I will leave the soy questions to the soy experts, but I did want to respond that *no one* NEEDS milk besides mother's milk. There are plenty of other ways to get protein and calcium -- how about leafy greens, which incidentally is where cows get calcium to begin with? Millions, billions of people around the world and throughout history have managed just fine with no milk in their diets. We are so thoroughly conditioned in our western culture to drink milk that to propose doing otherwise is shocking to a lot of people. Personal opinion here: breastmilk is the ideal beverage for babies and children, and water is the ideal beverage for everyone else. Margaret LLLL in Longmont, Colorado occasional user of rice milk on cereal :-) > >Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 12:18:10 -0700 >From: LC Mama <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Rice milk, clarification > > >Now a question... what is the major difference between soy and organic = >soy? does organic soy have the same "bad" things associated with it as = >regular soy? And what do you all tell your moms with kids that are say = >5 years and allergic to cow's milk? what if they don't want soy? do = >you just tell them that milk isn't needed and get calcium and protein = >from other sources if they aren't still nursing? > >Melisa *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html