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Why we use Coconut Milk



We have a dairy allergy in our house (myself and Rex) and although I love cow's milk (I use to drink at least a gallon  a week) I can't drink any of it anymore. When Rex was born we made it through the first 10 months on breast milk and then we did 2 months on soy milk formula before we tried two cups of cow's milk and decided that he definitively had the allergy. So the search was on...

So even before I read all the great things Coconut milk has to offer I did know a few things. One I wasn't going to give Rex soy milk because the the high estrogen levels. Even if study's say it's fine for boys to drink I'm not really willing to risk my child to find out for sure. Then there is the choice of Almond milk which wasn't an option because of the fear of the nut allergy being passed down to him. Then there is Rice milk which if you have ever had it there is no flavor or texture to it. It's like drinking cloudy water. So I asked around at the nutrition store and they said that they love Coconut Milk. They told me it has a good flavor and texture and that it is really good for you. So we tried it. Rex loved it. I drank it and it was good but it would take so getting use to but now after 1 1/2 years I love it too (sometimes I still crave the taste of soy milk though).


There are so many great things about coconut milk that I'm still discovering. I didn't completely look it to it when we first started drinking it. I was glad we had another option and that Rex was OK with it.  Coconut trees are known in some cultures as 'The Tree of Life" because of the healing properties it has. Coconut milk has medium chain fatty acids from saturated fats that the body uses as energy instead of storing them like the saturated fats in animals. These fatty acids are also anti-viral and anti-microbial which helps the body stay healthy too. Once the lauric acid (also found in breast milk) that is in coconut milk gets into your body's system it turns into and anti-bacterial and anti-viral substance called momlauric which then kills off virus'. Gotta love that. Just drinking coconut milk everyday helps keep virus away or at least gets you over them faster. A plus for adults (and kids to I guess nowadays) is the it will help maintain a healthy weight without raising cholesterol levels. So Delicious Coconut milk is also fortified with the correct balance of calcium, magnesium, and Vitamin D to help with calcium absorption so that we all can have strong bones too!

So I hope that this information is informative for you. If you do try some know that it does taste different and I can still tell after all this time but it taste good and it's good for you so it is worth it. i have no desire to go back to cow's milk. Actually cow's milk doesn't taste that good anymore.

Raising Mighty Arrows

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  1. Kari, thank you so much for linking up with us & for including us in your Blogroll!!! :) Blessings.

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