Question for Paleo Folks

[ps4624]

Do you eat dairy? I'm going to try Paleo tomorrow, but still unsure about dairy. On the one hand, I don't eat very much of it and can do fine without, on the other, I love me some cream in my coffee!

Just interested in how you are handling it.

Thanks!

[nataliachick7]

I think Primal allows dairy, whereas paleo does not. I am just starting out on primal. I love the marksdailyapple website!

[elleystar]

Yeah, same here. Primal allows a little bit of dairy. I couldn't do it otherwise. I usually do a bit of cheese each day, and some cream when I drink coffee. Often a couple of ounces of raw milk to wash down breakfast too. Really that's not all that much. They also allow plain yogurt and I will eat some occasionally with some fruit. I couldn't give up raw milk and cheese completely!

[FairyRae]

We don't do dairy here due to intolerances, but I sure would do cultured dairy and butter if we didn't have those issues... (But I don't consider myself totally paleo, as I do tubers and sometimes beans/legumes...)

If you're interested in doing paleo + dairy (I think of primal this way as well), I second the recommendation for http://www.marksdailyapple.com/ Good stuff!

[Kino]

I'm trialing raw, grass-fed dairy while here in CA. It's passing so far! Cannot do pasteurized organic at all. Nor raw, grain-fed which is available in AZ where I live.

Maybe keep the cream as you adjust to the other dietary changes. Then exclude the cream in several months to see how it affects your body.

[crunchy_mama]

Have been off due to kid's intolerances as well, too scared to try w/ the new babe! I am not opposed to some good grassfed cheese and cultured dairy if we can tolerate it though. I will probably wait a while to trial though =- due to the fear and I know for some it can stall weight loss and I have a bit of baby weight to lose.