Advice on reintroducing milk

[Megan H]

I'm only three days away from finishing my Whole52. I'm going to start the reintroduction phase with dairy. I've never consumed much dairy except for milk and the occasional ice cream. I usually had a dash of milk in my tea (about 3-4 cups a day) and milk with my cereal or porridge at breakfast. I won't be having cereal or oats at this stage (until I reintroduce wheat) but am wondering if the milk in the tea will be enough dairy to gauge the effects of reintroduction? (When I do eventually have porridge again, I plan to make it with water initially so I don't have to wonder if any reaction is because of the oats or because I've suddenly tripled my milk intake.)

[Fenderbender]

Have a serving of dairy with each meal.... Milk,yogurt,cheese and gauge how you feel.....

For me, I was fine with yogurt in the morning, but then I had some fresh mozzarella with dinner and my tummy was instantly doing flip flops and I thought I might just hurl..... So I suppose I can have the occasional yogurt but I really turned off of cheese and won't even think of milk

[Megan H]

Thanks Fenderbender. I don't eat cheese or yogurt (never liked either ) so I'll just have a small glass of milk a couple of times, as well as the milk in my tea and see how I go. It's fair to say, giving up dairy for W30 wasn't at all a challenge for me. I could probably survive without it but would like to know and understand any effect it may have on my body.

[ScoutFinch]

And probably that little amount would be okay, going by the not-the-food-but-the-dose rule (though there are foods now that I just won't have at all, being positive that even a small dose would not be worthwhile). I had some ice cream yesterday and just had a whole milk latte (I'm indulging a little bit before starting a 90-day AIP on Monday), and I feel pretty good other than a bit of phlegm. I was swearing at the traffic this a.m., though, but I'm pretty sure that was the sugar in the ice cream. :0 Anyway, I likely would not go back to the amount of dairy I ate before the W30, but I don't feel as strongly about it as legumes and grains. Others feel it's just worth avoiding altogether if you have symptoms or not.