Weekly Wellness

One of the hardest moments that come from embarking on a wellness journey is the fear of what others may think. While we know we are making the right decision for ourselves and the one we believe is ultimately the best for our health, the reality is that not everyone is going to see this change the way you do. You will have some people who will question as to why you are doing it. Some people who will encourage you to do it for all the right reasons. Then of course you will have some people who will try to tell you how to do it simply because they think they know best.

Having so many different thoughts and voices in addition to your own floating around in your head can be extremely overwhelming. It can also make the process seem a whole lot more complicated and unrealistic than what it really may be. I know all of this because I have been down this road many times before.

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So, what’s the deal with dairy? I mean like most families I was raised with dairy inside my household. I ate eggs, yogurt, cheese, drank milk, cooked with butter, and as I got older used dairy creamer in my coffee. Dairy has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. That also meant that I was completely unaware of any alternatives that could potentially be better for my health.

As a result, I experienced a lot of stomach pains, was constantly constipated, often bloated, and after every dairy intake I would find myself immediately going to the bathroom. For the longest time I honestly thought nothing of it. I just thought this was the natural way my body was digesting dairy products and there was nothing I could do about it. This was also during a time in my life when I didn’t even understand what it meant to be lactose intolerant (when your body can’t properly digest sugar found in milk and milk products). So, for many years I just lived my life intaking a lot of dairy products and suffering the consequences as a result of it.

Then one day after eating ice cream (and I love ice cream so I ate it all the time) and having the worst stomach pains of my life the question started being asked to me if I was lactose intolerant. Now, remember I had never really heard this term before so I had no idea what that even meant. So of course, I said no! But I couldn’t get the term out of my head and wondering what it actually truly meant. So, as a naturally curious person, I began to do light research into what it meant to be lactose intolerant, what the signs and symptoms were, and how it impacted the body.

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