Is it time to ditch oat milk and return to real dairy milk?
Plant-based milks like oat milk and almond milk have been in the news lately. And not for a good reason. So many people have flocked to replacing real cow’s milk with either almond milk or oat milk. I was never a fan of plant-based milks and now there seems to be more concerns about plant-based milk’s “health halo”. This week the Daily Mail came out with the headline, Oat milk linked to ANOTHER cancer-causing chemical as people flock back to dairy . Earlier in October, the Daily Mail had another headline, Additive in oat and almond milk linked to colon cancer ”. Both articles presented information I had not been aware of before. What is oat milk? Oat milk is a plant-based, non-dairy milk that is made by soaking oats in water, blending and then straining. The texture is creamier than cow’s milk with an oatmeal-like flavor. There are many flavors of oat milk and you can buy it unsweetened or flavored with vanilla or chocolate....