
Side breads like biscuits, toast, cornbread	Filling your plate with the main course of meat and vegetables; pumping up your salad with nuts and seeds
Pasta, rice	Extra steamed vegetables; potatoes (although some say potatoes are no better than grains)
Sandwich	Meat on a salad
Tortilla wraps	Extra beans
Brownies, cookies	Ice cream

Source: Katie Kimball

Continue reading on the next page to learn about SOAKING grains to remove the nasty nutrient-blockers to make them healthier …

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