Being Dairy Free
Hey everyone,
First of all, if you think I'm the type of person who is going to write an entire post about why you should be dairy free...you're wrong. This post is going to be all about how I have became dairy free and why I enjoy being dairy free!
My going dairy free was never with the intent to lose weight, get clear skin, or to feel like I was a part of something bigger than myself. Simply put, my goal of going dairy free was never a goal but rather, a spur-of-the-moment decision I made one morning last summer after watching a "Why You Shouldn't Drink Dairy" video.
Cute.
At first I didn't really do anything intense, but I cut out drinking milk and opted for rice milk whenever I could. It wasn't until I started my freshmen year and had a friend who was lactose intolerant persuade me to try skim, and later soy, milk.
I'm not going to lie, skim milk isn't bad. I soon branched out to soy and, before I knew it, I had began to only drink soy. It didn't matter if I was at home or at Starbucks, if I could get soy I would have it.
Going dairy free didn't do anything miraculous to my body or really change anything about me. I've always had good skin, so no changes there. I didn't have a problem with my weight (at the time I was running for an hour every day), and so there was no real "drive" for me to go dairy free. I just did it.
But why?
Honestly, I was repulsed by the ingredients in milk and the side effects of milk. Here are a few things you might now know, but were enough information to make me put down any glass I had in my hand that morning.
Honestly, what really got me is the simple fact that cows milk is created for the development of baby calves; not for me!
The biggest concern, I think from many people, is the difficulties of going dairy free. To be frank, going dairy free is not hard at all. This day and age there are dozens of dairy free substitutes that taste just as good, if not better, than the usual dairy containing foods you will be used to.
I hope reading this has opened your eyes to the simplicity of a dairy-free diet. Let me know if you're dairy free (or gluten, vegan, vegetarian, etc!) below!
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