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Is milk allowed on the Tayyibat diet?

Q: Is milk allowed on the Tayyibat diet?

No. Dr. Al-Awadi excluded this food himself. Here's what nobody told you: most adults stop making the enzyme needed to digest milk sugar. And milk's protein sets into a thick curd your stomach struggles to break down.

No. Dr. Al-Awadi excluded this food himself.

Milk pouring from a carton into a glass, not allowed on the Tayyibat diet

Why milk is off the list

Here's what nobody told you: most adults stop making the enzyme needed to digest milk sugar. And milk's protein sets into a thick curd your stomach struggles to break down.

The detail

Both arrive intact. Casein clots into a dense curd that is slow work for adult digestion, and most adults stop producing the lactase needed to break down lactose.

The rule behind the verdict

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Did the doctor say this himself?

He ruled on this himself.

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