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alfreda89 ([personal profile] alfreda89) wrote2011-02-03 10:10 pm
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So...a bit of milkfat may actually reduce the risk of Type 2 Diabetes.

It's only one study so far. But I must admit that when I was on Atkins, my triglycerides and cholesterol were the lowest on record. So...right now, thinking about keeping 100% butter, 100% clarified butter, 100% sour cream and 100% cream in the diet, in tiny doses.

But milk and alas, cheese, will be a rare occurrence.

Furry lobsters are still off the menu....
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[identity profile] originalkitsune.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
Are you allergic to cow dairy?

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
The test suggested that I not eat it regularly. I think it was a sensitivity test, tho, not a genetic one. The supplement I can take when eating out for possible gluten exposure can also be eaten for dairy -- so if I can afford Fogo de Chao, I can have a capsule and eat the flan! (Their rolls are GF -- make from tapioca root!)

[identity profile] originalkitsune.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
yeah most people in the world can't eat dairy. (80% of the world) It makes me wonder why they try so hard to push it on people.

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
Because it was extra nutrition in some societies, and they became accustomed to eating it in small amounts -- usually aged, like cheeses or yogurt or glee. This drinking milk and eating ice cream every day is a last hundred years thing, and not good for us.

[identity profile] noiseinmyhead.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
drinking pasterized homoginized milk that is....

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd say that for some people, it's fine. But if you think about it, the best milk is our own mother's milk, whatever creature we are -- and by the time we humans hit what once was adulthood (12-14) the ability to digest it goes away. Just as some people don't have the enzyme in their mouths to start breaking down carbohydrates. We evolved to fill a niche that we may no longer live in.

It's okay, as long as we figure out what works for us.
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