According to a study in April's Journal of the American Dietetic Association, nearly a quarter of students were selecting soymilk over cow's milk by the end of the four-week study and school cafeterias should consider the milk lactose alternative.
Jennifer Reilly, R.D., a Cancer Project dietitian and the study's lead author says, "Soymilk has major health advantages over cow's milk, and it avoids the problem of lactose intolerance and skips the 'bad' fats--and kids seem to like it."
The majority of African-Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans are lactose intolerant. Enriched soymilk has no lactose and little or no saturated fat, but it has as much calcium, vitamin A, and vitamin D as dairy milk.
According to a National Cancer Institute study, dairy milk is the single largest source of saturated fat in children's diets.
