Is almond milk actually better than regular milk?
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven
Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
How many times have you seen someone say “cow’s milk is better than almond milk,” or “plant milk is the healthier choice,” and wondered… should I switch? Today we’re talking through the real differences between cow’s milk, almond milk, soy milk, and other options and when it actually makes sense to consider a swap. We’ll look at protein, carbs, micronutrients, and blood sugar impact. The goal isn’t to tell you what you should drink, but to help you choose what works for your body, your health goals, and your preferences.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of the Diabetes Digital podcast hosted by Food Heaven. This is Wendy, the co-founder of Diabetes Digital. I am hopping on to do a quick minisode on milks, which are the best milks for you. There has been so many plant milk waves that people have been writing. |
| 0:24.5 | Almond milk is one of the most popular ones. But recently, there's been pea milk, which I actually |
| 0:31.2 | love. There's soy milk. There's rice milk. There's oat milk. So a question that we get asked often is, okay, are these actually |
| 0:39.1 | better than regular milk? So we can just get right into it. Welcome to the Diabetes Digital |
| 0:45.6 | podcast. I'm Wendy. And I'm Jess and we're best friends, registered dietitians and diabetes |
| 0:51.0 | educators. Through our telehealth platform, diabetesabetesDigital.co, we offer accessible |
| 0:56.1 | and personalized virtual nutrition counseling for people with diabetes and prediabetes. |
| 1:01.0 | Visit Diabetesdigital.co, that's CO, to book your first appointment. We accept insurance and offer |
| 1:07.1 | affordable self-pay options. Now, let's get into today's episode. |
| 1:15.6 | Which milk is better for blood sugar? So my answer to the question about which milk is best for you is, it depends. |
| 1:22.9 | It depends on what works best for you because no milk is universally superior. Nutrition is very context |
| 1:31.0 | specific, especially within the context of like what other foods are you incorporating. Because |
| 1:38.1 | with the plant milks, if you are eating mostly plant based, then we have to be very intentional |
| 1:43.6 | about making sure that you are getting protein in other ways. But if you are eating mostly plant-based, then we have to be very intentional about making sure that you are getting protein in other ways. |
| 1:47.1 | But if you are not plant-based, then that's not as much of a concern. |
| 1:52.8 | It really depends on your nutrition needs, also your digestion. |
| 1:55.9 | A lot of people go for these plant milks because they might have issues digesting dairy, right? So it could be a |
| 2:03.3 | good alternative in that way. Also culturally, some people, dairy is not a big part of their culture. |
| 2:10.3 | And so they're either intolerant or they just don't really like it. And then, of course, |
| 2:15.1 | you have to pay attention to what feels good to you. There are people, |
| 2:18.7 | just like there are people who are intolerant to lactose, there are people who are intolerant to |
| 2:22.1 | soy and to other plant milk. So you really have to listen to your body and figure out which |
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