Parents urged to restrict cow's milk for toddlers
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It's crazy this article suggests legumes (some like garbanzo are very high in iron), but it doesn't suggest legume milk.
Fortified soy milk is usually cheaper than cow milk, and it's actually healthy.
Also, Australia has that sweet lupine, which is higher in protein than cow milk.
@moldy_rice @inari soya is only healthy when fermented. 95% of soya grown is also gmo, sprayed heavy with herbicides/pesticides.
Those chemicals wash away during processing. It's bad because it causes harm to the farm workers.
@moldy_rice they just dont wash away because
many pesticide products including some glyphosate based herbicide formulations contain PFAS compounds, which are genuinely permanent environmental contaminates.
I don't agree, but I hope we can both agree that Australians should just drink lupine milk.
Amazing, glad to see recommendations limiting dairy.
Most humans on this planet can't process lactose.