Milk alternatives

[Msolis99]

So which is better for (CKD) stage 4? Rice milk or Unsweetened Almond milk?

[Dearest]

Let me get this right. What regular milk alternatives are there ? I love having milk with my cereal. Help Please!!!

[rcjordan]

'Better' depends on what you're trying to balance in your numbers. I'm stage 4 and need every calorie I can get without bumping the potassium & phosphorus too much, so I went with Rice Dream. I use both enriched and original, depending on how I'm tweaking phosphorus. Below are stats for each item for comparison. Note that some of my item tracking info may be customized using the USDA nutrient database and may not be an exact match with the Davita database.

Rice Dream Original Rice Milk
1/2 Cup
Calories 60
Fat 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 45 mg
Carbohydrates 13 g
Fiber 0 g
Protein < 1 g
Calcium 10 mg
Potassium 15 mg
Phosphorus 5 mg


Rice Dream Original Rice Milk, Enriched ## [+PHO] Use to raise phosphorus with slight increase in protein
1/2 Cup
Calories 60
Fat 1.5 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 50 mg
Carbohydrates 12 g
Fiber 0 g
Protein < 1 g
Calcium 150 mg
Potassium 35 mg
Phosphorus 75 mg


Almond Milk
1/2 Cup
Calories 30
Fat 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 75 mg
Carbohydrates 4 g
Fiber 0 g
Protein 0 g
Calcium 100 mg
Potassium 90 mg
Phosphorus 50 mg

[erkyl77]

I've been using almond milk, vanilla flavor.