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Poring over facts about milk: cow’s, goat’s, soy, almond, rice and hemp — latimes.co

• Cow’s Milk - Whole milk has saturated fat, skim doesn’t.  Good source of calcium and protein.  May not decrease risk of bone fracture.  May decrease risk of colorectal cancer.   
• Goat’s Milk - Has more saturated fat than Cow’s Milk.  More than 90% of the time, people who are allergic to cow’s milk are also allergic to goats milk.
• Soy Milk - Has no cholesterol, no saturated fat.  Allergies in 0.4% of children.  Lower in calories, but comparable to cow’s and goat’s milk in levels of calcium, protein, Vit. A, D and potassium - partly through fortification.  May reduce some cancers.
• Almond Milk - Has no cholesterol, no saturated fat. Allergies in 0.2% of children. Lower in calories and fat than Soy.  Lower calcium and protein levels.   Not a substitute for eating nuts.  Many brands contain more water and sweeteners than ground nuts, leaving the milk without the significant levels iron, riboflavin, vitamin E and omega-6 fat that you would get from eating an almond or a brand with higher almond content.
• Rice Milk - Has no cholesterol, no saturated fat. Allergies are rare - OK for people with allergies to soy, gluten, nuts, cow’s milk, and lactose intolerance.  Poor source of protein. Good source of Vitamin E.  Requires less sweetening.
• Hemp Milk - Contains more fat than Soy, but it’s a more balanced omega-3 and omega-6 fat, which is good for you.  Allergies are rare. Doesn’t contain any THC (won’t make you ‘high’.)  Fortified with calcium, vit. A and D.

Insurance policies for young people that don’t include maternity coverage are a hot button for me.
On the other side of every pregnancy, there is a man who bears an equal responsibility for the cost of the maternity care. There is no excuse for offering coverage that does not include it because men who choose these policies run absolutely no risk that they can become accidentally pregnant, while women always have that risk as long as they are physically capable of pregnancy.

It’s very early, and I’m still a little sleepy, so my arguement probably isn’t as clear as I’d like it to be.
NPR has an article on the issue showing that women pay more: Framing Health Care Debate As Battle Of Sexes : NPR

A recent study by the National Women’s Law Center found that 25-year-old women have been charged up to 84 percent more than their male contemporaries for individual health plans — plans that specifically exclude maternity coverage.

Be informed. Get more information at
National Women’s Law Center: Nowhere to Turn: How the Individual Health Insurance Market Fails Women

The National Women’s Law Center’s new report, Still Nowhere to Turn: Insurance Companies Treat Women Like a Pre-Existing Condition, provides sobering new data about the inequities that women face in health insurance.

The extent of gender rating, in which insurance companies charge women more than men for the same coverage, has remained abysmal since the Center issued its landmark report in 2008, Nowhere to Turn: How the Individual Health Insurance Market Fails Women.