What does it mean to be dairy free? Today was my first day to be dairy free for a week. I think I did a good job. I ate a sandwich today (with gluten free bread) and I didn't put cheese on it like I usually do. I missed the cheese! I also put a little mayo on my bread and wondered...is there dairy in mayo? I know...that is probably a dumb question. I looked at the ingredients...there are eggs...are eggs included as dairy? Another dumb question...
I googled "what does it mean to be dairy free?"
I found a community question on BabyCenter.com that said to cut all foods that have "milk", "whey", "casien", "butter", and "lactalbumin" listed as an ingredient out of your diet. Eggs are not included even though some people who avoid dairy also avoid eggs.
I guess it wasn't such a dumb questions after all?
Then I started to wonder...people who are dairy free, how do they get their daily calcium intake? It is ingrained in our heads, that we can only get calcium from dairy...but that is not true. I have always known that broccoli provides calcium, some orange juice brands...but what else?
I found this website that has good information. On About.com Get Calcium without Dairy Products. Please read...it is very informative and interesting.
I drink Almond Milk. It has 50% more calcium than dairy milk.
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