Hey yall,
Hope everyone is doing amazing today! My quick question is basically whats up with dairy, should i not have it? I have been reading lots of posts about going dairy free, is it bad for me? Just curious because I am trying to do this correctly? Is there a limit on the amount of dairy one should have during the day? Will it help ease some minor tummy issues if I give it up?
My apologies, that was quite a bit more than 1 question. Thanks in advance for any advice or answers i get.
It’s an individual thing. For some it’s inflammatory and for others it’s not. Appears to be genetic. I personally have no issues with dairy.
There are two issues with dairy: lactose intolerance and milk protein sensitivity.
All babies produce the enzyme lactase, or they’d never be able to cope with lactose, but most people lose the ability to produce lactase at some point after weaning. Two populations, however, developed mutations that allow them to continue to produce lactase all their lives: the Maasai, and Northern Europeans. If you have ancestors from either of those populations you are not likely to have to worry about lactose-intolerance.
An allergy or sensitivity to milk proteins, especially casein, can develop at any time, and it brings its own set of problems, unrelated to lactose.
In either case, people affected by these conditions usually find it best to avoid dairy. It fairly often happens that people discover that they have a problem with dairy only after they’ve been keto for a bit—up till then, the problem was drowned out by the noise of all the other diet-related problems they’d been having.
Myself I dont drink milk but use heavy cream in the odd sauce for cooking. I eat limited cheese but I see people have cheese in all of their meals!!! I think that is nuts but that is my personal opinion. I like to limit cheese because I get my other nutrients from other sources which I think are healthier for my own body. Do what works for you and trust your body and see how you feel.
If you’re having stomach pain when you consume dairy and think that there’s a link why not give it up for two weeks? See if the issue goes away. If it does introduce a little dairy, did the problem return? You’ll be able to tell if it’s a problem or not.
And on “Doing keto the right way”, you actually will have to figure much of this for yourself. Truly there is no single right way for everyone, the keto lifestyle should be sustainable for you. What someone else does well with may not work for you. And you’re the one who has to eat it and live with it. You’ll find your own right way of doing keto. 
I don’t have a problem with dairy but when I became fat adapted, lowering dairy seemed to pay dividends on the scale. I didn’t really need all that butter, sour cream, ranch dressing, heavy cream and cheese to achieve satiety, but I sure enjoyed those things. Reducing dairy allowed me to eat about 200 less calories per day without it affecting my hunger one bit.
For me, there’s nothing wrong with dairy except for my tendency to eat more of it than I need to.
Thanks so much everyone. I think i will tey what was suggested and give it up for a couple of weeks to see if it helps my tummy troubles. I do feel like maybe i have had an issue but as stated it was masked by my bigger food issues.