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MY DAILY DIET: DAIRY 10

MAKE CONNECTIONS You may have heard of or even tried nondairy milk, like soymilk or coconut milk. Those foods are called milk because people tend to use them the same way. They add them to cereal, put them in coffee or tea, and use them to bake. They also look a lot like animal milk, but nondairy milk does not come from animals. Soymilk comes from soybeans, almond milk comes from almonds that are pressed so hard liquid comes out, and coconut milk comes from inside coconuts. Nondairy milk can be healthy and delicious, especially if you’re someone who can’t digest dairy milk.

Dairy is an important part of the American diet. Without it, we wouldn’t have milk, butter, cheese, ice cream, and more—and it all starts with cows on a farm like this!