"Shed peace, not discord wherever you go."
It sounds so easy to do, but at times it is difficult. Who doesn't want to share peace and harmony with everyone? I know I want to, but at times it is difficult when there are those who only want to shed discord. I have found that in these economic times, some people are not just happy. Did you ever meet an unhappy person? I have! This past summer I met many unhappy individuals. I do not know if it is because they are physically ill or mentally ill. The longer I remain in a small community for the summer the more unhappy people I seem to meet. The more I think of these past summer the more I pray for those who cause harm to others. I would rather pray for their harmony as good karma is the only choice in life!
There are many reasons people consume fewer dairy products or avoid them altogether. Most of the time the individual doesn't relate their bloating, flatulence and changes in stool to their dairy consumption. The younger generation consumes more soda or pop by 300% over the past 50 years. Some avoid dairy because of the advice from their health care practitioner, or because of a history of kidney stones, calcium deposits in joints or bothersome skin conditions that can be related to dairy. Dairy as it exists today is very inflammatory. Some have to avoid dairy due to lactose intolerance. Lactose is the sugar found in milk that gets broken down in the small intestine into two simple sugars (glucose and galactose) which are then absorbed by the brush border of the small intestines. There is a normal physiologic decline in the absorption of milk as we get older. This is a lactase (the enzyme which breaks down lactose) deficiency, called lactase non-persistence. There is a difference in lactose intolerance and lactase non-persistence.
If you avoid dairy you must make sure you get the proper supplementation of minerals that are found in dairy. You need to still get the adequate calcium and magnesium levels, and do not forget the trace minerals as manganese, zinc, selenium and copper. Calcium is critical to bone health.
I agree with avoiding dairy as it exists today. Make sure you eat spinach for calcium, bananas and avocados for potassium, eggs for vitamin A (organic eggs), canned sardines and salmon (from http://www.vitalchoice.com/) for B12 and Vitamin D, almonds for riboflavin and (if not allergic) cooked soybeans for magnesium. There are alternatives to milk in the way of other foods.
You can eat other dairy as in sheep or goat. I would also suggest raw dairy. To be informed about raw dairy join http://www.westonaprice.org/
THE QUESTION IS - TO BE OR NOT TO BE A DAIRY CONSUMER
Until tomorrow...
When you say you suggest raw dairy, does that include milk?
ReplyDeleteCan one just start drinking raw milk having never done so before?