Unsuitable For Infants
If you have kids or grandchildren, you’ll want to keep them away from this milk substitute. Children younger than one year should not drink cow’s or plant-based milk because they prevent iron absorption.
Mothers should breastfeed or use infant formula exclusively until 4–6 months when solid food can be introduced. At six months of age, offer water as a healthy beverage choice in addition to breast milk or formula.
After 1, cow’s milk can be introduced into an infant’s diet. Except for soy milk, plant-based drinks are naturally low in protein, calories, fat, and many vitamins and minerals, like iron, vitamin D, and calcium.
These nutrients are vital for a child’s growth and development. Almond milk only provides 39 calories, 3g of fat, and 1g of protein per cup. This isn’t enough for a growing child.
4 thoughts on “Almond Milk: 7 Benefits and 5 Side Effects”
Been using almond milk for several years. Really love it in my morning coffee.
I like almond milk in my coffee, but I cannot do unsweetened. I switched from coffee, mate to silk, almond milk, crème brûlée or vanilla. This is great and much better and lower in calories than what I was previously using. But unsweetened I tried, and cannot do in my coffee.
My son was put on a Low Carb diet to help with seizure control by his neurologist he recommended Unsweetened almond milk because it was low in carbs. Just so happened that I had been having digestion problems, my gastroenterologist told me that as we age we loose the ability to breakdown milk proteins so he suggested that I try Soy milk. I tried for a year but the matter only got worse! So I switched to Almond milk along with my son, and have had no problems.
Dairy is a mucus producing item. If one had sinus problems, almond milk WILL be your friend.