September 23, 2004
Dairy detox
I just made it through day four of the dairy-free experiment. It honestly isn't as hard as I thought it would be. It helps a lot that there is a big hunk of extremely moldy cheese in the fridge that is disgusting to look at. Every time I open the fridge and see that, my resolve to stay off dairy becomes firmer. I also just read a news article about a woman named Professor Jane Plant who cured herself of advanced breast cancer by cutting out dairy. The article says that within five weeks of giving up dairy, the tumor in her neck "began to itch, then soften, and finally shrivel away." That is amazing since she had been given only two months to live. Check out the link--she has written a book about it, too.
I think I am starting to go through some kind of dairy detox. My skin broke out last night but instead of remaining on my face for a week, the acne is already disappearing. I've read that detoxing can bring things "to the surface" and cause acne, rashes, eczema, etc. And since I'm drinking a ton of decaf green tea, this is probably contributing to the detox. I had already cut out sugar from my diet about a month ago, so really I am eating just about as well as I can. I'm not saying that I'm never going to eat dairy again or that I'm becoming a vegan, but I'm going to try to go as long as I can before eating dairy again.
