from and to rachael re case posted

[Guest guest]

thank you, this is very interesting.

 

just an fyi about the milk consumption

recommendation...some vegans can start to have

problems with painful gas by suddenly introducing

dairy (even boiled), especially if they haven't had

milk for a very long time. also, there is a tidbit in

this article about lactation and drinking milk.

http://www.lalecheleague.org/NB/NBMarApr04p44.html

~rachel

 

 

Thank you, Rachel;

The milk issue is a lively one in Ayurvedic circles. I see more

often than not by significant margin people think they are lactose

intolerant and they arern't really. It is about what quality, form

and combination it is taken more often. So based on this experience,

and the observation so many times over that confirms for many what

Ayurvedic texts say: " COW's milk, properly used, is the most

rejuvenative food on the planet. " (well, not counting Mother's milk,

of COURSE!). Anyway, so on that basis I lean first to check out the

options.

 

My vegan clients more often than not are feeling something missing,

needing some soothing rejuvenative nourishment, and almost always

respond well to properly introduced cow's milk for themselves. And a

few, vegan and carnivore alike, still have problems. So this woman

was DEFINITELY in that category.

 

She was having so many problems physiologically and, the anxiety and

perfectionism (of first time mom) was particularly high. It was

difficult to help her from such a distance, never getting to see her

in person and make all those assessments we might normally. But she

keeps calling me for support (don't know if I've ever gotten paid,

her affiliation with her ashram gives promises of teaching business

in the future she says). I was very happy to find the doctor today

and that they can meet in 2 days! If the castor oil gets forstalled,

I suppose.

 

I read the LLL article - lots of good info. I always want to put in

my 2 cents or more ... llike for instance the reason breast milk is

so easily produced regardless of a mother's situation almost, has to

do with the sequence of digestion. Plasma is the first tissue made

from our food and liquid intake, and out of Plasma we make breast

milk! I hear the argument also about we are the only species which

after weaning drinks milk - and of other animals! Yet this is

ignored in ref our use of cheeses which are matter of factly

encouraged for many. Dr. Saraswati Buhrman in Boulder has studied

the ethnicity of milk digesting enzymes, finds like the upper

European genetically quite suited, other populatoins where it looks

natural in terms of their other food sources, climate, etc.

Intersting. I also have to refer to the proper use inclusive of

proper quality, prayers, and respect for the source. In Ayurveda's

homeland, the family cow is a beloved member of the family. Would

that we could more quickly get back to this! Even just taking cold

milk - or cold anything postpartum can give cramping too; the

digestive system is very fragile. PS; Ayurveda has an herbal

decoction protocol for reversing lactose intollerance. I don't know

the success rate tho.

Martha