Diet Without Dairy: Guidance and Benefits

We share the benefits of a dairy-free diet and guide you on how to transition smoothly to a dairy-free life. But even if you only reduce your milk consumption, you will reap the benefits.

Diet without dairy products – these are the advantages

Avoiding milk and milk products such as butter, cheese, yoghurt and the like has a number of advantages.

• Skin: A 2018 study showed that consuming milk and dairy products is linked to acne and other skin problems. Even though skin problems like acne have complex causes, giving up milk could help improve your complexion.
• Stomach: Even people who have not been diagnosed with lactose intolerance often suffer from bloating and digestive problems that could be related to the consumption of dairy products. Even if there are no studies on this so far, according to experience reports, giving up milk can eliminate the symptoms.
• Animal welfare: It is not just the fact that dairy cows are kept pregnant all the time and their calves are taken away from them after birth that speaks in favor of renunciation. The husbandry conditions for the majority of dairy cows are also not species-appropriate.
• Environment: In contrast to plant-based alternatives such as soy and especially oat milk, cow’s milk has the worst environmental record. Incidentally, it is not true that soy would be more harmful to the environment than cow’s milk due to the deforestation of the rainforest: In terms of area, soy cultivation only takes up a fraction of the space that is required for milk production.

Avoiding milk – our tips for making the switch

Of course, you don’t have to rigorously and forever give up milk and dairy products. Just try dairy-free for a while and then decide which dairy products you want to keep eating.

• In order for the transition to succeed, you must first gain an awareness of where milk and milk products are found. Therefore, take a close look and read the ingredients of processed products before you buy them.
• It can be difficult, especially on the go. Because even if almost every café now offers its products with milk alternatives, vegan sandwiches, snacks or dishes are not available everywhere. In restaurants you can ask the waiter whether certain dishes contain milk.
• Look for alternatives to butter, milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, chocolate, and other foods that you consume frequently and enjoy. Just try what you like and don’t lose heart if you don’t find the right product right away.
• Be aware, however, that you may not be able to easily replace all foods. However, that shouldn’t be your goal either. Instead, try to change your diet overall so that you eat a balanced and varied diet.
• Don’t beat yourself up if you find out that you can’t go completely without dairy products after all. It is enough if you reduce your milk consumption and in future use milk products from regional dairies where the animals are kept in a species-appropriate manner.
• Tip : Start by giving up cow’s milk. This can be easily replaced with oat, soy, almond or other vegan milks. Milk alternatives in a wide variety of designs and flavors can now be found in every supermarket. Even in the “Barista Edition” for unique milk froth.