Is dairy actually bad for you?
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Thank you all for your feedback! I think I might try an elimination diet like y'all suggested to see if that makes a different. I appreciate all of your responses.0
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My daughter developed full-blown digestive issues when she tried - at my suggestion - to add more beans/legumes in to her diet. The fiber bomb did a big number on her. She messed around with all sorts of possible causes because she couldn't believe something that was supposed to be 'healthy', wasn't, for her.
From what I've read, that's normal for most people going from almost no fiber to suddenly adding fiber - apparently, it takes time to adjust and for the body to start producing the required enzymes at higher levels.4 -
My daughter developed full-blown digestive issues when she tried - at my suggestion - to add more beans/legumes in to her diet. The fiber bomb did a big number on her. She messed around with all sorts of possible causes because she couldn't believe something that was supposed to be 'healthy', wasn't, for her.
Welcome to the Crohn's/ulcerative colitis diet. Vegetables bad bad chips good lol0 -
FWIW, "[r]ecent scientific studies have suggested that dairy products may be linked to increased risk for prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and possibly for ovarian and breast cancers."
See: http://www.pcrm.org/health/cancer-resources/ask/ask-the-expert-dairy-products.
Many other links reporting the possible association between the consumption of dairy products and such cancers can be found by doing a simple Google search for them.25 -
Watch the documentary Forks over knives41
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savedbygrace1007 wrote: »Watch the documentary Forks over knives
Forks Over Knives isn't a "documentary". It's a biased, one-sided hack job with an agenda, filled with junk science and half-truths.
If I'm going to watch fiction, I at least want it to be enjoyable.23 -
If u think dairy ,might be your problem, then just stop eating it for a period of time, like 2-4 weeks. U should know in that time frame if u feel better, or no change at all.0
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Dairy will obviously kill you and it should be avoided like a horrible strain of the Ebola virus. It's second only to Diet Coke in lethality as far as I know from reading these forums.11
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It is bad for me and my family (at least my genetic lineage). Cow Milk Protein Intolerance. Not fun. I always found that I didn't like milk. Never would drink it as a kid or an adult.
With my first son, when he started eating food--especially cheese and milk (at 6 months), we found he was regularly having extreme rashes...and even blistering. Allergy tests were negative. We then tried excluding foods one at a time. We finally identified milk as the issue when we removed dairy and later added soy cheese. That is when we confirmed that it was milk protein--turns out many soy cheeses have casein added. We started realizing that it was an issue for everyone in my family to varying degrees. My niece was the worst. All milk protein had to be eliminated--so pretty much no processed food! My father (in his 70's) had his health improve incredibly once milk was eliminated. 2 colonoscopies 6 months apart surprised the specialist...he couldn't believe it!
Long story short. For us, milk is bad.3 -
Personally, cutting dairy was one of the best things i have ever done. I highly recommend anyone to try a month without dairy.
What i find when people do give it up is they say something like "Oh, i have been dealing with (insert ailment here) my whole life, and thought it was just something i would always have to deal with. It went away when i stopped consuming dairy. I never knew it was the dairy!"14 -
"People love to cut out dairy when they want to lose fat. But if you cut out dairy, you might be making fat loss harder, not easier. Cameos by Eric Helms, Alan Aragon, Brad Schoenfeld, and Spencer Nadolsky."
https://weightology.net/stop-ditching-the-dairy/7 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
You can most likely thank paleo diet misinformation all over the web for that.
One of my favorite quotes that I re-use in all sorts of situations like this is, "more is written about [this topic] than is known." LOL.
Not original with me. Heard it during a training seminar for an early business/industrial "expert system" app about 30 yrs ago. Have used it to debunk all sorts of questionable assertions.
I like your comment.4 -
You can develop an intolerance or allergy at any time of your life, regardless of whether you've been eating it for years.
IMO dairy is very tasty, relatively cheap and an easy source of protein for humans but NOT healthy or ideal. No other species goes and sucks on another species once it's weaned so why do we gobble the milk of other animals? The answer is because it's been heavily marketed to us and it tastes great especially with all that other *kitten* added to it. Hence why so many people do develop an intolerance to it at some point.
We are biologically programmed to eat our own species milk (ie breast milk) until weaning age which should be around 2-6 years of age. After that we have absolutely no evolutionary or biological need for milk.
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You can develop an intolerance or allergy at any time of your life, regardless of whether you've been eating it for years.
