I’m trying to cut off dairy as I’m breastfeeding and it’s causing my baby much troubles … and I love milk 😫 literally i use it with everything.. looking for healthy substitute and yummy one with clean ingredients
If there is concern that your baby has an allergy to cow’s milk protein, please take this question back to your pediatrician.
I’m a registered dietitian and I see advice here from a couple of posts that you should not follow. Your pediatrician/immunologist should be helping you if you are trying food eliminations to help your baby.
Fortified soy milk hands down. It has the closest nutritional profile to dairy milk in terms of protein and fat, except it’s unsaturated fat so even better. It also has a little fibre. And it has soy isoflavones which are beneficial for numerous health outcomes.
Some wackos will tell you it “messes with hormones” butA - not true. Data shows it is neutral or beneficial for hormone concernsB - if you drank dairy milk, clearly not a concern for you as dairy milk has actual estrogen in it.
Unsweetened is best, but original silk for example is not bad, there’s only like 2-3g of added sugar so it’s fine in reasonable amounts.
Next best is probably pea milk (like ripple).
Oat, rice, cashew, coconut and almond are all good vehicles for calcium and vitamins that are added, but they have very little nutrition. Mostly just for taste.
Pea milk is great, especially if you need more protein in your diet. 1 cup is 8 grams of protein. Try Ripple Unsweetened which has this vitamin profile:
Potassium 405mg (8% RDI)
Vitamin A 110mcg (10% RDI)
Calcium 440mg (35% RDI)
Vitamin D 6mcg (30% RDI)
Iron 2.7mg (15% RDI)
Vitamin B12 2.5mcg (100% RDI)
Agree with biglurker and konstance comments.
I try to get my protein from food sources as much as possible, so for my breakfast smoothie it’s pea milk (like Ripple) or soy milk since I’m lactose intolerant.
You’ll need to speak with pediatrician or dietitian specializing in infant feeding if you’re suspecting baby has allergy or intolerance.