Sugar free alternative to change flavour of milk??

[Zebra33]

Am trying to keep my calcium intake by drinking x glasses of milk a day but can't stand the taste of plain milk and have Gestational Diabetes so can't add Nesquik and the like to flavour it, can anybody suggest a sugar free alternative?

Vanilla essence?

honey and banana (like a smoothie)?

But, milk isn't the only or even the best absorbed source of calcium.

Green vegetables (brocolli is good), almonds, sesame seeds, tofu, blackstrap molasses, sardines, cheese, fortified bread or cereal are all good sources.

I drank a lot of milky coffees when I was pregnant (mostly decaff) and ate a lot of yoghurt.

Or you could just try to eat more calcium rich foods instead?

How about getting calcium from other sources?

Chai tea latte? Tetleys do a lovely chai tea and you can infuse the teabag in boiling milk. Same with Redbush tea and it's caffeine free.

Hot milk with nutmeg grated into it is lush

Use milk in cooking, have more fish pie and macaronni cheese etc

Bugger I didn't mean Tetleys, /I meant Twinings!!!

If you whizz up a few strawberries in milk its nice. Possibly a bit out of season though. Can you drink it warm? - might be nice with a pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg.

Hot chocolate made with cocoa and a bit of Splenda to sweeten it.

x posted OMDB

check with doc but i believe you can take calcium with vitamin d(calcium and ergocalciferol)

The vitamin d aids the absorption of vitamin c which is difficult to take in to the body without assistance from vit d

Cow's milk is high in calcium, but this is not very well absorbed by our bodies. That is why most women in western world suffer osteoporosis, while others who don't have milk or dairy products in all their lifes (i.e. traditional asian diets) have healthy and strong bones. Like QOFEisinatizz said, there are many other good sources of calcium.

Some rice milks are fortified with calcium (the calcium coming from algae). I really like the taste, it's sweet and no sugar added, but it contains natural sugars (like bananas, raisins and other natural fruits). Then you also have soya milk fortified with calcium, but I don't really like the taste of this one and just use it for cooking.