Rice Milk

[KarenFe]

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

[puddleglum]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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 :-)

[taweavmo3]

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]

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]

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

[brigala]

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