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Does anyone else struggle with different soya milks?

I normally drink alpro soya but for work they brought a big pack of Aldi own soya milk (which was lovely as my last place made me by my own)

But since drinking that more often I have found I am having more flare ups. It’s hard to pin point it as I have also been more stressed recently but its just made me think.

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Kitten-whiskers

I do drink a lot of soya milk and these days try to buy the growers harvest from tesco mainly because its price matched to Aldi and that seems fine for my ibs, I did give up soya milk a few years back for a couple of weeks to see If it was causing me a problem and it made no difference for me.

I find stress can cause havoc with my ibs, but I think if you suspect it maybe an issue cut it out and see if it makes any difference, if its all inflamed I find everything I eat or drink hurts.

Best wishes

Debs

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Flyonawall

Oat milk,coconut milk,almond milk?Or just forget"milk" altogether.?

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1660tpd in reply to Flyonawall

I say oats milk I have been on it for a lot of year and that is the only one that I can have also I drink bottled water only I cannot have any other and I have had I b s since I was 38years old and I am 82now hope you can find what you can have it takes a lot of trying thing to find out but you must not stress as that is one of the worse things you can do good luck x

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BlackIsleGirl

I find soya milk too hard on my gut and I dislike the taste. I prefer coconut milk but find the own brands are often sweetened. Have a look and see if it's been sweetened as artificial sweeteners can be a trigger for some people

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ForViolet in reply to BlackIsleGirl

Yes. Agave is a trigger for me. It was ok when I had a little once in a while, then really hit me when I was using agave sweetened tonic water... I haven't tried any of the other synthetic sweeteners.

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Edgar77

I can't drink oat milk cos I am gluten free. I was drinking soya milk and was OK with it, but my dietician suggested lactose free as I have low bone density and need the nutrients of cows milk. I didn't notice any difference. So now stick to lactose free, stress is my main enemy after gluten and lactose.

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ForViolet

What are the ingredients in that one? I was shocked when I read ingredients list on "almond milk" once but that was years ago. It wasn't just almonds and water.

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Zantecat

As lots of people are saying, look at ingredients, not all plant milks are equal!.Many add thickeners , sweeteners etc, certain of which I cannot tolerate.

My advise would be to look for the ones with only 3 ingredients, yes ONLY 3! My one has water, almonds and sea salt, most others have loads of other stuff added including oils like sunflower, who wants to drink that either.

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DG1960

Hi there, I now drink oat milk as a lot of dairy products affect me. I also use vegan spread. Anything with a lot of lactose goes straight through. Hope that helps.

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