"Hemp milk, like hemp necklaces, should be avoided." Of all the taste tests here at Serious Eats, this one probably wins for least likely to make us fatter. Milk does a body good, but what about milk that doesn't come from a cow? Does it do a body nauseous? We tried vanilla "milks" made of soy, almonds, rice, goats, oats, and even hemp (sorry, no yaks). Judging was based on taste, texture, color, and ability to properly wash down a PB&J. If you're lactose-intolerant or just looking for an alternative to the old-fashioned cows' milk, see which brands are drinkable....
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Whenever I admit to drinking soy milk, I immediately add a qualifier: "Only in coffee and cereal. Sometimes. I swear." I don't want to be pegged as a freaky full-time soy-milk drinker because at the core, I identify with "regular" milk. From cows. But every so often there's something about soy milk, especially vanilla, that adds a nice twist to an otherwise sludgy coffee. No offense to furry critters, but I don't drink soy milk for animal rights reasons or anything Mother Nature-related. I drink it because in certain contexts, it's really good. So when Slate reported this week that soy milk isn't necessarily better than cow's milk from an eco-perspective, I appreciated the insight but wasn't any less likely...
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A study by the Harvard School of Public Health found that modest soy consumption may significantly decrease sperm production due to the soy's isoflavones, the chemicals that act similar to estrogen. However, the study points out that soy consumption is higher in Asia, where there isn't a decreased fertility problem....
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Grub Street points us to uberconservative parachurchman Jim Rutz's hilarious rant on soy, which he claims makes boys gay and women hysterical. "Soy is feminizing, and commonly leads to a decrease in the size of the penis, sexual confusion and homosexuality," Rutz claims. "At the extreme, the damage can be fatal." My favorite response, by an anonymous rager: "Are you an idiot? What's your next theory, [that] eating chicken wings makes people black?"...
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