Why potato milk may be the most sustainable option

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-potato-milk-1.6169917

by barbazoo • 5 years ago

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hourislate• 5 years ago

All these milk alternatives have have rapeseed oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, soy, etc. There is the school of thought(Ray Pete, et al) that PUFA's and in the quantities Americans consume them are causing inflammation, obesity, and chronic decease. Some believe that it's not even HFCS/Sugar causing the obesity epidemic in America but Vegetable oils. They put this shit in everything so no thanks, the little milk I use for coffee, baking/cooking is Grass Fed Organic cows milk.

ncmncm5• 5 years ago

Obesity and metabolic syndrome, anyway, are reliably pegged to sugar and lack of fiber. But that does not exonerate vegetable oils.

omreaderhn• 5 years ago

There's a brand called Malk sold at Whole Foods which is just water and almonds.

You can also make your own nut milks by using a masticating juicer.

bradknowles• 5 years ago

Yeah, drink enough almond milk, and you too can develop kidney stones!

Welcome to the club. This is my second time through.

h2odragon• 5 years ago

Cows and goats etc turn sunlight we can't directly eat, the useless shrubbery, into great milk. The lactose intolerant can have cheap enzymes or cheeses.

Milking a potato doesn't sound like much fun, honestly. At least the cows are affectionate.

webmaven• 5 years ago

Cows and goats etc turn sunlight we can't directly eat, the useless shrubbery, into great milk.

They can eat useless shrubbery (or more importantly, shrubbery grown on otherwise useless land), but for the most part they are fed on crops that humans could eat or that are grown on land that could grow human-edible crops instead.

JoeAltmaier3• 5 years ago

Not so sure about that. Cows eat a ton of grass. That's typically grown between other crops, or on marginal land.

gus_massa• 5 years ago

It's strange to read about the proteins in potatoes. Googling a bit, I found that almonds have 20% proteins, soy 10% and potatoes 1%.

Why potato milk may be the most sustainable option

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