Comments on: How Bad is Dairy? http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:42:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: NICOLE http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-159896 Fri, 02 May 2008 22:50:19 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-159896 check out the book: skinny bitch. just google it. tons of nutrition info and pro-vegan resources check out the book: skinny bitch. just google it. tons of nutrition info and pro-vegan resources

]]> by: NICOLE http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-159892 Fri, 02 May 2008 22:48:13 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-159892 dairy products inhibit digestion-this is the major health concern. if you don't want to give up meat or dairy, try organic or kosher products. the animals are killed as humanely as possible. additionally, on a spiritual level, if an animal is tortured prior to death, this can be be very traumatic. if you are consuming the remains of an abused animal, chances are you are also ingesting the trauma and suffering that the animal experienced. dairy products inhibit digestion-this is the major health concern. if you don’t want to give up meat or dairy, try organic or kosher products. the animals are killed as humanely as possible. additionally, on a spiritual level, if an animal is tortured prior to death, this can be be very traumatic. if you are consuming the remains of an abused animal, chances are you are also ingesting the trauma and suffering that the animal experienced.

]]> by: Aaron Blaisdell http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150827 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:44:22 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150827 My experiences mirror those of Pearl. Cheese keeps me awake and happy. Since reading Good Calories, Bad Calories about two months ago, I have dramatically increased my consumption of hard cheese, whole milk (organic, presumably corn-fed), cottage cheese, and yogurt. Likewise, I have dramatically reduced my consumption of most sugars, refined grains (still eat whole wheat bread and pasta), white rice, etc. I used to require a nap in the afternoon (after a meal containing a fair amount of carbs). No more! I feel FULL of energy, more so than ever in my life. I've always been a day dreamer in class, with a poor ability to control my mind wandering or feeling "hazy" or sluggish. I now RARELY experience these feelings of lethargy. Instead, I feel much more alert, awake, high-energy, up-beat, etc. I'm sure many people have adverse reactions to dairy, but not me. There seems to be overwhelming evidence for individual differences in how people react to dietary content. I actually used to think milk was an issue for me (for other reasons) and tried to eliminate it from my diet. At the same time I continued to consume carbs, including from refined sources in large quantity. I didn't feel any better, though. The only change to significantly improve my health and well being has been to drastically reduce carbs, in particular refined carbs. Increasing my consumption of animal protein and fat, including lots of dairy has if anything helped (but it is difficult to say for sure since I made both changes at the same time). My experiences mirror those of Pearl. Cheese keeps me awake and happy. Since reading Good Calories, Bad Calories about two months ago, I have dramatically increased my consumption of hard cheese, whole milk (organic, presumably corn-fed), cottage cheese, and yogurt. Likewise, I have dramatically reduced my consumption of most sugars, refined grains (still eat whole wheat bread and pasta), white rice, etc. I used to require a nap in the afternoon (after a meal containing a fair amount of carbs). No more! I feel FULL of energy, more so than ever in my life. I’ve always been a day dreamer in class, with a poor ability to control my mind wandering or feeling “hazy” or sluggish. I now RARELY experience these feelings of lethargy. Instead, I feel much more alert, awake, high-energy, up-beat, etc. I’m sure many people have adverse reactions to dairy, but not me.

There seems to be overwhelming evidence for individual differences in how people react to dietary content. I actually used to think milk was an issue for me (for other reasons) and tried to eliminate it from my diet. At the same time I continued to consume carbs, including from refined sources in large quantity. I didn’t feel any better, though. The only change to significantly improve my health and well being has been to drastically reduce carbs, in particular refined carbs. Increasing my consumption of animal protein and fat, including lots of dairy has if anything helped (but it is difficult to say for sure since I made both changes at the same time).

]]> by: Timothy Beneke http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150709 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:30:52 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150709 Fascinating -- raises the whole question of the relationship between diet and sleep quality and need; and then is that a confound that influences all the correlational findings on which nutritional claims are based? We know that quality sleep is tied to good health... Fascinating — raises the whole question of the relationship between diet and sleep quality and need; and then is that a confound that influences all the correlational findings on which nutritional claims are based? We know that quality sleep is tied to good health…

]]> by: Pearl http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150672 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:39:12 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150672 Cheese is and always will be the greatest creation on Earth, for me. It has never made me sleepy, rather it regularly makes me the happiest being imaginable, and I eat it whenever possible. I would only be willing to believe that it affects some negatively and other not, or perhaps that strengths of fermentation could play a role in negative effects; I recently read that strong fermentations can aggravate candidas. Perhaps it is opiate-like for me, although elimination from my diet upon moving to Japan did not make me energetic, it only made me incredibly grumpy. Reclaiming cheese made me happy once again. Cheese! Cheese is and always will be the greatest creation on Earth, for me.

It has never made me sleepy, rather it regularly makes me the happiest being imaginable, and I eat it whenever possible.

I would only be willing to believe that it affects some negatively and other not, or perhaps that strengths of fermentation could play a role in negative effects; I recently read that strong fermentations can aggravate candidas.

Perhaps it is opiate-like for me, although elimination from my diet upon moving to Japan did not make me energetic, it only made me incredibly grumpy. Reclaiming cheese made me happy once again. Cheese!

]]> by: david http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150630 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:51:15 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150630 Got Opium? Got Opium?

]]> by: Caleb http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150358 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:55:10 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150358 casein (milk protein) has opiate-like qualities. casein (milk protein) has opiate-like qualities.

]]> by: seth http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150302 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:27:44 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150302 yeah, great point, Mike. yeah, great point, Mike.

]]> by: Mike Kenny http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150244 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:20:16 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150244 Huh, is milk meant to relax and put babies to sleep? Makes some intuitive sense. Huh, is milk meant to relax and put babies to sleep? Makes some intuitive sense.

]]> by: Peter http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150203 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:57:43 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/04/10/how-bad-is-dairy/#comment-150203 Seems to me that some people are allergic/sensitive to dairy, and some aren't. I can eat cheese without any noticeable effects. Of course the last time I ate cheese (the other night) it was made from milk produced by goats that I've met, and they eat mostly grass or whatever is growing in the pasture supplemented with organically-grown alfalfa. Seems to me that some people are allergic/sensitive to dairy, and some aren’t. I can eat cheese without any noticeable effects. Of course the last time I ate cheese (the other night) it was made from milk produced by goats that I’ve met, and they eat mostly grass or whatever is growing in the pasture supplemented with organically-grown alfalfa.

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