To Dairy or Not to Dairy

Dairy is amazing when done right; however, all too often it is processed beyond maximum usefulness to your body. The problem with commercial dairy doesn’t produce the same nutrient-dense products that you’d get from a local farmer. So if you can’t get find grass fed dairy there are luckily some amazing alternatives!

Here are some of our top picks for daily dairy product replacement:

Instead of: Dairy Creamer
Use: Organic Coconut Creamer

Coconut creamer is slightly sweet and has a great creamy texture. The coconut creamer is great in soups, smoothies and as a treat in whipped cream. The best part is the coconut creamer provides a GREAT nutritional kick to your drink, smoothie, or whatever else as the creamer is an excellent source of minerals like iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc as well as B-vitamins such as folate, thiamin, vitamin B6, niacin, and pantothenic acid. This doesn’t even include the benefits of the coconut fat which is mainly the medium chain fatty acids that are so beneficial to our bodies. So spike the drink with some coconut creamer and know that you just made it better!

Instead of: Cheese
Use: Nutritional Yeast

This powder has a slightly nutty and cheesy taste. It is great to add to any dish you’d normally use a light sprinkle of cheese on. The best part is the nutritional yeast is a complete source of protein and provides important B vitamins like folate, thiamin, B6, niacin, and riboflavin. It doesn’t stop there though the nutritional yeast is a source of beta glucans, glutathione, selenium, and zinc. This little yeast is one that you won’t mind seeing.

Instead of: Milk
Use: Macadamia Milk

It’s creamy and slightly sweet with a hint of unmistaken real macadamia flavor. It tastes exactly just like you’d hope milk from real macadamia nuts would taste like… A-MAZ-ING. This nut milk has personally made many of us toss out the cow’s milk completely. Also, the macadamia milk is a great little nutritional liquid. In addition to being a great source of monounsaturated oleic fatty acids which can increase HDL and lower LDL, the milk is also a good source of calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, zinc and B vitamins too.

By The Good People of Simply GOODFATS