Gone are the days when cow’s milk was the only choice at the supermarket. There has been an explosion in recent years of plant-based non-dairy alternative milks. From the very familiar soy milk, we now have almond, coconut, oat, and rice milk plus a host of others joining the party. How well these contender alt-milks stack up against the ‘reference standard’ of cow’s milk is what I’ll be digging into in this podcast. Links referred to in the podcast<ul><li>Scientific review of plant-based milks compared to cow’s milk <a href='https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13197-017-2915-y'>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13197-017-2915-y</a></li><li>CHOICE review of almond milks <a href='https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/dairy/milk/articles/almond-milk'>https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/dairy/milk/articles/almond-milk</a></li></ul>Episode transcript To access the full episode transcript, go to the following link and select the individual podcast episode and then click on the ‘Transcript’ tab <a href='https://thinkingnutrition.buzzsprout.com'>https://thinkingnutrition.buzzsprout.com</a>Connect with me Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/doctimcrowe/'>doctimcrowe</a> Facebook: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/thinkingnutrition'>Thinking Nutrition</a> Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/CroweTim'>CroweTim</a>

The rise of meatless meat

Thinking Nutrition is all about presenting the latest nutrition research in plain language and then translating this into what it means for your health. Dr Tim Crowe is a career nutrition research scientist and an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian. Tim has over 30 years of research and teaching experience in the university and public health sectors, covering areas of basic laboratory research, clinical nutrition trials and public health nutrition. He now works chiefly as a freelance health and medical writer and science communicator.