Dairy-free

No, I have not gone "paleo"...

But in April a friend told me that he was having problems with a sticky throat, so I told him what the Chinese had told me, namely to avoid milk.

Recently I got an email from him saying, "Thanks for the tip, I have stopped taking milk and my throat has cleared up."

Well waddayaknow!

So I thought about it briefly and have given up milk in my tea, coffee and in my porage.
I now make my porage with water and drink my tea and coffee black.
And it's all fine.

Comments

Emmanuel said…
It's all fine, but how was it before ?
9:57 am
Alan said…
Sticky throat.
10:30 am
Emmanuel said…
So you had a sticky throat for all those years ? What is a sticky throat ?
10:35 am
Alan said…
It's when you have could be a cat, could be a frog in the throat...
4:08 pm
Alan said…
Not "all those years", but a tendency to have to clear my throat more than I would like...
4:09 pm
Emmanuel said…
It could be the wine, Bordeaux pollution, too much shouting, age. What is the link with milk? Sorry, I am not convinced by any of these food fads.
11:02 am
Alan said…
Your wisdom is unassailable and needs no endorsement from me.
6:16 pm
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