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My doctor wants me to get more calcium into my diet. Oh, boy...
Like a lot of grownups, I thought I'd reached the age where drinking milk gave me problems. Digestive difficulties, as it were. Too long an interruption in the milk-drinking habit had reduced the native flora or fauna or whatever lactobacilli are to an insufficient population.
I've changed my mind. Now I think it's the milk, not me. And this is why -- I can drink some milk without any unpleasant repercussions at all.
So, I invite y'all, if you're in the same boat, to try this experiment.
1) Find a store that keeps its milk in enclosed coolers. Something where you have to open the door to get the milk. Especially if it's a small enough cooler that you can see the back wall of it. That usually means a bodega or other very small venue, but what you want is a store that keeps the milk consistently cold. Those huge open coolers at the big grocery stores are right out. Don't even bother.
2) Check the brands they carry and look among them for a local dairy, or if you can't find a local one, a dairy which has a very short cow-to-bottle distance.
3) Bonus points if the dairy doesn't use growth hormones.
4) Take home some of that brand, keeping it as cold as you can (use an insulated bag if necessary) and then keep it in the cooler part of your refrigerator (not on the door!). Never leave it out on the counter.
5) Start with small portions, and work up.
Then let me know how it goes. I'd love to see if this works for someone else.
*goes back to drinking her milk*
My doctor wants me to get more calcium into my diet. Oh, boy...
Like a lot of grownups, I thought I'd reached the age where drinking milk gave me problems. Digestive difficulties, as it were. Too long an interruption in the milk-drinking habit had reduced the native flora or fauna or whatever lactobacilli are to an insufficient population.
I've changed my mind. Now I think it's the milk, not me. And this is why -- I can drink some milk without any unpleasant repercussions at all.
So, I invite y'all, if you're in the same boat, to try this experiment.
1) Find a store that keeps its milk in enclosed coolers. Something where you have to open the door to get the milk. Especially if it's a small enough cooler that you can see the back wall of it. That usually means a bodega or other very small venue, but what you want is a store that keeps the milk consistently cold. Those huge open coolers at the big grocery stores are right out. Don't even bother.
2) Check the brands they carry and look among them for a local dairy, or if you can't find a local one, a dairy which has a very short cow-to-bottle distance.
3) Bonus points if the dairy doesn't use growth hormones.
4) Take home some of that brand, keeping it as cold as you can (use an insulated bag if necessary) and then keep it in the cooler part of your refrigerator (not on the door!). Never leave it out on the counter.
5) Start with small portions, and work up.
Then let me know how it goes. I'd love to see if this works for someone else.
*goes back to drinking her milk*
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Date: 2007-03-31 07:22 pm (UTC)Because of various family needs, my fridge currently holds 1% milk in a regular translucent plastic bottle,the vanilla-soy, and a lactose-free milk.
All three have 30% of the daily calcium per cup. The soy took a bit of getting used to, but I really like it now.
I remember seeing a news story on how dairy products sometimes sit out at room-temp for hours in back rooms before they're refrigerated, so it wouldn't surprise me at all if it was the quality of the milk that affects a lot of people.
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Date: 2007-04-01 12:05 am (UTC)I hadn't seen any news stories like that, but I believe it!