Thirst and then... Soy milk

[Guest guest]

I offer two comments for the groups consideration, and both are lifted from

the referenced emails below.

 

All page references are to the book, " Your Body's Many Cries for Water, "

subtitled " You are not sick, you are thirsty, Don't treat thirst with

medication, " 2nd paperback Edition, May 2001, F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

 

" The human body can become dehydrated even when abundant water is readily

available...[p. 18] " because of the level of sodium in our diet and other

factors related to our age.

 

>>...I drink mostly water or tea when I want a drink... not to mention

coffee....<<

 

" Further confusion lies in the idea that when we're thirsty, we can

substitute tea, coffee, or alcohol-containing beverages. As you will see,

this is a common error...The 'dry mouth' is the very last sign of

dehydration. [p. 18] "

 

Without over complicating this email, I'll paraphrase the relevant info.

 

The author explains that water without suspended solids is quickly absorbed

by a membrane in the upper stomach chamber, and then slowly absorbed

everywhere else in the balance of the digestive tract. In essence, the bulk

of the body's usable water is only captured from water without suspended

solids, and drinking water with your meal is not water that's easily

captured.

 

Most of our body is composed of water, including 85% of our brain. Water is

necessary both inside of the cell membrane and also outside it throughout

the rest of our circulation system. This balance is primarily maintained by

our sodium levels (i.e., salt.) " For every 10 glasses of water (about two

quarts), one should add to the diet about half a teaspoon of salt per day

[p. 161].

 

The author also claims that proper hydration of the body avoids a large

number of common human ailments. Check out his website for more details.

www.watercure.com

 

My personal assessment: This physician knows what he's talking about, but

in his effort to simplify the info, he overly " muddies the waters " (no pun

intended). His book is a " hard and confusing " read. His explanations are

redundant and in my opinion oversimplified. I've sorted through his

explanations and found them consistent with the resources he quotes and what

I have additionally cross referenced.

 

 

 

>>...Do alternative milks taste really awful on their own, and need the

additional flavouring?...<<

 

YES! As someone who's made soy milk from scratch, I can testify that none

of you will ever drink " raw " soy milk, and your kids won't even be in the

same room with it.

 

There are lots of recipes on the web for adding sweeteners and the like as a

minimum to make the taste more palatable. The amount of sugar needed to

make it drinkable will surprise most of you.

 

So, seeing that juices are being added in no big surprise. They add both

sweetener and flavor--a good combination.

 

DaveO

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sherri [sherria]

 

" Feral <terebinthus> " <terebinthus> wrote:

> I know this sounds like a " duh " question, but I have always been a bit

baffled with the flavored soy milk rage. I drink mostly water or

> tea when I want a drink... not to mention coffee. I can honestly say I

never get a hankering for milk or shakes or the like.

 

Yeah, that's sort of what I always think when I see all the " alternative "

milks at the grocery store too (and my local Stop & Shop has dozens of

different ones). I like plain old regular skim milk. I've never been a fan

of flavoured/sweetened milk. I was probably the only kid around that didn't

stir that chocolate powder into milk, or pour that strawberry syrup in. I

LIKE how milk tastes, all on its own. I can't imagine that I'd find much use

for mango, or blueberry, or vanilla flavoured milk.

 

Do alternative milks taste really awful on their own, and need the

additional flavouring?

 

What I do enjoy, occasionally, is a mug of steamed skim milk with a drop of

almond syrup in it, more for the luscious scent than anything else.

 

Btw, P_T, I made that pasta carbonara you posted for dinner last nite, and

wow it was yummy. I could feel my arteries hardening with every bite, but

if I'm gonna die, I might as well die happy, hm?

 

--

Sherri