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Rice Milk

KarenFe

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KarenFe Contributor
KarenFe
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I'm trying to find a milk replacement I can use without a problem. I first tried Rice Dream rice milk, but read it can cause problems. I don't think it was causing me any problems - I don't think. Then I tried Pacific, but read carrageenan can also cause problems even though it is not related to gluten. I read it also can cause other problems and is really nothing more than an unhealthy ingredient.

I can't find hemp milk in any of the grocery stores around me.

What can I possibly use? Is there any really great brand that is a favorite amongst those of us who need to eat gluten-free?

I'm so frustrated I could cry. I can't get my diet under control and I don't know what I can eat.

Thanks for any help you can offer!

Karen

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puddleglum
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I'm so frustrated I could cry. I can't get my diet under control and I don't know what I can eat.

Thanks for any help you can offer!

Karen

I hear you! I thought I was doing great with going gluten-free, then started having issues again and figured out it must be the milk. Then, I thought that was good and realized, tomatoes were setting me off. So, I am sort of hoping someone will figure out how to live on air...although I know many people here have more issues than just these, so I probably shouldn't complain. Anyway, if you are not allergic to soy, I have had pretty good luck with Silk Soy Milk. (I use it sometimes on gluten-free cereal, but I don't drink it, so I don't really consume it in large quantities). It is gluten free, but it does contain carageenan, so if this is causing you problems, then it may not work for you.

I also read, recently, on a vegan site I was visiting that coconut milk is a good substitute in baking. I haven't tried it yet, but I am thinking to have a go at it soon.

Hang in there. Sometimes it helps me just to know I am not alone...that is why I hang out on this forum on occasion.

:)

FMcGee Explorer
FMcGee
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I like Almond Breeze milk, but I'm so early on this diet I can't tell if it's causing me problems. Anyone else tried this?

MamaJo Rookie
MamaJo
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I'm trying to find a milk replacement I can use without a problem. I first tried Rice Dream rice milk, but read it can cause problems. I don't think it was causing me any problems - I don't think.

Karen

Two questions.

1) Can you share what you heard about the Rice Dream causing problems? Why, and what kind of problems? This is what we have been using and I had not heard anything negative.

2) If you don't feel that it was causing *you* troubles, do you really need to find another replacement?

KarenFe Contributor
KarenFe
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Two questions.

1) Can you share what you heard about the Rice Dream causing problems? Why, and what kind of problems? This is what we have been using and I had not heard anything negative.

2) If you don't feel that it was causing *you* troubles, do you really need to find another replacement?

1) I read on this forum (and then more through a Google search) that Rice Dream can/may contain a very, very small amount of gluten and still be able to call their product gluten-free. Some people have a reaction to it as they would to any gluten intake.

2) I have not been able to get my body back to normal after 9 months of continuous diarrhea, so I don't know what is causing my troubles. I'm just trying to eliminate anything and everything I possibly can to regulate my body and figure out what I can and can't eat. If Rice Dream doesn't cause me any trouble, I'll be happy to stick with it. At this point I just don't know.

I certainly wouldn't change using Rice Dream if it works for you. I hope I didn't cause any confusion. :)

Karen

Nancym Enthusiast
Nancym
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There's another post on another forum about Rice Dream that might be of interest: Open Original Shared Link

Here's a direct link: Open Original Shared Link

For some reason, I have to click somewhere in the page before it actually loads, so if you see a blank screen on that link, just click the page and it should reload.

njbeachbum Explorer
njbeachbum
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almond breeze all the way! i use the chocolate to mix my protein shakes and the vanilla flavor is great with a very lightly sweetened cereal, like rice or corn chex :-)

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taweavmo3 Enthusiast
taweavmo3
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We drink Almond Breeze too.....it is by far our favorite, and most easily tolerated milk sub. I use coconut milk for baking occasionally, and it works. There is also a new milk beverage out that is a drinkable coconut milk, by So Delicious. It is getting really great reviews, but I haven't been able to find it yet. The So Delicious coconut yogurt is really good, so I'm guessing the milk would be too.

FMcGee Explorer
FMcGee
Posted

Oh good! I'm glad I'm on the right track with Almond Breeze. Have any of you tried baking with it, or heating it (I like to make chai)?

SallyC Newbie
SallyC
Posted

My nutritionist also recommends Almond milk as being the best and it is widely available.

brigala Explorer
brigala
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Looks like the same sort of thing as Kikkoman's tests that show their soy sauce is gluten-free even though it contains wheat.

My theory is that if you change (denature) the gluten proteins enough you will no longer be able to detect them with a gluten test, and some people's immune systems will not recognize them and react to them -- but other people's immune systems won't be so easily fooled. In the case of soy sauce, some people clearly eat it and don't have a reaction (including people who are highly sensitive) and other people have been glutened by even tiny amounts of it.

I don't know whether I would react to Soy Sauce or not, but I choose a gluten-free/wheat-free version instead. I don't know whether Rice Dream's carob flavor drink contains the barley extract or not, but even though I didn't notice a reaction when I drank it I wouldn't buy it again since I now know Rice Dream uses ingredients I am not comfortable with.

Just my opinion and guesses...

-Elizabeth

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