JJ Virgin avoids most dairy milks because they're high in sugar, but recommends fermented products like Greek yogurt and goat cheese if you don't have dairy intolerance. She couldn't tolerate dairy or eggs until she healed her leaky gut, which she says stress, gluten, alcohol, and artificial sweeteners can cause.
I'm really undecided about the whole dairy thing. I'm not a fan of dairy milks because they're basically sugar. They're very high in sugar. But I am a fan of Greek-style yogurts and goat cheeses and some of these things if you're not dairy intolerant. I just found when I was doing a lot of food sensitivity testing that most people end up with leaky gut. Now, once you heal leaky gut— like, I couldn't eat dairy or eggs for a while until I healed leaky gut. And, you know, leaky gut's so common because of stress, because of gluten, because of alcohol, because of, you know, poor gut microbiome, artificial sweeteners. But once you heal that— I'm not a fan of milk per se, but I am a fan of some of the fermented styles of dairy.
