Non Dairy Atkins

[seanny66]

I was just told by my Doctor to cut out all dairy products. How can I continue this way of eating without dairy? Any suggestions would be most appreciated. This is due to headaches I have and in no way is it associated with this WOE.
Thank you!

[Desertthorn]

Re: Non Dairy Atkins

Sure, the only dairy is cream and cheese on induction and that still leaves you with meats and eggs and most important veggies. Where are you on OWL. You can also skip the dairy rung and eat nuts, fruit etc. Let us know.

[SugarFreeSheila]

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Who knows - you might just lose faster without it anyway ...

[Analog6]

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SHould not be a problem. As pointed out by Dessertthorn we don't have much dairy on this. Use olive oil instead of butter and you should be OK. If it is a true food intolerance you'll probably find the weght loss will be easier without it.

[sallyseachange]

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yes... go with olive oil, nuts and seeds, veggies, meats, fish. Hope your headaches improve.
Sal

[yemenitegreen]

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Actually, many people stall on dairy products, so you might be better off without them.

Are you in induction or OWL?

What kinds of foods do you miss? Are you lactose intolerant or is this the protein?

Inquiring minds want to know ;-)

yemenitegreen

[stephbob]

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It's not going to be anywhere near difficult! I can't have dairy products, so I just omit the cheese and cream from my diet. I've not hit any problems so far with it!

[seanny66]

Re: Non Dairy Atkins

Thank you all for your responses! I'm currently on extended induction, going on week 8. I will miss cheese, butter and sour cream.
I usually have egg salad for breakfast, is Mayonaise considered a dairy product?
If mayo is not than giving up cheese, cream and butter won't be that difficult.
Thanks again for the encouragement,
Sean

[Heather150]

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As far as I know, Mayo isn't considered dairy. It's an egg product so if you have no apparant problems with eggs...then you're in luck.

I was lactose intolerant for 16 years. Once I started Atkins, I slowly added in a few dairy items (sour cream, half and half and cheese). Now I can eat boatloads and it's no problemo. But...it's really doable if you HAVE to do it.
Just concentrate on all the wonderful things you CAN eat, instead of the few things you can't eat right now.

[not2late]

Re: Non Dairy Atkins

I was just told by my Doctor to cut out all dairy products. How can I continue this way of eating without dairy? Any suggestions would be most appreciated. This is due to headaches I have and in no way is it associated with this WOE.
Thank you!

The great thing about this WOE is the variety of foods we can eat. You don't have to eat dairy products while doing Atkins. IMO, the dairy products like cheese, butter and cream only add taste variety, because if you pick the correct vegetables and meats, you'll meet the daily calcium requirement.

Mayonnaise is made from egg and oil. So there is no cream in mayo.

[Austlyn]

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okay, what kinda of headaches, How long have you been doing this my headaches went away after a month.

[booklady]

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I personally chose to give up dairy as I felt it made my cravings stay alive. I eat veggies and eggs and bacon and do not feel in the least like I am missing something. The funny thing is, when you go off of dairy after never going off of it before, you may think you have a cold. The first time I went off in my mid thirties I hacked and coughed for two weeks getting all that crap out of me, you would think I would not eat it again, but as I said, it is a bad food for me and very addictive, so eventually I ate it again. I have given it up a few times since and got the "cold" those times too, so I expected it this time. I find this time on Atkins I have no cravings and in the eleven days I have been on, I have had no low carb desserts and do not crave them. EAting the dairy previous times on low carb kept my cravings alive and made it harder for me. It is so easy for me this time and I am much happier without the dairy. At day eleven I am still coughing a bit, but it is finally going away. This time I am staying off of it, and to be honest, I do not miss it in the least. I feel great !!! Stephie

[2big4mysize]

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The great thing about Atkins is no food is reguired to be eatten. We get to make out own choices from the lists. Choose dairy free and see if your headache goes away. When you move to OWL just skip rung 2 and go on.

I hope your doc prescribed calcium supplements for you to replace all the calcium you will not be getting from dairy products not eatten.

Happy low carbing,