Posted By: John H.
Accepting the NotMilk Challenge - 11/05/04 07:50 AM
Very interesting -- I can add a positive personal testimony as well. Getting off dairy is one of the best things I've ever done. The changes in health were noticeable, and pretty quick. No more colds, flu, sore throats. Ever. More energy, better sleep and digestion (like the fellow says below). I could really tell more of a difference after giving up dairy, than after giving up meat!
The articles at NotMilk.com are an eye-opener. The one about cow pus in milk (!!!) tipped the scales for me. Yecch.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: NOTMILK - Accepting the NotMilk Challenge
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 12:16:49 -0000
From: Robert Cohen
Reply-To: notmilk-owner@yahoogroups.com
To: notmilk@yahoogroups.com
One of my readers (Bruce) recently took the NotMilk challenge and sent me this election day email:
< frrogg1son@verizon.net > wrote:
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I started on this new journey two weeks ago today. What do I notice?
1. I no longer have any significant nasal congestion.
2. I am sleeping more soundly.
3. I seem to be needing less sleep.
4. When I wake up, I am wonderfully awake and not in a fog.
5. I am more awake and alert during the day.
6. Hello? I've lost eight, yes eight, pounds. Now I'm a big guy, look like a linebacker, but still. I haven't been exercising more and I have been eating plenty of food, lots of veggies and fruit, grains. Not vegan yet. I've read and it is my experience that it takes at least four weeks to create a new habit. I want to lock in this non-dairy business and be on cruise control before tackling the next issues.
7. I am not feeding that milk/doughnut, milk/cookies, milk/cake addictive habit I have, which helps explain the weight loss.
8. I don't want milk or dairy products and am willing to find natural alternatives.
This is all quite amazing.
I recall your challenge to go seven days and then try an experiment with a pizza party and ice cream. By a series of unplanned events, I ended up facing two slices of pizza for a social Saturday lunch and a big Saturday-night family dinner which included mashed potatoes probably made with milk and butter, followed by a dessert with a whipped cream filling. I could easily have declined all of it but decided I might as well try the experiment. It would have been too much trouble to explain it all to my mother...
I didn't notice anything Saturday night. I even got some extra sleep Sunday morning because the clocks were turned back. But your alleged 12 to 15 hour rule seemed to carry weight. I found myself absolutely falling asleep during religious services Sunday morning. I arrived home at about 11:00 a.m. and promptly went to bed (unheard of for me), sleeping almost two hours, also unheard of. I had no energy the rest of the day, took a slow walk with my wife in the evening and crashed into bed in the evening. I am convinced that the dairy played a major role. It was just a rotten day and I don't know what else could explain it.
By contrast, this Tuesday morning I was awake before 6:00 a.m., quite awake. I am looking forward to a non-dairy breakfast.
And I am planning to pass on the dairy the next time the test comes my way. I have some thickened millet milk in the fridge. My wife and I plan to eat it with homemade granola this morning. Share an apple, eat a banana, a few cashews and some orange juice. Very nice Thanks so much for your work.
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The NotMilk Challenge
Quit All Dairy in Just Ten Days
Read labels. Become informed. Milk chocolate is a dairy product. So are ice cream and sherbet. So is pizza. So are non-dairy creamers, which reveal (in small print on the back of the label) the deception. Anything that originated in the cow's udder is to be eliminated during this test. Eat the udder if you must, but just say "not" to milk.
That is your challenge and goal, for during the initial seven day period of abstaining from all milk and dairy, one gallon of mucus will be expelled from your kidneys, spleen, pancreas, and other internal organs. If you still eat cheese, ice cream, milk chocolate, and yogurt, your first one-week experience will be as if an internal fog has been dispersed from inside of you.
Most people successfully weaning themselves from all milk and dairy products immediately observe dramatic physical and emotional changes. Better sleep, more energy, fewer mood swings, more sexual energy. Just seven days to a new you.
Take the challenge. Your body will thank you. So will those who care most about you.
DAY 8
If you are daring enough, or doubting enough to think that your new feelings are mere coincidence, plan a pizza party with ice cream for dessert after your seven day milk-fast. Remember the good and bad feelings, for in 15 hours after your dairy feast, the famine of bad feelings returns.
DAY 9
Pay careful attention to your body's clues.
DAY 10
Begin anew, and become a new person from day eleven to day 20,000 (the next 50+ years of your life!) Recognize the influence that dairy has played in your lack of energy, poor bowel movements, and lack of spirit. Become a notmilkman or a notmilkwoman.
Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk.com
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The articles at NotMilk.com are an eye-opener. The one about cow pus in milk (!!!) tipped the scales for me. Yecch.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: NOTMILK - Accepting the NotMilk Challenge
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 12:16:49 -0000
From: Robert Cohen
Reply-To: notmilk-owner@yahoogroups.com
To: notmilk@yahoogroups.com
One of my readers (Bruce) recently took the NotMilk challenge and sent me this election day email:
< frrogg1son@verizon.net > wrote:
***********************************************************
I started on this new journey two weeks ago today. What do I notice?
1. I no longer have any significant nasal congestion.
2. I am sleeping more soundly.
3. I seem to be needing less sleep.
4. When I wake up, I am wonderfully awake and not in a fog.
5. I am more awake and alert during the day.
6. Hello? I've lost eight, yes eight, pounds. Now I'm a big guy, look like a linebacker, but still. I haven't been exercising more and I have been eating plenty of food, lots of veggies and fruit, grains. Not vegan yet. I've read and it is my experience that it takes at least four weeks to create a new habit. I want to lock in this non-dairy business and be on cruise control before tackling the next issues.
7. I am not feeding that milk/doughnut, milk/cookies, milk/cake addictive habit I have, which helps explain the weight loss.
8. I don't want milk or dairy products and am willing to find natural alternatives.
This is all quite amazing.
I recall your challenge to go seven days and then try an experiment with a pizza party and ice cream. By a series of unplanned events, I ended up facing two slices of pizza for a social Saturday lunch and a big Saturday-night family dinner which included mashed potatoes probably made with milk and butter, followed by a dessert with a whipped cream filling. I could easily have declined all of it but decided I might as well try the experiment. It would have been too much trouble to explain it all to my mother...
I didn't notice anything Saturday night. I even got some extra sleep Sunday morning because the clocks were turned back. But your alleged 12 to 15 hour rule seemed to carry weight. I found myself absolutely falling asleep during religious services Sunday morning. I arrived home at about 11:00 a.m. and promptly went to bed (unheard of for me), sleeping almost two hours, also unheard of. I had no energy the rest of the day, took a slow walk with my wife in the evening and crashed into bed in the evening. I am convinced that the dairy played a major role. It was just a rotten day and I don't know what else could explain it.
By contrast, this Tuesday morning I was awake before 6:00 a.m., quite awake. I am looking forward to a non-dairy breakfast.
And I am planning to pass on the dairy the next time the test comes my way. I have some thickened millet milk in the fridge. My wife and I plan to eat it with homemade granola this morning. Share an apple, eat a banana, a few cashews and some orange juice. Very nice Thanks so much for your work.
***********************************************************
The NotMilk Challenge
Quit All Dairy in Just Ten Days
Read labels. Become informed. Milk chocolate is a dairy product. So are ice cream and sherbet. So is pizza. So are non-dairy creamers, which reveal (in small print on the back of the label) the deception. Anything that originated in the cow's udder is to be eliminated during this test. Eat the udder if you must, but just say "not" to milk.
That is your challenge and goal, for during the initial seven day period of abstaining from all milk and dairy, one gallon of mucus will be expelled from your kidneys, spleen, pancreas, and other internal organs. If you still eat cheese, ice cream, milk chocolate, and yogurt, your first one-week experience will be as if an internal fog has been dispersed from inside of you.
Most people successfully weaning themselves from all milk and dairy products immediately observe dramatic physical and emotional changes. Better sleep, more energy, fewer mood swings, more sexual energy. Just seven days to a new you.
Take the challenge. Your body will thank you. So will those who care most about you.
DAY 8
If you are daring enough, or doubting enough to think that your new feelings are mere coincidence, plan a pizza party with ice cream for dessert after your seven day milk-fast. Remember the good and bad feelings, for in 15 hours after your dairy feast, the famine of bad feelings returns.
DAY 9
Pay careful attention to your body's clues.
DAY 10
Begin anew, and become a new person from day eleven to day 20,000 (the next 50+ years of your life!) Recognize the influence that dairy has played in your lack of energy, poor bowel movements, and lack of spirit. Become a notmilkman or a notmilkwoman.
Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk.com
----------------------------------------------------
THE NOTMILK NEWSLETTER:
SUBSCRIBE: send an empty Email to-
notmilk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
UNSUBSCRIBE: send an empty Email to-
notmilk-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
Forward this message to your milk-drinking friends:
MILK from A to Z: http://www.notmilk.com/milkatoz.html
2O QUESTIONS: http://www.notmilk.com/notmilkfaq.html
What is an excellent alternative for NOTMILK?
http://www.soytoy.com ... make your own grain and nut milks!
SoyToy recipes forum: soytoy-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
notmilk-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
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