How to Make Cow’s Milk and Almond Milk: A Guide to Dairy and Plant-Based Alternatives
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Discover the processes of creating both cow's milk and almond milk from start to finish. This guide covers the cultivation of dairy cows and almond trees, highlighting essential practices such as feeding and milking techniques for cows, as well as soaking and blending almonds. Explore the health effects and nutritional comparisons between cow’s milk and almond milk, including their respective by-products. Learn how to integrate either milk into your diet, considering the advantages and potential health risks associated with each option.
How to Make Cow’s Milk and Almond Milk: A Guide to Dairy and Plant-Based Alternatives
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How to Make:Cow’s milk Animal based From 5-sensed beings
How to Make:Almond milk Plant based From 1-sensed beings
Raise a dairy cow • Feed cows artificial diets with grains and other high protein animal based meals • Keep cow pregnant with artificial insemination Factory farm dairy
Grow almonds • Cultivate almond tree • Harvest almonds Almond tree http://www.indianetzone.com/photos_gallery/3/almond-tree_18673.jpg
Get cow’s milk • Attach cow to milking machine • Maximize production using hormones • Give antibiotics to treat infections
Get almond milk • Soak almonds • Blend • Add sweetener if desired • Strain for smooth consistency http://www.rawfoods-livingfoods.com/images/how-to-make-almond-milk.jpg
Almond milk “byproducts” • Almond meal leftover from straining • Make Indian sweets, cookies, or marzipan • Add to soup or other food to thicken nandyala.org
Cow’s milk “by-products” • Male calves confined in crates, raised and slaughtered for veal • Post-reproductive age dairy cows slaughtered for low grade meat
Health effects of cow’s milk • Many risks with questionable benefits, e.g. • All except skim milk has some saturated fat, becoming cholesterol, which is heart disease risk • May increase risk of prostate and breast cancers • Questionable benefits: calcium absorbability may not be suboptimal and studies have shown no protection against fractures
Health effects of almond milk • No cholesterol • Has calcium • Has omega 3, unsaturated fatty acids, considered heart healthy • Contains other minerals, fiber and protein • No food is perfect and healthy for everyone, every food and drink has risks http://thriftyliving.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/homemade-almond-milk.jpg