This is an article excerpted from the website of John Robbins (
http://www.foodrevolution.org/bio.htm), the author of THE FOOD REVOLUTION, one of the world's leading experts on the dietary link with the environment and health, and the only son of the founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire.
There are a few things the dairy industry isn't telling you about the nutritional comparison between cow's milk and soymilk. For example:
1. Cow's milk provides more than nine times as much saturated fat as soy beverages, so is far more likely to contribute to heart disease.
2. Soy beverages provide more than 10 times as much essential fatty acids as cow's milk, and so provide a far healthier quality of fat.
3. Soy beverages are cholesterol-free, while cow's milk contains 34 mg of cholesterol per cup, which again means that cow's milk is far worse for your heart and cardiovascular system.
4. Soy beverages lower both total and LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels, while cow's milk raises both total and LDL cholesterol levels, providing yet more reasons soymilk is better for your health.
5. Soy beverages contain numerous protective phytochemicals that may protect against chronic diseases such as heart disease and osteoporosis. Cow's milk contains no phytochemicals.
6. Men who consume one to two servings of soymilk per day are 70 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer than men who don't.