I have received a question from a reader. I wanted to know about unsweetened rice milk. He was aware of unsweetened soy milk, but was looking for rice milk instead.

Well, you could try it the same way we do nut milks. To make nut milks, simply soak the nuts overnight, pour the nuts and milk into the blender, and then you have the nut milk. Perhaps rice milk was made the same way.

Or you could just get Rice Dream.

Unfortunately, Rice Dream is sweetened, making it bad for people with candida problems. It may not say anything on the box, but it does contain sweetener. They usually use brown rice syrup, or malt syrup, or organic cane juice, or maltodextrin, etc. If it only includes brown rice, consider using brown rice syrup. If it tastes sweet, it has been sweetened with something. The amount of sugar it contains will be listed on the nutrition label in the carbohydrate section. If it has more than a couple of grams of sugar, it is sweetened with something.

There is a website with tons of recipes for making your own rice and there are some unsweetened rice milk recipes. However, white rice can also be a problem for people with candida.

Sally Fallon, the author of the Nourishing Traditions cookbook, just gave a lecture and felt it was difficult for the body to process soy. So it might be a better idea to switch to rice milk. But knowing that unsweetened rice milk is hard to find, you can try diluted coconut milk. Coconut milk is expensive, but a can lasts for several days if diluted, and in addition to being antifungal, it tastes much better than soy.