JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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>>JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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>>>Lots of doctors still suggest eating yogurt if you're taking antibiotics
>>>and they whack your digestive system. It works. If it's true that TOO
>>>MUCH yogurt can have adverse effects, I would theorize that it would
>>>primarily happen to people to aren't especially smart. I mean....what
>>>does it take to realize that your diet is dominated by too much of a
>>>certain thing?
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>>Just to add an interesting tidbit...I found Yogurt gave me vicious joint
>>paint...in my hands, wrists, elbows and ankles. It got to the point that
>>it was painful to walk...then I came across a site written by a dairy
>>farmer whose wife suffered from the same symptoms. Somehow they pinpointed
>>the dairy products as the source and she quit everything dairy
>>(ironic...given she lives on a diary farm) and within a year, she was
>>completely recovered.
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>>I did the same and within days, the pain had subsided (I had been eating
>>the Yogurt for only three weeks - one or two little cups a day). I've
>>experimented with all the dairy products since and found Yogurt to be, by
>>far, the worst offender. Why? I have no idea.
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>>Six months later, I can drink milk and eat cheese with little problem.
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>>Unfortunately, <sigh> the Yogurt got turfed from my diet. YKMV.
>>MMVIII
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> That's interesting. Was it any particular kind of yogurt, or various brands
> and flavors?
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I avoided those with artificial sweetners, so my experience is solely
with those that have non-artificial sweetners. I tried different brand
names (except for the local one) and tried both plain and those with
goodies in them (like fruit, chocolate bits etc). I really think it's
the dairy because "a lot" of cheese and milk will give a similar result,
just not as painful as the yogurt. I've reduced my cheese intake so that
I can drink as much milk as my bones need. I've also tried different
milk fat levels on all the products - the result is the same for regular
cheese, yogurt and milk as it is for the low fat varities. I drink skim
milk now.

I even tried calcium supplements to see if I could get away from the
pain, and found a similar result...so to me, I've narrowed it down to
the calcium (or perhaps the Vitamin D...so I plan to try a Vitamin D
supplement now that the season has changed).

Certainly, none of it is very encouraging as I face menopause before
long...when calcium is so important. YKMV.

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MMVIII