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Dairy?
According to cultures and religions, man has kept a certain consumption of cow’s milk. But it was long before the industrial processes which destroy by pasteurization, homogenization, skimming and sterilization what little interest it could still hold. Not to mention preservative additives.
However, today we agree to consider raw milk as an acceptable and even beneficial food. If consumed only in limited quantities and managing to find extra fresh and organic. But also, it seems to me, with farms where we know how the animals are fed. If cows are pushed to extremes to produce abnormal amounts of milk, how can the quality of the milk be present! Toxins from vaccinations or chemical fertilizers from the grass consumed or from their food are inevitably found in their milk.
What about dairy?
I wouldn’t mind if cows were raised in an ancestral way.
Unfortunately, cows eat grass often polluted by air contamination or pollution, are fed with hormones, and stuffed with antibiotics to treat or prevent disease. As if that is not enough, their milk is then heated, processed, pasteurized. And all we don’t know yet about…
Yes, quitting dairy is tough because we are raised being bombarded with information and conditioned that milk is to be essential for our growth. As the sole source of calcium so important for our toddlers’ growth, and bones of our elderly.
Today the available quantity of milk is so colossal that the industry produces astronomical number of products and derivatives. They are, of course, seeking to sell. The temptation is therefore enormous, and we are solicited through daily advertising campaigns. When it is not doctors themselves putting their efforts into it. Fortunately, today many doctors are starting to change and for many ailments, advise stopping milk.
You hear many adults arguing they don’t drink milk. Indeed, they are not consuming any glass of milk. Only it is, in one way or another, absolutely noticed everywhere in industrial food. Even in products where you wouldn’t even suspect the existence. Like vacuum-packed ham. If you look closely at composition, you may find lactose among other additives.
The only way not to consume it is to scrutinize every label because, in one form or another, milk and its derivatives are found in almost all prepared products. And one drop is enough to disrupt your entire metabolism. So, just a little remains consuming milk.
Beyond quality rarely present, with rare exceptions, also think that cow’s milk allows the calf to double its weight in 50 days thanks to a hormone, albumin.
So maybe this is caricatural, but don’t you think it can affect your metabolism and some resistance to shedding excess weight? And that’s, in my opinion, one of the reasons why I didn’t gain any weight by quitting smoking, beyond letting go.
Many symptoms can also be relieved by stopping cow’s milk and its products.
Besides, albumin, it is also very rich in lactose (sugar), fat, vitamins, and minerals.
Each animal milk is programmed to develop its young with its optimum nutrients for each species. And once the little ones are weaned, they completely give up their consumption.
Raw Milk?
Note that raw milk has not undergone any treatment, neither against germs, nor even to be preserved. It is sold within 48 hours of milking and should be consumed within 24 hours. It is to be boiled for 5 minutes. Then let it cool to remove the skin.
It is quite rich in fat: 38 to 50 g per liter. Semi-skimmed milk contains between 15 and 18 g per liter and skimmed milk hardly contains any more.
Calcium, excuse to make us consume dairy products, is much less assimilable than from vegetables
If you still wish to consume it, prefer fermented dairy products (yogurt, kefir, cottage cheese) or natural milk cheeses. Indeed, from the age of 4, we no longer have the digestive juices, the gastric enzyme, and the lactase to digest it perfectly.
Other source of Calcium?
- almonds
- figs
- arrowroot
- barley
- nettles
- soybean
- sesame seeds
- broccoli
- red cabbages
- watercress
- spinach
- blackcurrant
Lactose vs casein?
Lactose, milk sugar, rather promotes abdominal and digestion problems while casein, milk protein, inflames the entire ORL system with all the ailments that result from it with the mucus formation. Hence clogged, runny nose, rhinitis to sinusitis. And troubles up to bronchitis.
Symptoms of lactose intolerance are around abdominal pain, bloating, gas, and diarrhea. You experience these symptoms about an hour after ingesting a product that contains it. If you pay attention to the labels, you will find that you should see lactose in so many products. On the other hand, products such as fermented products, butter or hard cheeses contain almost no lactose.
For those casein intolerants, no product may be tolerated. It is said ghee being casein-free since the protein is removed from the butter. But I don’t tolerate it at all. It’s up to you to try.
Be mindful with all products mentioning milk, lactose, casein, dry milk protein, milk powder, whey, lactalbumin, lactoferrin, lactoglobulin, beta-lactoglobulin, caseinate, casein-rennet, hydrolyzed milk proteins. Also think of medications, many contain lactose in their envelope, body milks or soaps.
The calcium (see where to find it above) in milk is not well absorbed by the body and tends to leave deposits in the tissues. Excessive consumption of milk then leads rather to arthritis with manifestations of rheumatism, asthma, or eczema.
The fats in milk (saturated fatty acids) promote cardiovascular disease. In addition, cow’s milk would fix toxins present in the body and teenage acne is, for example, one of the symptoms of clogging.
