Leaky gut and dairy

Hi Folks,

Its been a long journey so far on improving gut health. I am very thankful to those who shared their advice on this forum. One huge takeaway for me was from little fighters posts re: dairy.

I've noticed that dairy is vilified now-a-days. And probably for a good reason - pasteurized dairy is just plain old wrong.

I first developed a leaky gut from excessive grain consumption - and boy it was tough. Anything i would eat and my body would go cold. Bones felt weak and my face was pale. My parents kept telling me get some milk but unfortunately i only felt worse after using plain old pasteurized milk.

Then i found a coop farm in NJ - farm fresh milk. The cow's milk was tasty intact delicious but not much helpful for the gut. Next i tried raw goat milk. And now i feel so much better. I can tell my intestinal lining is getting stronger day by day. In fact i don't get as cold as i often did (cold feet and hands) and i can tolerate coffee if i supplement with some goat milk/goat yoghurt after.

I tried many approaches to fix the gut: coconuts, fruits, broth but in the end dairy and honey did the trick. I feel as if there is so much information but also misinformation out there on fixing the gut (paleo diet - i cant believe someone would consume meat 7 days a week while sitting in an office chair - moderation is the key). I went Paleo for a while and did not make any improvement whatsoever - when i combined goat's milk, camels milk and honey that's when the gut starting healing up at a dramatic pace.

Thanks everyone,

Strider

So hard to get raw dairy in most parts of the world

What type of honey?

Manuka honey (raw & unheated)

if you cant find manuka i would recommend buckwheat (unheated) most of the honey on the market is heated to 100 degrees but labelled as unheated....(quackery)

strider7086, what progress have you made in terms of hair?

Moby - i would always lose hair esp. during the night and it would be a considerable shed. If i drink a cup or raw goat milk - the shed is almost negligible.

I've been gluten/sugar free for almost a year but my hair quality was so so. After introducing raw goat's milk - i was frankly surprised by the thickness that's been added to the top. The roots feel stronger.

That's good news, I would think raw milk with its trillion bacteria count would help a lot of us if it wasn't so hard to obtain it. Where I live, there are a bunch of Russian/Polish stores that sell Kefir which apparently is a popular drink in Eastern Europe so I'd like to believe that it is the real deal. Has anyone ever tried those?