Exclusive Raw Milk Diet

I get sleepy driving sometimes even if I'm not on a raw milk diet

I guess I wanted reassurance because Dr. Schmid says in his book that he doesn't use it in his practice now. I was wondering why. Also, it is quite an extreme step to have only one thing in your diet. No matter how good that thing is. Don't get me wrong, I'm very attracted to the concept and I think I would actually enjoy it since I love the milk so much. But I would want to make sure I wasn't compromising my health by doing it (ie: not getting certain nutrients). Although I know that the very concept of a detox diet is based on restricting intake.

I am also interested in the gluten-free diet. I think at this point we're pretty low-gluten, not by design, but it seems to have come about naturally as we eat a high-fat, high-protein diet. But I do like my bread every few days. I'm wondering if gluten-free has helped with autoimmune induced thyroid issues.....

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Have you heard of Low Dose Naltrexone?
I think I'm going to do the raw milk diet first and then if I don't see a change in my antibodies I'm going to try the LDN.

I think I'm going to do gluten-free until I start the raw milk diet. I've decided to start in May and do it for 4 weeks. I'm preparing now, mentally and physically.

Jimibell, My emails to you keep bouncing. Here is my reply to your email:

My mom loved the milk diet. She does a little mini one now whenever she falls off the wagon, so to speak, and eats poorly too often. She says she can really feel it when she eats out too much or has a lot of grains.
She did cheat a little when she did the milk diet, as she has several meetings each month that she attends where they have dinner. She probably ate out 3 or 4 times during the 6 weeks she did it. She just drank plain old raw cow milk, not fermented in any way. The only downside to it was that she gained a bout 4 pounds. She was worried she would be hungry so she drank a lot of milk!! She said if she were to do it again she would cut back, as she never really felt hungry. Is the 11 gallons for you alone? That sounds like a lot more than she drank! I don't think she drank a whole gallon each day, even.
It was an amazing transformation for her. She feels so much better now. She eats a relatively traditional foods diet. No grains (usually), lots of raw dairy, grassfed meats, organic fruits and veggies, CLO, etc. She's not much for fermented things, except sauerkraut, so there's not a lot of that.
HTH! Good luck!

~Suzy

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nope, I have celiac, but it was causing everything else to become symptomatic. I had it for a long time before I realized it so everything was freaking out.

I still watch out for my thyroid as the disease runs in my family. my grandmother and father both had hashimoto's and my father got cancer and had his taken out. I know I'm "high risk". but I'm also the only one in the family that takes care of my body and is careful with diet.

I'm not sure what "low-dose naltrexone" is honestly... sorry.

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I almost choked on my coffee.... YES, from what I've read (which is all over the internet, and I hope I can find some links for you... but... we'll see) in the year and a half since my gluten-free journey began, there is a STRONG correlation/co-existence/not sure of the correct word between gluten problems and auto-immune thyroid problems. Partly because gluten seems to have a way of suppressing thyroid function even in some non-celiac people, partly because gluten is possibly the #1 biggest trigger of auto-immune disease in general, so you combine the two... bammo... auto-immune thyroid problems. I am sure there are exceptions, but I would feel very confident making the blanket statement that anyone with Hashimoto's has gluten-sensitivity. The thyroid problems seem to be more common with people with actual celiac disease, with those specific genes. (There are other genes that are associated with gluten-sensitivity, but for whatever reason, not celiac disease itself.)

I have a couple of internet friends who have been struggling with thyroid issues this past year. One recently got diagnosed with Hashimoto's, has a horribly unhelpful doctor, and money is really tight. Her treatment isn't working yet, whatever it is, and she absolutely refuses to listen to a word about gluten. The other half-heartedly gave up most gluten for a couple of weeks... but it was "too hard" and yet she also really thinks she gave gluten-free a fair trial and it didn't make any difference. It's very frustrating. So that's one of the reasons I'm so passionate about this topic.

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Mom says she would have drowned trying to drink that much milk! As it was, she always felt full. plus, she weighs a lot more than you and she still could never have consumed that much. She's a big milk drinker, too!
You could try it the first week but I doubt you will truly need that much.