As your Coaches we research many subjects on nutrition in hopes to give our members accurate information as simply as possible. When it comes to the paleo diet you can go to many different resources and it is made very clear that items like sugar, cereal grains, legumes, processed foods, and industrial vegetable oils should be completely avoided; if they can’t be consumed in their raw state then they are not meant to be consumed.
Dairy on the other hand seems to be the one food group that is not so black and white. We encourage you to read Mark Sisson’s blog on the ‘Definitive Guide to Dairy’ http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dairy-intolerance/#more-10433 . Although he does not state dairy needs to be completely avoided he makes it clear it is not the best source of calcium and vitamin D as we have been lead to believe and that all dairy is not created equally.
The choice is ultimately yours but we feel it is our job to give our members the recourses and information to make an educated one.
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J.G Bennett, Transformation
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4. March 2010 at 8:48 am
This is good stuff. My suggestion to people is – take ALL dairy out of your diet for 2 weeks…bring it back in…and then tell me how you feel. In 90% of the cases, people will tell you that they felt better WITHOUT it.
4. March 2010 at 1:04 pm
I took it out, but it’s now back in. Maybe the improvement was sub-clinical but I didn’t notice anything. I never went crazy with dairy to begin with since I’m lactose-intolerant, so maybe 1 teaspoon of whole milk in tea 3 times a week isn’t enough to make a difference. But I had my first cup of yogurt in a over a year this week. I felt no worse for the wear. I decided I need those calories and yogurt is going back into my diet.
4. March 2010 at 2:16 pm
Joe – I did the same thing – went 100% no dairy and the started working back in yogurt. I actually feel much better eating yogurt on a daily basis – great for digestion and many other benefits.
4. March 2010 at 7:30 pm
That’s interesting, Gordon, because I actually thought that I felt better too (hence the ultimate decision to work it back into my diet), but I wasn’t sure if I could believe myself because of all the bad press dairy/yogurt gets. Guess it’s not just me then!
4. March 2010 at 8:05 pm
Gordon and Joe … the moral of the story is that you found out the right way! Good work. Everyone should try it.