Best tasting alternative to cow's milk

Good morning fellow UCers

After some bleeding, D, and urgency last week, my doctor prescribed prednisone, and told me she wants me off dairy for at least a few weeks, since my body definitely can't handle it when I'm flaring.

My question for you is, what do you think is the best tasting milk alternative is? I'm not a big milk drinker, but I do like to have milk on my cereal in the morning.

The best milk alternative I've been using for years now is Almond Breeze - it's super delicious and dairy free.

Why does she want you off dairy? Because of lactose or an allergy?
If it's just about lactose I'd say lactaid because it tastes the most like normal milk but other than that soy isn't too bad.

I've been thinking about trying some of these. In for more recommendations and opinions ;]

I've said before watch the carageenan in some milk subsitutes if you go that route, it is a thickener additive and possible link to IBD and inflammation according to some scientific studies done.

If you can drink goats milk that is better than cow's milk and taste about the same, just very expensive.
Almond and Rice milk are worth trying, but they still aren't milk and don't taste like it.

Goats milk is a much better milk to drink than cows milk, (google goats milk vs cows milk)...but it's still a dairy so I don't know if your doc will want you drinking it either, maybe just give up all dairy as your doc suggested and see what happens, you can always introduce goats milk when you/your doc decide to do dairy again.

I've said before watch the carageenan in some milk subsitutes if you go that route, it is a thickener additive and possible link to IBD and inflammation according to some scientific studies done.

The Almond Milk I mentioned above does NOT contain carageenan and that is why I bought it!

Almond milk.

I also use rice milk (can't do soy, dairy, or almond). Some kinds are better than others though -- some of the brands are a bit gritty. I would recommend Natura, which is quite nice.

Almond Milk. I like almond breeze best, vanilla... and can drink a whole carton of the chocolate, lol.

oh gee, what have we here -

they can be would ? huh ?

so what form of ibd do you have ?

Horizon organic lactose free me is my dairy of choice. I have also done almond milk and silk soy milk but some how I never end of finishing a carton of that stuff. I tend to consume more milk or at lest comply more with the lactose free that I desperately need if I have the lactose free milk. It tastes exactly like regular milk just maybe a tad sweeter.

This weird thing happens when I get a new carton of the horizon I prefer it over milk. But after finishing a carton if I have to do real milk and take lactose pills it taste better but then when I go back to the horizon it taste better again. So I think it is as close as you can get if you are only trying to avoid lactose.