Saturday, August 8, 2009

Has anyone tried the dairy diet? And if so, is it effective?

Most people have seen the commercials that advise you to drink 24 oz of milk a day, eat part skim cheeses, yogurt and so forth. I am looking for a safe and steady nutrition plan to be at my goal weight by sunmmer, and I was wondering if anyone has tried this high dairy diet and if it has worked, because I am considering trying it.
Answer:
I normally eat lots of low fat dairy but last month I did't and I had the worst pmt and no energy and just generally felt sluggish. Low fat dairy is a great source of protein which fills you up for longer and gives you energy. Low fat dairy has also been proven to coat the bowel with calcium (nice!) which means you only absorb half the fat in your diet so this is a very sensible diet as long as you eat plenty of fruit, veg and grains and pulses. Good luck.
I have never tried it but I would assume it would work pretty well. I know milk is an appetite supressant. But make sure you eat some fruits and veggies too. All that dairy can make you constipated.
Had a lot of runs..................found out i was lactose intolerant..........my friend tried it too lost 26pounds in 5 weeks........
They recommend people to drink that much milk because it does have a lot of calcium but you can get a lot of calcium if you eat a better salad with Dinosaur Kale and other darker green leafy veggies like thin dark greener leafy lettuces (Romaine), Red leaf Lettuce, Green leaf lettuce, Dandelions, Spinach, etc........ all in one meal!! Most people use watercress lettuce for salads and although it does have a lot of water it is recomended to eat green leaf veggies for nutrients and vitamins that lettuce does not carry.A good replacement for milk is Dinosaur Kale or Kale juice if you have a juicer............and remember not to forget to eat color veggies and fruits like carrots, beets, tomatoes, potatoes, cilantro, parsley, Italian parsley, mint, etc..... They unlike milk will provide you with everything but the fat. Animal fat is needed but not as much and the other reason they recomend milk like any other diet because:They think you will have a balance diet including fiber foods, fruits, veggies, all types of meats, nuts.They expect you to do aerobic exercise for at least 30 minutes daily (you should also do an-aerobic exercise to maintain endurance, strenght, good health at least a couple days out of the week).Assuming that you are getting a good diet and exercise you should also get plenty of sleep.......before it was believed that kids should get 8 hours but if you talk to experts now days is recomended for them to get 10-12 hours and us grown ups 8-10 hours but since most people have stress lives only get about 6-8 so don't feel bad if you get less than 8 hours of sleep but do try to accomodate your daily work so that you can get more sleep.I hope this helps you get a more healthy perspective of what is good for any diet and don't go by the general idea of what works. You can loose weight doing pretty much anything but what they don't tell you is if it is recomended for helthy resons or just to ignorantly loose weight and later find yourself in a unhealthy way of living. Poor diet, lack of sleep and unproper excercise could land you in depression!!Good luck!!

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