Is DAIRY Scary?? Inflammation & Obesity Concerns - 2024

When I got up to over 400 Lbs I used to drink a lot of whole milk. Now I have cut my dairy back. I still consume butter, heavy cream in my coffee and a limited amount of cheese. But I have given up drinking milk and eating copious amounts of cheese. When I eat too much dairy I itch now. BTW as of this morning I am down to 233 Lbs.

As a physician of 37 years now, I recommend your videos weekly. Keep it up.

Most people with trouble for milk is about pasteurized milk. Raw milk gives a lot less or very miner problems.

Being from a dairy family background, I was always told "milk is for kids, butter and cheese is for adults" (of course the dairy we were talking about was from tit to tank to table, raw unpasteurized milk. It still had all of the cream and butter fats in it). Great info Doc!!! God Bless!

As a person of African/Caribbean descent, I can absolutely attest to what Dr.Berry is talking about. I cut out dairy just over 2 years ago, and my joints stopped aching, energy levels went through the roof, and I've restarted pursuing hobbies that I had completely forgotten about. This man speaks the truth.

Long story short. My wife in one day went from completely healthy to being completely incapacitated for 10 months with nausea & vertigo. She saw numerous specialist, had every scan and lab test run and in the hospital several times; they were saying it was in her mind. They had NO CLUE. She was in the hospital at 96 lbs and being fed Ensure (milk based) when the results of a previously ordered test showed she suddenly developed a SEVERE intolerance for anything dairy; casine, whey, etc. My eyes were opened to the health care system and not in a good way. Between hospital stays, scans, tests; many tens of thousands of dollars was paid. However, the $300 lab test that found the problem was not paid because it was ordered by a Naturopath.

My dad is 87 and has drunk a glass of milk twice a day with lunch and dinner all his life.

I been constipated for years. and I hardly ever ate or drank dairy. Just started using raw milk and heavy cream and my bowels started to work on their own. Right now I'm just testing the dairy to see how it affects me in the long run.

I once worked with a nutritionist who required that I completely eliminate dairy for 2 months, which I did. It made absolutely no difference. Not saying Dr. Berry is wrong at all. It just depends on your individual makeup. My ancestors were dairy people.

Dairy is the hardest thing for me to give up and in the back of my mind I'm thinking, it really needs to go. I have migraines, psoriatic arthritis, and more recently, I found out I have an autoimmune version of alopecia. It's so hard to accept that after giving up sugar, bread, rice, potatoes, etc. that I need to give up something else I love.

So, 25 years ago my husband used to get horrible sinus headaches, and he used to love eating bowls of cereal… Once I convinced him that the milk was most likely the cause, and he dropped it… No more headaches! Thanks Doc! There are a few Dr.’s like you here on YouTube that offer us their years of medical studies at no charge and what a blessing! I pray God blesses you for your sacrifice of time and sincere concern for the health of your fellow humans! Love from NY. 🌼Lily🌼

I've been terrible with migraine and psoriasis and gut problems for 30 years. I'm 48 now and thank you!!!

I was FORCED to drink milk as a five-year-old at school. They would give each kid a carton, and you couldn't go out to play until you drank it. I would refuse, but a few times the teacher would bully me into drinking it. It would make me have the worst stomach pains, bloat, and cramping. I learned to just refuse it no matter the consequences.

I started on Keto in March 2021. I had stopped diary except for fatty cheeses and heavy cream. I was using heavy cream ( a lot of it) daily for over a week until the inflammation in my knee joints became unbearable. I had no idea it could have been due to my heavy cream consumption until our friend Kevin S suggested for me to try getting off the cream for a week. Well, that was the root of the problem alright and now I understand why. But I am sad because heavy cream tastes soooo good! But I need to walk without pain so I made the right decision.

My wife is lactose intolerant with store bought pasteurized milk. We found that raw milk does not give her stomach problems. From what I can understand is we need the full spectrum of bacteria which is destroyed when milk is pasteurized.

I cut out about 80 to 90% of dairy from my diet and i saw a big change. I still eat very small amounts of greek yogurt, feta cheese and butter. I refuse to give up those entirely. The difference is huge. Also cut out a lot of bread and pasta. My energy is so high, skin looks clear and bright, and my mental state is better.

I stopped drinking cream in my coffee(drank 4-5 cups a day). When I went on an exclusion diet a few months ago, dairy was the first component I eliminated. Within 2 days, my debilitating sciatica pain was gone. None of my doctors believed me, but I knew there was a direct correlation between the sciatica inflammation pain and the dairy. Haven’t had 1 day of sciatica pain since I removed dairy.

I gave up milk for 45 years until I learned about the difference between the two caseins: A1 beta-casein. Milk from breeds of cows that originated in northern Europe is generally high in A1 beta-casein. These breeds include Holstein, Friesian, Ayrshire, and British Shorthorn. A2 beta-casein. Milk that is high in A2 beta-casein is mainly found in breeds that originated in the Channel Islands and southern France. These include Guernsey, Jersey, Charolais, and Limousin cows. A1 casein promotes a terrible gut response while A2 does not. You are so spot on about other nutritional advice. I was surprised you didn't mention this distinction.

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Thank you so much for making this video! I can't believe in all my years that this is the first time I'm hearing this about dairy. I always knew about lactose intolerance in people, but I never realized until seeing this video that the proteins in milk could actually cause inflammation in the joints and skin. At least anecdotally in our family I believe you are spot on. A few months ago I started getting hooked on iced coffee, but the only way I can drink it is with a ton of half and half. I started drinking it every morning in the largest size cup (I think 24 oz. or more) which meant a LOT of cream. A few weeks later I suddenly started having really bad aching pain in my lower back and right shoulder (with no acute injury to either). I assumed I must have slept the wrong way, but the pain never went away from that point on. Ironically, for the last week and a half I got really busy and skipped the iced coffee in the morning, and noticed about a couple of days later that the pain in both areas started to go away - it's now been completely gone for the last 3 days. I had assumed that the heating pad and Motrin (which I'm now no longer taking) were what finally resolved it, but today I just saw your video and am stunned to think that all the cream I was adding to the iced coffee might have been what brought it all on in the first place! Then I realized that my son also just started drinking iced coffee the same time I did, and the same way I was preparing it because he also liked it that way, and shortly after his forehead started breaking out with acne (he's 16 and his face had been completely clear up to this point). Likewise, my daughter all of a sudden started drinking a ton of milk when she was around 11-12 and the same thing happened to her. She's now 21 and besides acne, has also had a lot of various inflammatory conditions of her skin. I shared your video with both her and my son today and and they are both going to try to stop all dairy for a couple of weeks to see if it helps their skin. Both of them have been to dermatologists (my son recently because of the acne) and it's hard to believe that the doctor never thought to mention dairy to either of them as at least a potential contributor to their issues. Your video also now has me wondering if it's the MILK in milk chocolate, rather than the chocolate itself, which may be the real culprit with teen acne. Anyway, this may well be one of the most helpful health type videos I've ever seen! Thanks so much for this helpful information!!