So the first time I read about giving up dairy, it was when reading You Are What You Eat by Gillian McKeith. My reaction was exactly this: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA [gasp] HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!
I know Ms. McKeith is a nutritionist and did a very good job explaining why one should give up dairy. I can even see why one should reduce the amount of dairy, but forever give up milk, yogurt, sour cream, a plethora of cheeses and such delicacies as whipped cream, breve lattes, and my dearly beloved queso? uh-huh. no way. I'll just be fat, thanks.
Kris Carr, however, in Crazy, Sexy Diet had a much more, um, vivid description of how dairy clogs you up. Literally. She eloquently sums it up: "milk creates mucus, mucus creates inflammation, stagnation, and a whole lotta disorder in your gut" [p. 92] and then proceeds with all the shitty [pun intended!] details! It was highly effective approach--at least for me. Even more so for my roommate, whom I drug along with me on this journey, and who stopped drinking whole milk instantaneously after reading Chapter 4, Tushie and Milk Mustaches. And you know what? She's right. Go ahead, I dare you. Give up dairy for even a week and see how you feel. More importantly, when you add it back it you'll notice the heaviness and bloating in your gut. So while I can't give up my beloved dairy forever and ever, thanks to Ms. Carr, I can go longer before indulging.
~a little salt for your tequila and lime (for preventing scurvy, of course!)
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