Remember this later as it relates to autism.

Each day, one or more people send emails asking for the differences between soymilk and cow's milk. Let's compare 100-gram portions (3.5 ounces) of soymilk vs. cow's milk:

Cow's milk has 61 calories. Soymilk has 33 calories. Cow's milk contains 3.34 grams of fat. Soymilk contains 1.91 grams of fat.

Cow's milk has 14 milligrams of cholesterol and no dietary fiber. Soymilk contains 1.3 grams of fiber
and has zero cholesterol.

Cow's milk contains a full range of amino acids. Soymilk also contains a full range of amino acids. Both contain plenty of protein. Cow's milk actually only contains one-half gram more protein than the
100-gram portion of soymilk. As for the nine essential amino acids in protein necessary for sustaining life, cow's milk and soy milk contain nearly identical amounts, but cow's milk does win this one by a whisker, containing a mere one-fifth of a gram more essential amino acids than the soy.

That may be a hollow victory for milk lovers because one of the nine essential amino acids is  methionine. Cow's milk contains more than twice as much methionine as does soymilk. The center atom of methionine is sulfur. Too much animal protein creates an acid condition in the blood which the body must neutralize by taking calcium from the bones. Nations eating the most animal protein have the highest rates of osteoporosis. More on that:

http://www.notmilk.com/o.html

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