Dave AspreyCreator of Biohacking, Longevity Expert & 4x NY Times Bestselling Author

Almond milk is damaging your health.

Name: Almond milk is damaging your health.
Uploaded: 2024-02-23T22:30:01+00:00
Duration: 47 s
Channel: Dave Asprey
Description: In this monologue, the speaker explains how commercial almond milk is produced from low‑quality almond remnants, blended with canola oil, high‑fructose…

23 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker explains how commercial almond milk is produced from low‑quality almond remnants, blended with canola oil, high‑fructose corn syrup, and flavorings, and sold at a premium price as a "health" product. The speaker argues that almond milk is actually unhealthy because it is high in phytic acid, which binds and depletes essential minerals from the body, and high in oxalates, which can contribute to kidney stones, gout, joint pain, and skin problems by forming calcium oxalate crystals. The speaker advises against consuming almond milk, especially in combination with other high‑oxalate foods like kale smoothies.

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What they figured out with almond milk was, oh, we can take leftover parts of almonds and the ones that are broken and unsightly and we can use those to make milk. And it's just a few almonds and some canola oil and some high fructose corn syrup, some flavorings and we blend it up and we sell it for like $8 as a health food product. It's not a health food product. So almond milk is high in phytic acid that sucks minerals out of your bones. You have to take more minerals. And it's also high in oxalates, which are the things that are causing kidney stones and things that are causing gout and joint pain when you wake up. Even if you have really bad skin and you're eating a ton of these high oxalate foods like almond milk and kale smoothies and all this can be why, because it's making tiny razor sharp calcium oxalate crystals in your skin that are coming out. So I don't recommend almond milk.