Dairy Products?

[jon]

Anyone heard anything about dairy products linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis? I'm wondering if I should stop using dairy.

[loneil]

Jon,
I have been going to a homeopathic doctor for a while now and she has taken me completely off all dairy products. I can have yogurt and cottage cheese. I use the yogurt butter. It takes a little while but you notice a change in the way you feel. I have tried using the soy milk or rice milk but that takes a bit of getting use to, at least it did for me. loneil

[jon]

I've heard lots of people getting off dairy products. What types of yogurt are you using? Cottage cheese, thats still dairy isn't it.? Have you tried the Hemp Milk or Almond Milk? They take some getting use to but I thinks it worth trying to get complete off dairy.

[loneil]

I just use the plain yogurt and add fresh fruit to help add flavor. I haven't tried Hemp Milk or Almond in fact I have never even seen it at the grocery stores. Do you have to go to a Natural Food store to get it?

[jon]

I get it at Whole Food or Sprouts, they have the Almond milk at safe way.

http://shop.safeway.com/dnet/RichProductInformation.aspx?promo_window=1&bpn=116150046

I do see it in the cooler section but most of the time I see it on the shelf not in the cool section where all the other milk is. If you like almonds you might like it. Depending where you at, you will just have to ask the people at the store if they sell almond or help breeze milk. If not you could always order it online. :)

[jon]

I was looking around and found this site, http://www.notmilk.com lots of interesting articles on there.

[MNmom]

I visited that site when I found out my son was allergic to milk - very opinionated. I hope going off milk helps! I had never heard of that before!

[jon]

I visited that site when I found out my son was allergic to milk - very opinionated. I hope going off milk helps! I had never heard of that before!

Yeah it is very opinionated. I can't drink milk either, I've been using that Almond Breeze milk. I like it a lot.

[MNmom]

My son always drank rice milk vanilla or light soy milk vanilla (not as thick)... can't give almond milk to kiddos with allergies under 3. My son Cody now drinks regular Cow's milk but my daughter cannot have milk or soy so she drink mostly elemental formula but some rice dream rice milk. I have never tried almond milk though.

[ra2000]

I recently came across the link between gluten & RA, though not clinically proved yet, so I decided to give it a shot. I am with RA since 8 years now, taking only homeopathy medication, doing yoga and pranayam (breathing exercises). I also had 2 pregnancies in between during which RA was in remission, now has started to show up again since last 3-4 months.
I have been on wheat-free diet for little over a week now, and i found significant reduction in morning-stiffness, swellings. I am going to try this diet for atleast 3 months to see what happens.