lindsay
Member
Recently I started paying more close attention to how I react to certain foods and I've noticed milk is giving me a bit of trouble. I buy local raw milk - it's grass fed (at least in the good months). If I drink it without cooking it, I get migraines, so I need to cook it. I usually skim as much cream off the top, but probably only manage to get it down to 2%.
The biggest issue I'm noticing with milk the more I drink, however, is "estrogen-dominance" like symptoms: bloating, muscle pain/swelling, histamine reactions/migraines, etc. (feels kind of like PMS symptoms) I'm wondering if it has to do with the milk cream and estrogen content? I recall in Peat's book (from PMS to Menopause) that a high calcium diet in the presence of excess estrogen can be dangerous (because of the calcium being deposited in the soft bone tissue).
I started my cynoplus supplementation when I was on vacation and noticed immediate relief from things like fluid retention, and I even lost a bit of weight after almost two weeks. the funny thing is, when I came back home and started drinking milk, all the weight came back on. If I stop drinking milk, the weight falls off. So, I'm a little confused. It's not the liquids - if I don't drink milk, I drink other liquids throughout the day without as much trouble. Any ideas why this could be? I know Peat recommends lots of calcium for a reason, but is it possible that it's hard for people in a position of low thyroid function because of hormone imbalances?
Anyhow, I'm going to try a calcium supplement and see if the lack of liquids and hormones makes a difference. If anyone has found a good milk here in the US that they would like to recommend, I'm all ears.
Edit: I haven't really tried any other milks yet, as the raw milk I get is the best tasting and most cost efficient.
The biggest issue I'm noticing with milk the more I drink, however, is "estrogen-dominance" like symptoms: bloating, muscle pain/swelling, histamine reactions/migraines, etc. (feels kind of like PMS symptoms) I'm wondering if it has to do with the milk cream and estrogen content? I recall in Peat's book (from PMS to Menopause) that a high calcium diet in the presence of excess estrogen can be dangerous (because of the calcium being deposited in the soft bone tissue).
I started my cynoplus supplementation when I was on vacation and noticed immediate relief from things like fluid retention, and I even lost a bit of weight after almost two weeks. the funny thing is, when I came back home and started drinking milk, all the weight came back on. If I stop drinking milk, the weight falls off. So, I'm a little confused. It's not the liquids - if I don't drink milk, I drink other liquids throughout the day without as much trouble. Any ideas why this could be? I know Peat recommends lots of calcium for a reason, but is it possible that it's hard for people in a position of low thyroid function because of hormone imbalances?
Anyhow, I'm going to try a calcium supplement and see if the lack of liquids and hormones makes a difference. If anyone has found a good milk here in the US that they would like to recommend, I'm all ears.
Edit: I haven't really tried any other milks yet, as the raw milk I get is the best tasting and most cost efficient.