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The Truth About Dairy Consumption and Your Health

From Dairy-Truth.com
August 2024

It is our genuine hope that the United States, and other nations where cow's milk is culturally accepted as "food", will begin to accept the evidence that cow, goat and other non-human animals' milk is neither healthy nor physiologically suited for human consumption.

My Personal Story

My journey into plant-based nutrition began when I was going through in vitro fertilisation treatment after experiencing infertility for over a decade. I stumbled across some research into plant-based diets and hormone health. Initially I was very skeptical, believing that it would be difficult to achieve adequate calcium and iron status, as well as meeting my protein needs, without meat and dairy. I decided to do more research and really look into the science, and it was then I realised there was a wealth of evidence showing the benefits of eliminating meat and dairy from the diet.

Eliminating meat and fish was not a problem, but I struggled to give up dairy completely until shortly after my son was born. It was during his first few weeks that I noticed he was becoming increasingly irritable, especially following a feed, and for a couple of hours afterwards. He was also really struggling with constipation and I would have to massage his abdomen firmly for some time before he was able to open his bowels, and even then I would often have to continue massaging until he had finished.

I took him to the doctor several times over the course of three weeks, before he was assessed by the paediatric team at our local hospital and was suspected to have cow’s milk protein allergy. This was confirmed by a skin prick test, although it was deemed to be very mild. As I was breastfeeding him, I gave up dairy overnight, which was my final step into becoming 100% plant-based, and within weeks he was a different child. He was soiling his nappy regularly and was generally much happier.

When he was 10 months old, his paediatrician advised that we start the milk ladder. This is where small amounts of dairy are introduced over a number of weeks to test the child’s tolerance. I was reluctant to do this but was advised that it was important to avoid potentially worsening the allergic reaction if he came into contact with dairy at a later age, so we went ahead.

After two weeks of reintroduction, his gut symptoms started again, and he became noticeably more lethargic. He had just started to crawl but rather than being full of energy, he became listless and would lie on the floor rather than move around. He was also unsettled at night. I immediately decided to put him back on a dairy-free regimen and within weeks he was back to his old self. He was re-tested during his second year and the results came back clear: he had grown out of his dairy allergy, as is commonplace in children.

However, he remains dairy free and plant based, and is now a thriving, very energetic 3-year old. Incidentally, three months after following a fully plant-based diet (three years in December, 2021), my absent menstrual cycle returned and has continued to follow a 28-30 day pattern.

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Please read the ENTIRE ARTICLE HERE, including:

• The History of Milk Consumption
• Nutritional Considerations of Dairy
• Dairy and Cancer
• Dairy and Skin Health
• Dairy and Bone Health
• Dairy and Parkinson's Disease
• Lactose Intelerance
• Cow's Milk Protein Allergy
• Dairy and Sport’s Performance
• Dairy and Alzheimer’s Disease

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