milk?

graceann · 08-30-2002, 03:36 PM

What type of milk has the lowest carbs?

anglewormm · 08-30-2002, 08:20 PM

soy, i believe.

Tange · 08-31-2002, 01:08 PM

Not always true. The soy milk I have aqvailable to me had more carbs than regular milk. If I drink milk at all it's whole milk now. (It used to be skim, I like the taste better until I saw the carb content on it.)

DianaG · 09-01-2002, 05:26 PM

I agree, be careful with soy milk. Most brands have more carbs in them than regular milk. Out of regular milk, one serving has 12grams of carbs in it. The difference between whole, 1%, 2% and skim is in the amount of fat and calories, but the carbs are the same. At least that is what is in my book that the hospital gave me when I was diagnosed with diabetes. I had a lot of time to read the book from cover to cover and I questioned the diabetes educator about it and she confirmed that they are the same. I try to only use it on my cheerios, or in recipes.

I did find a very low carb soy milk in the health food store. It was one of the diet soy milk containers and I cannot remember the brand, but it only had around 7 grams per serving. I picked up some that had 16 and some 21! So each brand is different. It also makes a difference if it is a flavored soy milk, the vanilla and carob usually have more carbs.

I hope this helps

babybokal · 09-02-2002, 09:13 PM

This is really weird...I never heard anything about milk having a lot of carbs in it. The milk I drink is 1%, around 14 grams of carbs per serving...that doesn't seem too bad to me. I think the thing is that milk also has lots of protein in it to help digest the carbs. I steer away from soda and fruit juice instead. Why is milk so problematic?