dairy when sick?

[mommy65]

for those of you who drink whole raw milk for it's nutritional benefits, do you give it to dc when they have a cold with lots of mucus? i would always cut out as much dairy as possible when they were sick, but now i'm just wondering if that's still the wisest way to go.

[Ravin]

That depends on whether they're the sort of people who get mucousy when they drink milk. Some people do, some don't. Most don't.

[quietserena]

raw dairy doesn't make mucus so it is ok while sick.

[nicolelynn]

I used to drink milk as a young child and stopped at age 8 because it made my throat feel mucous-y. When I have a cold I am still not apt to drink milk. However...I always love yogurt...when I have a cold and even when my stomach is bad that is the only other thing I want besides chicken broth. I guess it depends on the person...if it dosn't make their throat feel mucous-y it's probably fine.

[Blue Dragonfly]

I wonder if (assuming it makes you mucousy) if being more so would be a good thing to "wash out" the virus, or if it would be a bad thing because the virus would have more room to proliferate.

An interesting thing about milk and mucous - I heard (from a welder) that in Germany, they encourage welders to drink milk, because the mucous helps protect thier lungs from the nasty stuff (metal bits and smoke) they breath in.

[nicholas_mom]

You know I stopped drinking pastuarized milk because it made me mucousy, especially when I have a cold.

So, fast forward to now. I am soooo glad for raw milk and cream!!!!! At Christmas time I had alittle cold and was craving some raw cream that I just got from the farm. I couldn't stop myself so I made some eggnog with the raw cream and was surprised it made me feel BETTER not worse. I swear my cold went away after drinking the raw cream