Cross posting in Traditional Foods and maybe also HTG...
I've been off dairy for a month to see if it would help my nursing DS's eczema. After a month, he is no better and no worse, so I'm not sure what to make of it. Could be that dairy is NOT the problem so eliminating it didn't fix things, or it could be that dairy is A problem but not the only problem (so he didn't get better) and I would have to do a total elimination diet to find out. It may come to that, but my current circumstances prevent me from doing it right now.
I have a hunch that dairy is not the problem. But even if it is, I'm told that the beneficial bacteria in cultured raw dairy might still help, or at least the raw dairy would be tolerated better than pasteurized.
So I picked up a half gallon of raw milk tonight, and want to make sure I make the best use of it because I really can't afford to buy it regularly.
So I'm wondering. If I end my dairy fast tomorrow, and go ahead and go back to pasteurized dairy myself (since I've never had a problem digesting milk and have no allergies) but use the raw milk to make kefir and yogurt for DS (he's 7 months old, that's old enough to eat kefir and yogurt, right?) will the pasteurized dairy in MY system (and thus my breastmilk) cancel out the benefits of the cultured milk that he eats?
I also have a 2yo who also suffers from eczema. I took him off dairy about 10 days ago, no improvement so far, and I'm not comfortable with keeping him off it any longer because I think he needs the fat, calcium, protein etc. I would love to start just giving him raw milk, but that half gallon is going to go fast. So I have a similar question with him. If I give him pasteurized milk to drink, but then also give him raw milk kefir or yogurt, d'ya think the pasteurized milk will cancel the benefit of the cultured stuff?
Am I making sense at all?
I've been off dairy for a month to see if it would help my nursing DS's eczema. After a month, he is no better and no worse, so I'm not sure what to make of it. Could be that dairy is NOT the problem so eliminating it didn't fix things, or it could be that dairy is A problem but not the only problem (so he didn't get better) and I would have to do a total elimination diet to find out. It may come to that, but my current circumstances prevent me from doing it right now.
I have a hunch that dairy is not the problem. But even if it is, I'm told that the beneficial bacteria in cultured raw dairy might still help, or at least the raw dairy would be tolerated better than pasteurized.
So I picked up a half gallon of raw milk tonight, and want to make sure I make the best use of it because I really can't afford to buy it regularly.
So I'm wondering. If I end my dairy fast tomorrow, and go ahead and go back to pasteurized dairy myself (since I've never had a problem digesting milk and have no allergies) but use the raw milk to make kefir and yogurt for DS (he's 7 months old, that's old enough to eat kefir and yogurt, right?) will the pasteurized dairy in MY system (and thus my breastmilk) cancel out the benefits of the cultured milk that he eats?
I also have a 2yo who also suffers from eczema. I took him off dairy about 10 days ago, no improvement so far, and I'm not comfortable with keeping him off it any longer because I think he needs the fat, calcium, protein etc. I would love to start just giving him raw milk, but that half gallon is going to go fast. So I have a similar question with him. If I give him pasteurized milk to drink, but then also give him raw milk kefir or yogurt, d'ya think the pasteurized milk will cancel the benefit of the cultured stuff?
Am I making sense at all?
