In Dr. Schwarzbeins book, I don't see much information on milk. Is milk ok? Assuming whole is better than 2%? Also, I drink half & half in my coffee and I am understanding that cream would be better? (I know I need to give up caffeine, but not yet ) It's my only vice left. (well that's not entirely true...)

I would appreciate your input


Terri

In her latest book "The Program" she writes about milk on pg. 78:
"What to avoid -
Milk
It is best to avoid drinking milk because it contains a great deal of hidden sugar in the form of lactose. If you are on the Maintenance Plan and want to drink milk, use organic whole milk because the fats in it will help slow absorption of the sugar in the milk so that the body can process it better. If you cannot tolerate the taste of whole milk, try diluting it with water. do not drink more than one glass of milk a day."

HTH

Thanks Barbara, that is very helpful.

In the UK most supermarkets carry lactose free milk. Lower cals too. And low carb-ish.

That won't help much IMO. Here we have lactose free milk too, but it is more sweet than milk with lactose because the lactose has not been extracted from the milk but has been broken down to the sugars galactose and glucose, which normally the enzyme lactase does.

Interesting. This is the stuff I buy. They filter out most of the lactulose before adding lactase.

http://www.lactolite.co.uk/lactofree/