Reader Question: I Don't Like Milk

by: Theresa Albert
Yummy Mummy Smriti in Kalka| Haryana asks: 





I don't like milk - tell me what I can do!

 

 


 

 

Dear Smriti|

I'll assume that you are worried about getting enough calcium like the others who don't drink milk. If your diet is sufficiently high in other non dairy calcium sources: almonds| broccoli| other leafy greens and you have enough Vitamin D (sunshine or supplement) as well as Magnesium to use that calcium. You should be ok.

Of course there are forms of milk that you may like ... 2-3 servings of yogurt or a piece of cheese? Lots of manufacturers are fortifying their products with calcium these days such as orange juice and oatmeal. One way I like to sneak dairy calcium in to baked goods is to use dry powdered skim milk as an ingredient.

Make zucchini muffins with powdered milk and ground almonds and serve with a glass of fortified orange juice and you are well on your way!

Good luck!

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Theresa Albert

Theresa Albert, a yummymummyclub alum is a foodie who happens to be a nutritionist and not the other way around. She loves to explore food and the culture of food and all of the human love/hate rituals that surround it. Her new book Ace Your Health: 52 Ways to Stack Your Deck (McClelland & Stewart) is a fun, practical guide to making tasty, changes for improved health using morsels of information and delicious, healthy recipes. Her television show "Just One Bite" aired on the Food Network for over two years in a daily time slot and still appears on BBC kids, it introduced her energetic style to millions. She is also the author of Cook Once a Week, Eat Well Every Day.

Definitely not a finger wagger, as a registered nutritionist, Theresa Albert, DHN, RNCP, has a passion for simple, honest solutions to today's lifestyle choices. In addition to her private practice at the Toronto Clinic, she has provided content and comment for every major Canadian broadcaster and is forever pushing the bologna out of lunchboxes and out of the news media. As an avid social media user, blogger/writer and as a parent, she understands the struggles of balancing priorities in real life. In print newspapers and magazines, you will often see her quoted when an issue needs common sense clarification. 


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