IMO dairy is very tasty, relatively cheap and an easy source of protein for humans but NOT healthy or ideal. No other species goes and sucks on another species once it's weaned so why do we gobble the milk of other animals? The answer is because it's been heavily marketed to us and it tastes great especially with all that other *kitten* added to it. Hence why so many people do develop an intolerance to it at some point.
We are biologically programmed to eat our own species milk (ie breast milk) until weaning age which should be around 2-6 years of age. After that we have absolutely no evolutionary or biological need for milk.
Most animals, when given the chance, will drink another animal's milk.17 -
It’s funny. I used to have issues with lactose, but since I’ve switched to a mostly plant based diet (and adjusted to all of the fiber. It’s been a few years), I don’t have many issues if I eat something that used to bother me, like ice cream, or biscuits and gravy. Maybe bc I’m just processing it faster, or maybe those bean enzymes help with that too. I have no idea.0
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Hi all! So I'm here wondering if dairy is something I should actually consider taking out of my diet. Lately I have had some really bad bloating at the end of my day, and so many people tell me that I should cut back on dairy.
I've tried doing my own research but can never find anything conclusive enough, so here I am! Any thoughts?
There are people with the genetics to digest lactose, and people without them. I have no problem and need extra calcium, so I eat plenty of dairy.
For someone without those genes it is a problem to digest.
The issue is that a lot of the animal rights groups have spread propaganda saying dairy is bad. It’s not. It’s fine to not drink it if you don’t want to, but there are no health differences in using dairy or not unless you have an allergy or can’t digest lactose.3 -
You can develop an intolerance or allergy at any time of your life, regardless of whether you've been eating it for years.
IMO dairy is very tasty, relatively cheap and an easy source of protein for humans but NOT healthy or ideal. No other species goes and sucks on another species once it's weaned so why do we gobble the milk of other animals? The answer is because it's been heavily marketed to us and it tastes great especially with all that other *kitten* added to it. Hence why so many people do develop an intolerance to it at some point.
We are biologically programmed to eat our own species milk (ie breast milk) until weaning age which should be around 2-6 years of age. After that we have absolutely no evolutionary or biological need for milk.
Plenty of species will drink the milk of a different species if offered it as an adult. Most species just don’t have the ability to milk other animals.
Often you can catch adult guinea pigs nursing off a lactating sow. It’s something that people who raise them have to keep an eye out to make sure it isn’t happening so the pups get enough milk.6 -
stevencloser wrote: »You can develop an intolerance or allergy at any time of your life, regardless of whether you've been eating it for years.
IMO dairy is very tasty, relatively cheap and an easy source of protein for humans but NOT healthy or ideal. No other species goes and sucks on another species once it's weaned so why do we gobble the milk of other animals? The answer is because it's been heavily marketed to us and it tastes great especially with all that other *kitten* added to it. Hence why so many people do develop an intolerance to it at some point.
We are biologically programmed to eat our own species milk (ie breast milk) until weaning age which should be around 2-6 years of age. After that we have absolutely no evolutionary or biological need for milk.
Most animals, when given the chance, will drink another animal's milk.
And most dint tolerate it. They simply like the taste. Both nu cat and my dog will gobble cows milk but will have violent diarrhea from it.
Most humans will willingly eat sugar, chocolate, candy, cake, alcohol etc but that doesn't mean they should or that it's good for them.24 -
You can develop an intolerance or allergy at any time of your life, regardless of whether you've been eating it for years.
IMO dairy is very tasty, relatively cheap and an easy source of protein for humans but NOT healthy or ideal. No other species goes and sucks on another species once it's weaned so why do we gobble the milk of other animals? The answer is because it's been heavily marketed to us and it tastes great especially with all that other *kitten* added to it. Hence why so many people do develop an intolerance to it at some point.
We are biologically programmed to eat our own species milk (ie breast milk) until weaning age which should be around 2-6 years of age. After that we have absolutely no evolutionary or biological need for milk.
Plenty of species will drink the milk of a different species if offered it as an adult. Most species just don’t have the ability to milk other animals.
Often you can catch adult guinea pigs nursing off a lactating sow. It’s something that people who raise them have to keep an eye out to make sure it isn’t happening so the pups get enough milk.
Of their own species. Do you see them drinking off a fully grown cow? Do you think they could tolerate cows milk? Cows milk is designed for rapid muscle growth in calves. I doubt Guinea pigs or humans need that.21
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