I’m willing to hear all arguments in favor of real raw milk and products made with love from it. I asked myself why certain so-called “health” foods, as in Ayurvedic cuisine, milk was so present. Even with Doctor Kousmine, in the basis of her porridge breakfast so famous for having cured many serious pathologies. Even if it had changed since.
On the other hand, lactate and lactic acid are not milk.
Additional thoughts
Until now I keep the goat and the sheep. But I will undoubtedly begin to question sheep which seems to begin to suffer the same cow’s inconveniences with intense industrialization. The goat, remaining a more rebellious animal, is less likely to be tamed and industrialized.
It isn’t, of course, easy eliminating dairy. As mentioned, it is everywhere, the goal then is to choose the most raw and natural foods possible. And to get back a little in the kitchen. You also have many preparations or products your love, which have always been part of your life and not necessarily easy letting them go. You start trying to copy your favorite dishes with dairy free alternatives.
When you start to listen to yourself more carefully and pay attention to any discomfort some products or preparations bring, it is difficult to go back and make exceptions
Now, I do react very quickly. My nose has become a radar and I sniff, or it clogs at the slightest deviation. And with “dairy” often without my knowledge.
But the good news is that tastes and cravings change over time.
Other Frequently Asked Questions
Some Nutrition infos and thoughts
What about Gluten?
Nothing beats bread out of the oven with a good olive oil and fleur de sel or butter! With the increase of intolerance or allergy to gluten, it has become a huge topic if not in some cases, just . If you have not been diagnosed with intolerance or celiac disease, please do not completely avoid gluten. Just be choosy with quality as the main problem comes from intensive manufacturing. And quantity, not at every meal 😉
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What about vegetarian or vegan?
I’m not a vegetarian myself. Why? because I believe in wholeness and not to exclude nor diabolised any food except in case of intolerance or allergy, disease, which is often the body saying stop to an abuse! I’m not a meat eater as I was raised by a meat eater and rejected it when I became independant to choose. Eventually poultry if quality is met.
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What about Sugars?
Sugar is a huge topic and even without health problems with sugar, it’s a viable concern to reduce our intake as it is everywhere even in food where it should not be in! So choose your sugars and there are so many delicious and much better than pure white sugar. Don’t deprive yourself of desserts but choose!
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Bio or not bio?
As a believer in quality & taste, you could think I advocate bio but I don’t. I only searching for the best product and quality. Many produce high quality without willing to go through the specifications of the bio label. It surely gives standards but also as any organisation, is money related. In any case, I’m not willing to pay twice the price sometimes for lesser taste than non bio products.
What about Gluten?
Nothing beats bread out of the oven with a good olive oil and fleur de sel or butter! With the increase of intolerance or allergy to gluten, it has become a huge topic if not in some cases, just . If you have not been diagnosed with intolerance or celiac disease, please do not completely avoid gluten. Just be choosy with quality as the main problem comes from intensive manufacturing. And quantity, not at every meal 😉
What about vegetarian or vegan?
I’m not a vegetarian myself. Why? because I believe in wholeness and not to exclude nor diabolised any food except in case of intolerance or allergy, disease, which is often the body saying stop to an abuse! I’m not a meat eater as I was raised by a meat eater and rejected it when I became independant to choose. Eventually poultry if quality is met.
What about Sugars?
Sugar is a huge topic and even without health problems with sugar, it’s a viable concern to reduce our intake as it is everywhere even in food where it should not be in! So choose your sugars and there are so many delicious and much better than pure white sugar. Don’t deprive yourself of desserts but choose!
Organic?
As a believer in quality & taste, you could think I advocate bio but I don’t. I only searching for the best product and quality. Many produce high quality without willing to go through the specifications of the bio label. It surely gives standards but also as any organisation, is money related. In any case, I’m not willing to pay twice the price sometimes for lesser taste than non bio products.
If you favor seasonal products, you might observe that prices may be a little more expensive, but you will find your way very easily in the end. Recently, I observed the other way round. Prices for season products are cheaper in organic markets than in supermarkets!
An organic or well raised product is denser and nourishes you better. You need less in quantity to be satisfied, and your taste buds experience more pleasurable in quality. A supermarket veggie may be inexpensive in season, but usually is 80 to 90% water, unlike one that grew in better nourished lands. Take an example like the mushroom. A good mushroom hardly disgorges any water during cooking. Try it with mushrooms from your supermarket. Your wok or pan is full of water, and you will find it difficult to brown them well.
As for the groceries, they are not much more expensive. Unless you are into prepared dishes. But isn’t the idea to start preparing your specialties at home?
An argument and not the least but when your cells are better nourished, you will be in better physical and mind shape. You will need less doctors, therapists, if at all. Especially with the few Nature’s treasures presented below to consolidate your health and heal if necessary.


