What you need to know about dairy products

Yes or no, should you eat dairy products?

This is one of the most frequently asked questions.

To answer it, let's look at the effect of dairy products on the digestive system and the industrialisation of milk production.

Our digestive system

At birth, we naturally have an enzyme for digesting milk products: lactase, which is needed to digest lactose.

After weaning at around 4 years of age, this enzyme for digesting milk proteins becomes rare or even disappears in favour of the enzyme for digesting meat proteins.

Insufficiently broken down lactose is then inadequately digested.

The result: real digestive discomfort, but also the possible appearance of many other problems such as rhinitis, sinusitis, eczema, migraines, concentration problems and joint pain.

The industrialisation of dairy

More and more cows are being forced to produce more and more milk.

To do this, they are given more and more hormones and antibiotics.

The problem is that cows, goats and sheep excrete most of their toxins through their milk.

The result is that most of the time we are consuming a product that is rich in toxins.

What about calcium for the bones?

This is a common question. "If I stop eating dairy products, will I run out of calcium? "

Calcium is present in most of our food.

In fruit (orange, clementine, kiwi? ), vegetables (courgettes, spinach, kale, broccoli, watercress, endive, green beans, parsley), proteins (sardines in olive oil with the bone, anchovies, mackerel in olive oil with the bone, herring, tuna, cod, salmon, oysters, eggs, poultry), pulses (lentils, beans), rice, oatmeal, sesame seeds... In water (Hépar®, Contrex®, Courmayer®, tap water...)

To conclude: Eliminate or drastically reduce dairy products.

Milk can be replaced in culinary preparations by oat milk, rice milk, almond milk or hazelnut milk. These vegetable milks are also available with added calcium.