Help for Going Dairy-Free

October 27, 2011

Perhaps some of you remember Jennifer from the blog Kidoing. She guest posted A Family's Switch to a Nutritarian Diet here at FIMBY last winter. 

Jennifer's blog is all about showcasing delicious food the whole family can make and enjoy, specifically plant based foods. She writes about a topic I wish I had more time to write about here at FIMBY - vegan eating. Or rather, I wish I had more time to teach about. One of my bucket list dreams is to offer in-house, retreat style cooking lessons - come learn in my kitchen, while we cook together. That kind of thing. This is not that season of my life, but someday. 

We've walked this nutrition journey alone for a long, long time and I'm so thankful there is a growing community of likeminded plant-based eaters (Jennifer and others) in my Internet world. Some I've had the privilege to actually meet. 

Right now at Kidoing Jennifer is doing a fantastic series on dairy. Very timely as we are headed into cold and flu season. From my reading and personal experience dairy is a huge contributor to the "inevitable" winter sicknesses and other diseases. 

If you want to do some reading yourself I highly recommend The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, PhD and Disease-Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right by Dr. Joel Fuhrman. These two books have a permanent place on our bookshelf. 

In her most recent post Jennifer shares expert opinions and a few personal "going dairy-free" stories, ours included. She also talks about that most pressing question - where do you get your calcium? 

I know some of you are curious about a vegan diet (by the way, we're not vegan but pretty close) and some of you are trying to make real change in your family's eating. Check out Jennifer's blog, it's one my favorite food and health blogs.