I'm a no dairy person myself. I highly recommend doing 30 days dairy free when you start your Primal lifestyle. After that point, try some dairy and see if you notice any differences.

I was super hesitant to give up dairy. I cut it for the 30 days. About 2 months after being Primal, I had some full fat cheese again. It didn't taste as good as I remember it, and almost immediately afterwards made my stomach upset. Now I notice if I let dairy sneak in, I break out with acne (normally I only get acne for 2-3 days around that time of month) and I get crazy sinus congestion.

So I think it's worth it to try cutting it out, and then re-introducing it later to see if it bothers you. If it doesn't bother you, then have at it! But you won't really know if it does or not until you try without it for awhile.

Good luck!

I'm not doing dairy for the moment. I do think it is worthwhile to give it up for 30 days or so to see how you feel. I was going to add dairy back in after my paleo challenge ended but the challenge is over and I have no desire to add dairy back in yet.

When I started living Primal, the only dairy I had was in the powder of my whey protein shake (blended with almond milk or coconut milk), and Kerrygold (grassfed) butter. After the first month or so, I started to allow for the occasional ounce of raw milk, full fat cheese. I found that I tolerate it just fine, and it hasn't slowed my weight loss, so that's what works for me.


Amy

Put me in the "fudging the answer" group. I have butter and cream and feel guilty about it.

My first two weeks going primal I did not give up dairy, was having yogurt or kefir several times a week, small amounts of cheese on occasion, milk in my occasional coffee, and some butter on veggies. Then, after a great first week and totally stalled second week, my third week (4th day today) I decided to cut out nearly all dairy -- still using some butter (Kerrygold) and little bit of goat's milk (which we have for my 1-yr old) in my coffee, but neither is daily.

I once was tested as being sensitive to dairy (IgA testing for food sensitivities), but honestly i'm not sure if i notice a difference or not, the way i did removing grains and sugar. It turns out to be hard for me to give up cheese and yogurt, after going no grain/no sugar, but i am thinking i really should try to go 21 or 30 days w/out and then re-introduce it to see if it does or doesn't make a diff. As previous posters said, that's really the only way to know for sure.

Oddly I had the idea of butter in coffee before I'd even heard of that bulletproof site. I actually prefer the butter coffee to coconut oil coffee.

At first I allowed dairy, but truth is my body loves dairy way too much in the sense of: I have no problem digesting it, I crave it in winter especially.. but it really packs the pounds on me if I'm not careful. Careful as in 1 or less servings per day. That's not much dairy.

So, I've switched to unsweet almond milk and eliminated most dairy except small daily amounts of butter and the more rare small amount of plain/greek yogurt (like one dollop yogurt in a big recipe that I only have a portion of)

Occasionally I can't resist a small amount of cheese, but especially cheese itself I've mostly cut out, just seems to work best for me that way. I find if I go ahead and eat all the cheese I want, even within reason of what daily servings are supposed to be, then the exercise counts for a lot less and I tend to gain.

Each person is different though.

I avoid most dairy, but do often cook in a teaspoon of butter, particularly fried eggs and tomatoes - YUM. I also have a little milk in my coffee - just can't do coffee without milk!!

I avoid most dairy, but do often cook in a teaspoon of butter, particularly fried eggs and tomatoes - YUM. I also have a little milk in my coffee - just can't do coffee without milk!!

I am doing a 30 day challenge and had to give up my TBSP of flavored creamer in my morning coffee - I switched to unsweetened coconut milk (so Delicious brand in cardboard box) - it cuts the coffee as black is a bit to strong (I use a K cup and the ones I have are pretty robust) - still miss the sweet a bit - might have to try coconut milk from the can (I put one in the fridge and scoop out the solitified "cream" on top - so I have a container of coconut creme to use with my fruit and then a container of liquid)

While on the 30 day I am not touching dairy...when it is over I fully expect to add back in some minor dairy - kerrygold butter here and there as a flavoring, a bite of cheese or two (we have an awesome farmers market so very easy to find farm fresh handcrafted cheeses). I use coconut oil for a majority of my frying/sauting...

I did a 30 day whole food cleanse back in November and when I tried to add back in the little bit of dairy I had been eating (greek yogurt, mainly) my stomach revolted in nasty ways...one night I attempted to have a few bites of ice cream...nope not good...My daughter is lactose/casein intolerant so we have gone more towards almond and coconut based things in our house over the past year...

It's kinda like asking various churches "is dancing a sin?"...

Haha, awesome answer!

I eat exclusively from the animal world with the only exception being coconut oil and only a few spoons a day in my bulletproof coffee.

So I do partake in a bit of dairy but it is always either quality butter, or ful fat heavy cream, or hard cheese.

I find if I have to much dairy in a day I get puffy, but a little bit is just fine. Butter is an exemption to this, especially if clarified.

I find if I add any plants at all, the amount of dairy I can consume and not get puffy drops greatly. I think dairy is being blamed for overall carb sensitivity at times.

i have not outlawed dairy at all. i should also add that before i went paleo i was not a huge dairy eater anyway. i never cared to drink milk or eat cheese. but i still have cream and sugar in my coffee and i still use butter when cooking. havent runined my weight loss. still going strong.